Bob Lanois: Snake Road | Bob Lanois Documentary Presented by Freaktography
About Bob Lanois: Snake Road
In Southern Ontario Canada, near the Niagara Escarpment is one of the most scenic roads in the area, Snake Road.
It was here, along Snake Road that Bob Lanois planted his roots in 1988. With his own hands and inventiveness, Bob designed and built his own cabin, “The Shack” as he called it.
Documentary Web Page:
https://freaktography.com/bob-lanois-snake-road-documentary/
Listen to Bob Lanois' Record Snake Road here:
https://ffm.to/snakeroad
Bob Lanois’ extraordinary life is told through stories, photos and video footage and interviews by some of Bob's closest friends and collaborators.
- Alan Cross
- Daniel Lanois
- Edgar Breau of Simply Saucer
- Bob Doidge of Grant Avenue Studio
- Paul Langlois of The Tragically Hip
- Rachel Heart
- Tom Wilson
- John-Angus MacDonald & Jack Syperek of The Trews
- Glen Marshall
- And a musical tribute from Sweden by Stephen Sahlin of Big Is Less
From his upbringing as a young boy in Quebec to his family's move to Hamilton and then Ancaster Ontario, Bob Lanois had music in his life from the very beginning.
Starting with the creation of Master Sound Recordings with his brother Daniel in the basement of their mothers home, to the legendary Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton and then The Bunker and Mule Spinner at Hamilton’s Cotton Factory and his very own Shack Studio, Bob Lanois: Snake Road tells the story of a life well lived, by a man who was loved by so many.
Working on projects with everyone from Emmylou Harris to U2, The Tragically Hip and so many more, Bob Lanois always became a major part of the family of any given project that he was involved in.
In the Fall of 2021, Dave Conlon: Canadian Photographer, Film Maker and owner of the website Freaktography.com learned of a vacant cabin in the woods near Burlington, Ontario.
Upon learning that this cabin was owned and formerly lived in by Canadian artist, musician and sound engineer Bob Lanois, Dave decided to dig in and produce his first ever feature documentary film and to tell the story of Bob Lanois.
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THANK YOU TO:
Thank-You to Margot Peters and Daniel Lanois for allowing me to tell Bob’s Story.
https://www.daniellanois.com/
Thank You to Tom Wilson for helping me get this off the ground.
https://tomwilsononline.com/
Bob Doidge:
https://grantavenuestudio.com/home
Edgar Breau:
https://edgarbreau.com/
Rachel Heart:
https://www.facebook.com/rachelheartwarrior/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2K5NUehaCIm7kyh1WkQw0i
Paul Langlois:
https://thehip.com/
John-Angus MacDonald, Jack Syperek:
http://www.thetrewsmusic.com/
Glen Marshall:
https://www.facebook.com/theMuleSpinner/
Stephen Sahlin:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtCnm1Ed9YYgZQe_YoEXxA/videos
Alan Cross:
https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
Other Thanks to:
Chris Maynard for planting the seed for this project
Sam DeRosa for your harmonica playing on the Rachel Heart song
Bob Doidge & Amy King for having me in to record at Grant Avenue Studio: https://grantavenuestudio.com/home
Erin Carrol and Zane Warman/Cadence Music Group for getting The Trews on board: https://www.cadencemusicgroup.com/
Jake Gold for bringing in The Tragically Hip:
https://mgmtrust.ca/
Darren Jones or your help with audio:
https://20sixhundred.bandcamp.com/
Sam Sutherland for providing some tips and advice at the beginning:
http://samsutherland.co/
Margaret Marissen for getting me time with Daniel Lanois
Ryan Ruskay for Colourizing the video:
https://www.instagram.com/ruskaycolour
Thank You to @Lumecube for providing the lighting
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Other thanks and credits
Music, Video and Photography Credits
Bob Lanois
Margot Peters
September Seventh Entertainment Ltd., courtesy of Jean-Paul Gauthier
Kyle Weir, photographer for Hamilton Music Awards, for Jean-Paul Gauthier: https://kyleweir.zenfolio.com/
Roy Timm, photographer for Hamilton Music Awards, for Jean-Paul Gauthier: https://caroleroytimmphoto.com/
Photography and Video clips: Oiseau, The Vampire and The Shack Sessions Videos Directed by Ryan Furlong:
https://www.fenianfilms.com
Cordova Bay Records, Victoria, BC:
http://www.cordovabay.com/
Ken Whitely/The Original Sloth Band:
https://www.kenwhiteley.com/biography/the-original-sloth-band/
Nathan McCrory
Robert Ciolfi:
http://www.quietlifephotography.ca/
John Rennison:
https://www.instagram.com/jlrenn/
Adam CK Vollick:
https://vimeo.com/667485556/8f8ae664d0
Simply Saucer:
https://www.simplysaucer.com/
The Hamilton Spectator:
https://www.thespec.com/life/local-history/spec175/2021/09/04/hamilton-grant-avenue-studio.html?rf
Brian Patti
Mohawk College Mediafest 2009
Marcel Preston:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-preston-a7210b97/?originalSubdomain=ca
Barry Devlin/Island Records:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222757/