#cedric smith

Wonderful October!

ROAD TO AVONLEA (1990-1996)

created by kevin sullivan

"MAKE MORE MUTANTS

MURDER NO MAN

RESPECT THIS SACRED LAND."

EDIT: Fixed some links and relinked to ThePoodleBites' version of "Does Not Exist."

Went on a bit of a deep dive today with Professor X's first VA, Cedric Smith. I knew long ago that he was a folk singer in the 1970's but couldn't find much in the 2000's in terms of information and songs except for "Carrighfergus" from Loreena McKennitt's Elemental.

Well today I decided to distract myself from work and was able to find more of his other songs on YouTube, most notably from Perth County Conspiracy. It's folksy, hippie music with some very nice harmonizing vocals. There are some songs that start with or lead into Cedric reading passages that can get pretty trippy. It makes so much sense that he went into acting and voiceover work, the man is a natural performer (hamminess and everything).

NGL I'm chuffed. I especially love the Touch the Earth and Road to Avonlea performances. Now I need a fic or something of Professor X singing to little Xandra is what I'm saying. 🥹

ThePoodleBites has lovingly restored "Does Not Exist" which many consider to be PCC's best album. It's on YouTube as well as for download as FLAC on his blog: https://upvhq.blogspot.com/search/label/Perth%20County%20Conspiracy

The Museum of Canadian Music has other songs available to listen to https://citizenfreak.com/artists/101080-perth-county-conspiracy

WARNING: "Hezekaiah" and a bunch of songs from the Alive LP contain terms (re: slurs). The 60's and 70's were definitely a time... There's some context in Hezekaiah because it's telling a story but it's still very jarring. It also contains quite a few instances of the g-slur to romanticize a free-spirited lifestyle (because hippies) but is still just... UGH. All to say that I'm not linking out to Alive for many reasons. I'll post the few songs that I like from this album separately.

Also, gore warning towards the end of "Easy Rider" into "Americanadian Way" that goes into a monologue about war. It literally starts with a bang (watch out for that too I guess).

Road to Avonlea TV Series