Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, is Canada's take on the 4th of July. It celebrates the July 1, 1867 enactment of the British North America Act, which united Canada as a single country of four provinces.
It's pretty clear what Rock Turtleneck needs to do: countdown the four greatest Canadian rockers, one for each province.
#4: Rush
In addition to being accomplished prog-musicians, Rush seem to be surprisingly cool. They were the first band to appear on the Colbert Report. And Geddy Lee is an avid wine collector and baseball fan; when Neil Peart goes into one of his long drum solos, Geddy says goes backstage to check his fantasy baseball scores.
#3: Leonard Cohen
The legendary poet-turned-singer and ladies' man has written many classics besides "Hallelujah." Here he is doing "Suzanne" with one of his many conquests, Judy Collins.
#2: Joni Mitchell
She's amazing by herself, and has flawless taste in musicians. Check out this band, featuring Jaco Pastorious on bass and Pat Metheny on guitar.
#1: Neil Young
No surprise here. Neil is the man. If it was Galaxy Day, Neil would still be right up near the top. Here's his ultimate Canada Day performance, doing a song about Canada with a Band of Canadians (Levon Helm is the sole American) and a Canadian bird named Joni singing backup.
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