Indio was a project by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson. Indio released one album, 1989's
Big Harvest, featuring several high-profile artists including Bill Dillon and David Rhodes on guitars,
Larry Klein on bass and Brenda Russell and Joni Mitchell singing background vocals. Other
collaborators included Indian violinist L. Subramaniam.
Though the single "Hard Sun" got a fair amount of airplay in Canada and the U.S. Big Harvest did not
sell well, and Peterson was dropped from his label and left the business. He remains a reclusive figure,
and his exact wherabouts are curr ...read more
Indio was a project by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson. Indio released one album, 1989's
Big Harvest, featuring several high-profile artists including Bill Dillon and David Rhodes on guitars,
Larry Klein on bass and Brenda Russell and Joni Mitchell singing background vocals. Other
collaborators included Indian violinist L. Subramaniam.
Though the single "Hard Sun" got a fair amount of airplay in Canada and the U.S. Big Harvest did not
sell well, and Peterson was dropped from his label and left the business. He remains a reclusive figure,
and his exact wherabouts are currently not known. Big Harvest became a collectors item, with used
copies commanding up to $400 on eBay.
In 2007, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder covered the single "Hard Sun" for the Sean Penn movie Into the
Wild. This led to a resurgence in Indio's popularity, and on January 27, 2009 Big Harvest was reissued
by Pacemaker Entertainment.
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