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From The Calgary Sun on Facebook:

WIN TICKETS TO SHANIA TWAIN!!!
We’re sending one of our lucky Facebook fans to the SHANIA TWAIN concert on July 9th!
All you have to do is “Share” this post and “Like” our page and you’re automatically entered to win!
Winner will be announced on our Facebook page on Tuesday, July 1st!
GOOD LUCK!

11:16 AM ET - 20 Jun 14

http://www.facebook.com/thecalgarysun

codyandshania wrote:

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High Valley, the opening act posted the official promo banner for the Calgary shows on their Facebook page. Here it is:

High Valley Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HighValley

Weird that they used an old pic from 2003 for promo.

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 Ya you're right. hmm i wonder why ? its still going to be a great show tho ;) Can't wait!

From The Calgary Sun on Facebook:

WIN TICKETS TO SHANIA TWAIN!

We're giving away another pair of tickets to the Shania Twain concert on Wednesday, July 9th at the Saddledome!

To enter to win: Either follow us on Instagram (@yycsungirls) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/suncontests), then post your Twitter or Instagram username below.

One lucky winner will be announced on our Facebook page on Monday, July 7th. GOOD LUCK!

2:56 PM - 2 July 14

http://www.facebook.com/thecalgarysun

Tommy wrote:

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Shania Kids Can is having an after-party after Shania's July 9 concert at the Calgary Stampede. For $1700 it better be one hell of a party! Damn!!!!!

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Who doesn't like a good after party!? http://skcafterparty-calgary.whindo.com

5:00 PM ET - 12 Jun 14

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

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See Shania Twain in Concert at the Stampede on July 9, 2014 and attend an exclusive After-Party with Shania and her band!

With proceeds from this event going to Shania Kids Can!

Shania is performing two sold out concerts during the Calgary Stampede on July 9, and 10, 2014. Shania Kids Can has 20 great seats for the show on July 9th and will be hosting an After Party with Shania and her band and you can be one of the 20 guests that will attend! Proceeds from this amazing event will go to Shania’s Foundation “Shania Kids Can” which is establishing a Shania Kids Can Clubhouse Program in Calgary that will benefit Elementary School Age Children. You can learn more about this excellent program by visiting the website at www.shaniakidscan.com.

· 1 Concert Ticket

· 1 After-Party VIP Pass

· Drinks and Hors d’oeurves

http://skcafterparty-calgary.whindo.com

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I wonder how many people are going to the July 9th after-party. It says it's only for 20 people but you can still buy tickets. Shania will probably open the SKC Clubhouse in Calgary tomorrow or Tuesday.

Izy Twain wrote:

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Ahh i am beyond excited to see her again !!!!!  I m so hoping to meet her again and this time get a  pic 

 Hey Tommy I heard on the news on Friday they said she will be making an announcement on Monday . 

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What news on Friday? Where did you hear it? Was it about the SKC Clubhouse in Calgary?

Hey Tommy I apologize. I wasn't able to find the link where they mentioned it :( for whatever reason.

I'll keep my ears open tomorrow though.

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

Putting my setlist together for tonight? What do you want to hear? #calgarystampede

5:02 PM ET - 9 Jul 14

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Review: Shania has to learn to leave Las Vegas

Concert sold out at Saddledome

By Mike Bell | July 10, 2014 | Calgary Herald

Isn’t it supposed to stay in Vegas?

Isn’t what happens there supposed to remain there, supposed to not be spoken of and not carried across state lines and back into the real world?

Especially when the person who does that thing, does that Vegas deed, all but promises it will remain there, that Vegas and all of its trappings and superficiality and overly showy showmanship will be dropped to get back to their roots.

That, ultimately, is the failing of Canadian country superstar Shania Twain’s first foray back into the world of concert-giving after a decade absence and a two-year residency down in Sin City.

She left there, but she didn’t leave it there. She brought it with her. Or it’s merely become inseparable from her.

Whatever the case, despite intimating an evening very much different from her Still the One show in Caesars Palace, despite promising something that was more of a rock show, the first of her two-night Stampede Saddledome stand had all of the feeling — or, to be honest, second-hand understanding and impression of — and even much the same set list as that Nevada program which she wraps up later this summer.

It didn’t feel like a concert, it felt, looked and sounded like something that was put together for the Cirque crowd on the Strip, with silly dance routines, gaudy theatricality, numerous costume changes, big lights, bright backdrops, fog machines and well-rehearsed lead-ins that were mere glitzy add-ons to a couple of decades of recognizable hits.

Even her entrance was a little too much pandering showmanship and a lot less actual connection, with Twain, in RCMP costume, entering floor-level with other (presumably) actual mounted police, taking the stage and waving in the iconic red uniform, before the lights went down, and she was stripped to a glittery one-piece.

Musically, the chart-toppers were plentiful — I’m Gonna Getcha Good, You Win My Love, a remarkably earthbound Up!, (If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here, From This Moment On, Man! I Feel Like A Woman! — but they were performed mechanically by both the large band and Twain.

It was as if they were holding a little something back — perhaps it was the matinee before the evening show — and each tune a musical number, rather than an actual song, in a surprisingly ploddingly paced performance.

It took a good half-hour before the first genuine moment of her set, which was when she brought a handful of fans onstage and chatted with them — perhaps, as an audience member’s quibble, for a little too long in a 100-minute concert — before engaging in a campfire singalong on Come On Over. But even then, when the fireplace and faux forest backdrop appeared, that natural element and idea was all but lost.

On a vocal level, which actually seems rather redundant in the context of the show, Twain for the most part sounded strong and in pretty fine form, showing none of the ill effects of her vocal cord issues.

Today is Your Day was particularly nice, with cracks in the performer facade letting in some actual character and emotion.

If only there was more of that. If only — to compare Twain’s appearance with fellow new country legend, fellow Vegas denizen, and fellow recent Stampede visitor Garth Brooks — there was more concert, more song, more singing, more Shania and less show perhaps it would have been a more successful evening if not a magical one.

In other words, if you’re going to leave Las Vegas, leave it all behind. It may work down there, but it doesn’t play as well when you bring into back into the real world.

On the flip side, Alberta trio High Valley were a surprisingly effective opener. Not surprisingly because they don’t have any talent or any kind of history that would back up their inclusion on the bill, as Juno and CCMA nominations populate their resume. Surprisingly because it was an intimate, broaching lovely soft-seater performance in an arena setting. Correction: In a Stampede arena setting.

By any and all expectations, it shouldn’t have worked, let alone as wonderfully as it did.

They were charming, easygoing, likable and refreshing, and their music was as soothing to the ears as the air conditioning in the ’Dome was to the ample and exposed beet-red flesh that filled it.

They fought the indifference and conversations of those early-comers who were there for the Shania treatment or Stampede experience, and they won.

They did so with their contemporary and classic faith-based country songs — from unassuming new country numbers LET It Be Me and Dirt Road Side to a wonderful bluegrass tune later in the set — and they did so with a natural and un-awed onstage presence.

Heck, this was an act that closed with a quiet, earnest, acoustic number titled On the Combine, that was exactly what it said it was, a meditation and celebration of farm life, which they also managed to effortlessly, and non-cheezily, work in elements of the Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling.

They even managed to fit into their 30-minute set some audience interaction, bringing up a young woman and serenading her — as a nod to their upbringing in the northern Alberta Mennonite community of La Crete — with a German version of the Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way.

Again, it shouldn’t have worked. But it did. Splendidly.

If you’re headed to Twain’s second Saddledome revue on Thursday night, do yourself a favour: Arrive early, beat the heat, and take in the cooling warmth of High Valley’s opening set.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Review+Shania+learn+leave+Vegas/10016189/story.html

From Shania Kids Can on Facebook:

Calgary! You were on FIRE last night at the show! LET'S DO IT AGAIN TONIGHT! We raised over $30K for Shania Kids Can foundation too! THANK YOU to all who gave from their hearts! Please help make people aware of our foundation! Sponsors are so needed so we can open more Club Houses! "Like" and "Share" this post if you want to set the world on fire with me!

12:10 PM ET - 10 Jul 14

http://www.facebook.com/ShaniaKidsCan

Hi,

If she does a tour I would like to see a combination of shows...like part Vegas, new music and go acoustic and simple.  That way you can satisfy more people by covering a wide range of music styles that she has.  I mean we all know she can do the dancing and the lights and the Vegas stuff but why not do lots of smaller venues with stripped down band and give fans a more intimate experience but also do some of the cool dance numbers but on a smaller scale.  I'd be happy to see anything right now as I have never had the honor of seeing her live in concert or anywhere else. I don't want to pay a bunch of money to go to a place where I am so far away that I have to watch it on a huge screen...I've seen that at home for free.  Give me the ultimate, intimate feeling in a smaller place where I can give myself the illusion that I matter and am not just part of a huge sea of faces...sell out crowds in huge stadiums are not what I want...that is not the experience we, as fans, should be settling for.  I want my money's worth and if I do get to go to see her I want the option of having a backstage meet and greet experience.

Just my thoughts

Warmest regards as always

Tonto

 Just my thoughts 

As much as I hate to agree with what is being said, it is true. I did like that she brought Vegas to the Stampede only because she added the arena effects (fireworks, stage trun, etc) and I love the videos from last night and think she sounds spectacular. Maybe just maybe it is only for these shows. The dancers have been posting all week that these were going to be "Still The One" road shows. So, in that regard I am not surprised. 

I do think that PEI will not allow her to do the same (due to it being an outdoor event). However, if she is going to tour she needs to recreate a whole new show. Change the set, add new songs, new costumes, etc... I miss Dallas and Chicago Shania. 

I am on Shania in terms of the first review I read. The guy said her lyrics were cookie-cutter. THE FREAKING SHOW IS NOT ABOUT THE LYRICS. The lyrics were written twenty+ years ago for many of these songs, and they did just fine on the road. Her voice again, sounded spectacular (which this guy mentioned). She never can win in terms of critics. She paves her own path and they don't like that; read her book, watch any interview. It's on her terms.

And to conclude, many Calgary employees witnessed the rehearsals and said she did four hours yesterday, in order to make sure everything transitioned smoothly. The fans enjoyed it, and to be honest, I love hearing that many people scream at her entrance.

Whether people like it or not, Shania is finally out of Vegas (somewhat due to the fact it is a Vegas show on the road). I agree Melanie, I love the costumes in Vegas but am kind of sick of them now. Except for the new STO and FTMO dress.  

Time will tell how the potential tour will be laid out. Maybe fans could make suggestions during a Twitter chat that they want her to change things up if she goes back out for a full blown tour? 

Anyways, those are my thoughts. At least she is singing :)

Clips of the concert - 30 minutes.

Shania Twain Plays First Show In 10 Years

by VVN Music on July 11, 2014

Shania Twain may be on a trajectory much like fellow country star Garth Brooks.

Like Brooks, who was the top male country vocalist of the 90′s, Twain was the top female vocalist in the same period who suddenly took the most part of a decade off.

Like Brooks, she went through a highly publicized divorce, later remarrying a close friend and associate.

Like Brooks, she eased herself back into performing with a multi-year residency in Las Vegas.

An now, like Brooks, she may be ready to reenter the world of recording and touring.

Twain dipped her toe back into the non-Vegas performing pool on Wednesday night with a show at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB as part of the annual Calgary Stampede (she’s back on stage tonight). The show was a near duplicate of the one that she has been doing in Sin City for the last year and a half with just the moving of one song from the main part of the show to the encore.

Shania also appears to be ready to hit the road again as her Vegas residency ends in December. She told the Calgary Herald that her team is “looking at some dates already, probably in the spring. … I guess it’s just something I’m enjoying more now than I have in a long time. Vegas has been a really good transition for me to get back onstage again, and I guess I’m enjoying it. So why not do more?”

She also says that she wants to finally get back in the studio, something that has not been possible for a number of years due to dysphonia, a condition of the vocal chords that she has overcome with care and therapy.

If and when a new album is released, it will only be the fifth of her twenty-one year career. Those four albums, plus a Greatest Hits disc, have sold 48 million copies according to the RIAA, tying her for 25th on the all-time sales list ahead of such huge acts as Journey, Guns N’ Roses, Santana, Eric Clapton and Prince.

Wednesday night’s set list:

Main Set
I’m Gonna Getcha Good! (from Up!, 2002)
You Win My Love (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) (from Come on Over, 1997)
Up! (from Up!, 2002)
I Ain’t No Quitter (from Greatest Hits, 2004)
No One Needs to Know (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Any Man of Mine (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
That Don’t Impress Me Much (from Come on Over, 1997)
Honey, I’m Home (from Come on Over, 1997)
(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here! (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Carrie Anne (Hollies cover)
Come on Over (from Come on Over, 1997)
Today Is Your Day (single, 2011)
You’re Still the One (from Come on Over, 1997)
From This Moment On (from Come on Over, 1997)
Encore
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (from Come on Over, 1997)
Rock This Country! (from Come on Over, 1997)

http://www.noise11.com/news/shania-twain-plays-first-show-in-10-years-20140711 

Tommy wrote:

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Shania Twain Plays First Show In 10 Years

by VVN Music on July 11, 2014

Shania Twain may be on a trajectory much like fellow country star Garth Brooks.

Like Brooks, who was the top male country vocalist of the 90′s, Twain was the top female vocalist in the same period who suddenly took the most part of a decade off.

Like Brooks, she went through a highly publicized divorce, later remarrying a close friend and associate.

Like Brooks, she eased herself back into performing with a multi-year residency in Las Vegas.

An now, like Brooks, she may be ready to reenter the world of recording and touring.

Twain dipped her toe back into the non-Vegas performing pool on Wednesday night with a show at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB as part of the annual Calgary Stampede (she’s back on stage tonight). The show was a near duplicate of the one that she has been doing in Sin City for the last year and a half with just the moving of one song from the main part of the show to the encore.

Shania also appears to be ready to hit the road again as her Vegas residency ends in December. She told the Calgary Herald that her team is “looking at some dates already, probably in the spring. … I guess it’s just something I’m enjoying more now than I have in a long time. Vegas has been a really good transition for me to get back onstage again, and I guess I’m enjoying it. So why not do more?”

She also says that she wants to finally get back in the studio, something that has not been possible for a number of years due to dysphonia, a condition of the vocal chords that she has overcome with care and therapy.

If and when a new album is released, it will only be the fifth of her twenty-one year career. Those four albums, plus a Greatest Hits disc, have sold 48 million copies according to the RIAA, tying her for 25th on the all-time sales list ahead of such huge acts as Journey, Guns N’ Roses, Santana, Eric Clapton and Prince.

Wednesday night’s set list:

Main Set
I’m Gonna Getcha Good! (from Up!, 2002)
You Win My Love (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) (from Come on Over, 1997)
Up! (from Up!, 2002)
I Ain’t No Quitter (from Greatest Hits, 2004)
No One Needs to Know (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Any Man of Mine (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
That Don’t Impress Me Much (from Come on Over, 1997)
Honey, I’m Home (from Come on Over, 1997)
(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here! (from The Woman in Me, 1995)
Carrie Anne (Hollies cover)
Come on Over (from Come on Over, 1997)
Today Is Your Day (single, 2011)
You’re Still the One (from Come on Over, 1997)
From This Moment On (from Come on Over, 1997)
Encore
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (from Come on Over, 1997)
Rock This Country! (from Come on Over, 1997)

http://www.noise11.com/news/shania-twain-plays-first-show-in-10-years-20140711 

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 Someone who attended the concert tweeted that Shania sang Love Gets Me Every Time during the campfire.

I saw the show last night. Spatular  !!!!! the whole show was full of energy a lot of fun  Shania sounded like an angle. Loved every min of it.  She  did bring vegas to Calgary  with some minor changes l nothing major. instead  of motor  bike she comes in on horse after Get Cha good open flame fire. Fire works . doesn't enter her western part on a horse and just uses her dancer's during  still the one. last song was rock this Country, 

I got to meet my idol once again sadly no pic but I did get to give her  a high five. The only thing I did wish she sing Forever and For always . OTher then that Best show of the summer. 

I am so proud of her she sure has come along way :) 

Shania Rocks Calgary w/ 2 Record Setting Shows!

July 11, 2014, 3:44pm

International superstar, Shania Twain, returned to Canada this past Wednesday and Thursday night (July 9-10) and thrilled fans with two incredible sold-out shows during the Calgary Stampede.  It has been ten years since the star has performed live in Canada.  Each night 14,000 people packed the Scotiabank Saddledome to see Twain’s high-energy performance, which showcased many of the icon’s greatest hits.

“In our ten years of Saddledome concerts during the Calgary Stampede, Shania is the first artist to sell-out two back-to-back shows,” says Adam Oppenheim, Managing director, Stampede Concerts Inc.  “The Calgary Stampede and Stampede Concerts Inc. are ecstatic about Shania’s two performances, and the fan’s enthusiasm speaks for itself.”

“We are honored to have such a tremendous icon mark ten years of the Calgary Stampede Saddledome Concert Series,” Adds Amy Bryan, Director of Talent Buying, REACH LLC.

Following her Calgary performances, Twain will return to the Las Vegas stage for her critically-acclaimed residency show, SHANIA:  STILL THE ONE at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday, July 12, 2014.  For a full list of her July Vegas dates click HERE.

http://shaniatwain.com/news/shania-rocks-calgary-w-2-record-setting-shows/

Shania Twain Makes Concert History in Calgary

First live Canadian shows in a decade sell out, as superstar plots her big comeback

By Beville Dunkerley | July 11, 2014 4:47 PM ET

The proof is in the numbers: if she builds it, they will come.

Performing live in her home country for the first time in a decade, Shania Twain sold out both Wednesday and Thursday nights' shows at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as part of the annual Calgary Stampede. She is the first artist in the venue's history to sell out back-to-back shows.

Clad in a Royal Canadian Mounted Police uniform (one of many costume changes), the country music superstar arrived on horseback to play for 14,000 fans each night. According to the Calgary Sun, her high-energy set included beloved hits such as "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," "You're Still the One," "Any Man of Mine" and "That Don't Impress Me Much," backed by a 13-piece band.

"It feels so good to not only be back in Calgary, but to be back on the live concert stage after nearly ten years," said the 48-year-old entertainer, who earlier this week hinted that she might be gearing up for her first tour in 11 years.

The pair of Calgary shows only made for a quick break from Twain's Las Vegas residency, now in its final few weeks. Shania: Still the One runs through July 26 at Caesars Palace.

Even though she hasn't released a new set of tunes since 2002's Up, Twain still reins as the biggest-selling female country artist of all time, with more than 75 million albums sold. She told Rolling Stone last summer that her next album was almost done, but she was having trouble finding the right producer. And given the long stretch of time between albums, the pressure is on.

"I want it to be perfect," she said, "and I want it to be something that I really enjoy and a product of my inspiration —not a product of necessarily anything I've done before or anyone I've been before in regards to making records, because it's been a long time. I'm different, I've evolved and I want that to be reflected in the music."

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/shania-twain-makes-concert-history-in-calgary-20140711

Melanie wrote:

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codyandshania wrote:

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Yesterday, I saw on Twitter that someone posted Shania added "Love Gets Me Every Time" to the campfire set. Well you can't always believe everything you read, so I wasn't sure if it was true. There is now proof on Instagram: instagram.com/p/qXUTVOh9jl/

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 Here's the whole performance of Love Gets Me Every Time plus Come On Over:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzWyOGDZww

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 Thank you Melanie. Great find! Love that song, and it does not receive enough attention in any live show really. After the COO era, it was cut off from the world really. I mean it was the COO album lead single, any lead single (unless it completely bombs, which it didn't) should, in my opinion, receive attention. I get that it isn't a massively successful song, but I would choose LGMET over I Ain't No Quitter and Come On Over. That's just my opinion though. 

As for your post about PEI Melaine, after thinking about it some, it could work. I think there is already a stage there at PEI, but there was already a stage at Caesars too and she did just fine. Even though, it is an outdoor event, I have seen numerous artists (Keith Urban, Madonna, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift) bring the complex theatrics of their concerts to outdoor venues. 

For me, I would like to see something else, even if it has the theatrics of a Vegas show. (I don't know if that made sense). What I mean is, it could still be flashy and entertaining, with the feel of Vegas without it being a down-scaled version of her current residency. From what I saw of the Calgary shows, the Vegas sets worked well. I don't think it was over the top. It is just like what people are putting on these days (minus the dancers, maybe) but the fans didn't seem to mind. For future shows, she could combine sitting on a stool, playing guitar, with a flashy show on the road. 

And, in all the interviews where she said she couldn't see bringing such a big Vegas production on the road. Well, she did. It worked, but overall would be nice to see new elements. I doubt that she would continue the same sets, song list on a new tour. At least I hope not, but it truly wouldn't stop me from going to see her on the road if it was the same. 

Loonie Echo wrote:

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I am a Shania-with-Mutt fan. 

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Such a perfect way to sum up how I feel. They were magic together. Perhaps that is it. They were just magic together. A once in a lifetime pairing that cannot be repeated unless they are together making music. Her talent and his talent equaled perfection. Without one, the other does not exist.

barebackwarrior wrote:

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The nostalgia of Shania and Mutt is bittersweet because of all that transpired between them. The past, for better or worse does not repeat itself. Until Shania releases an album on her own, she'll always be in the shadow of Mutt, both personally and professionally. That's the most pitiful part about this new phase in her life and career. A very long time ago Shania stated that if she lost Mutt that it would be like losing an arm. At the time I didn't possibly think that she was serious; maybe it was hyperbole. Time proved me wrong. There are no winners in this story.

I can now understand why there are some artists who are reluctant to form serious and long-lasting relationships. If that partnership forms a new part of your career, when that relationship ends that might be the end of you in every way. I hate to sound pessimistic, but it happens. Some of us are not as strong as we appear to be.

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 As I read this, I heard "The Woman In Me" playing in the background. I wish she still was with Mutt for the professional purpose of making music. Sure, critics and even some fans may say that Mutt is the only reason for her fame. But, like Butters said, they were magic, there is no doubt about that. I love that Shania is performing now, and I can respect her decision to take time off to be a mom, but when it comes to recording I don't know that there is another match even similar to Mutt. What do you guys think. I haven't explored much in the rock producer department to see what would be fitting if she did choose another rock producer. I have thought Dann Huff would be fitting since he does do crossover stuff (mainly country pop only). He has also played on The Woman In Me and Come On Over.