Pye Dubois is a

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and

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. He has worked mainly with

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and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush.

Career

Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the studio and wrote lyrics for each of their albums."A witness to a creative spark"
''Beach Metro'', March 10, 2015 Melinda Drake He was given lyric-writing credits on several Rush songs, most notably "

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", which has been included on the soundtrack of several films. Dubois wrote the poem "There Is A Lake Between Sun And Moon", which inspired them to write many of the lyrics for the album '' Counterparts'', including a song of the same name for which Dubois received co-writing credit. He is also credited as writer on the Rush songs " Force Ten" and "

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". After Max Webster dissolved, Dubois continued his writing relationship with singer and guitarist

on his solo songs. This included all but one of the songs on Kim's platinum '' Akimbo Alogo'', every song on the triple platinum ''

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'', and double platinum '' Rockland''. Dubois had a falling-out with Mitchell during the sessions for ''Rockland'', caused by Mitchell's decision to record the album in the US without Dubois present in the studio as he had been in the past. Dubois did not write on Mitchell's follow-up album, ''

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'' (lyrics on that album were handled largely by Jim Chevalier and Andy Curran), but did return for 1994's ''

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''. Dubois took part in several Max Webster reunion concerts, but not their most recent one in Toronto on May 24, 2007, and has not written lyrics with Mitchell since 1994. On July 20, 2007, Dubois was reported to have gone missing, causing concern with his neighbour, author

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. However, Dubois had just taken some time alone and soon returned. Dubois and Mitchell were inducted into the

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in 2021.Nick Krewen
"Kim Mitchell says Songwriters Hall of Fame honour caught him by surprise"
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'', July 21, 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Pye Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian songwriters Max Webster members Rush (band) Canadian male poets