Blue Rodeo was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 41st Juno Awards on April 1 , 2012 , joining other Canadian music icons including Rush , Leonard Cohen , Neil Young , The Band , Oscar Peterson , Bruce Cockburn , Daniel Lanois , Joni Mitchell , Anne Murray and Tom Cochrane . According to CARAS , on selecting Blue Rodeo as the 2012 inductees , " Spanning nearly three decades , Blue Rodeo has sold in excess of four million records and won an unprecedented 11 JUNO Awards , establishing themselves as one of the premier groups in Canadian music history . " In May 2014 , the band received a Governor General 's Performing Arts Award ( GGPAA ) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement , Canada 's highest honour in the performing arts . At the Gala honouring GGPAA recipients on May 10 , the band delivered the evening 's surprise finale
41st Juno Awards
Juno Awards of 2012
Blue Rodeo