Blues Traveler - Canadian Rose

What this video is

Released in mid-1997 as the third single from Straight On Till Morning, Canadian Rose arrived at the tail end of Blues Traveler's commercial peak following the massive success of Run-Around (Billboard Top Ten, 1995) and the platinum-selling album Four. The video sits at a cultural intersection: the post-Woodstock '94 jam band scene attempting to sustain MTV visibility against the encroaching dominance of…

Why it matters

Canadian Rose is a significant artifact of the 1990s jam band crossover moment, documenting how bands rooted in blues improvisation and extended live performance navigated the compressed, image-driven format of the MTV music video. The rapid editing pace (1.83s avg shot length) stands in…

The director

Marc Preston Webb (born August 31, 1974, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American film and music video director. He graduated from Colorado College with an English degree in 1996 and began his career as a music video editor before transitioning to directing. He…