Tom Cochrane's revised version of 'Big League' for Humboldt is available now

BarDown Staff

Tom Cochrane , TSN

Hundreds of thousands of people have stepped up to support the Humboldt Broncos and the town of Humboldt over the past couple of weeks and one of those people happened to be Canadian singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane.

Last Tuesday, Cochrane opened up this year’s TSN Hockey’s Playoff Preview Special with a heartfelt performance of his original hit ‘Big League’, only he altered a few of the lyrics to honour the Humboldt Broncos and their families. This week, Universal Music Canada made Cochrane’s altered edition of the song available everywhere.

All proceeds from the adapted ‘Big League’ song for Humboldt will go directly towards the newly-created memorial fund, the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation, which is being created out of the second-biggest GoFundMe pages in Canadian history.

Listening to this song as I tweet out this link. Thanks to @TomCochraneMUS. 🎶 Ridin to the game, Ridin with his team, Ridin with the friends, Ridin for the dreams, Ridin off to immortality 🎶 https://t.co/CnUz2xUmsM #HumboldtStrong
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 18, 2018

The Foundation will focus on supporting Humboldt Broncos players, employees, families and volunteers, as well as the first responders and emergency services personnel, teams, athletes, related organizations and communities that were affected by the tragic bus accident.

@HumboldtBroncos you are heart and soul this song was for you! out of respect for the parents I was reluctant to perform this but friend @tsnjamesduthie said it’s the right thing to do @TSNBobMcKenzie @AndiPetrillo @TSNRay @odognine2 and crew you are class xo https://t.co/axxNLUGfs0
— Tom Cochrane (@TomCochraneMUS) April 11, 2018

The song was originally written from the perspective of a father who lost his son with big dreams as a hockey player after his life was cut short, but he made the following revisions to his original lyrics for the adapted version.