AKWESASNE -- Many Americans are grieving alongside our northern neighbors as they mourn the death of The Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie, a Canadian icon.

Downie died Tuesday at age 53 after battling glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, since late in 2015.

Some may recall when The Hip played a mere stone’s throw from St. Lawrence County at the All Inn Lounge in Akwesasne, next to Bear’s Den. It was the only show ever played at the venue, which closed shortly after.

The Nov. 3, 2007 concert included 19 songs and a bootleg recording can be streamed or downloaded for free here. It includes the hits “New Orleans is Sinking,” “Ahead By A Century” and “Grace, Too.”

The Tragically Hip formed in Kingston, Ontario in the 1980s with Downie on vocals, Bobby Baker and Paul Langois on guitars, bassist Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay. They went on to perform around the world and release 13 full-length albums in addition to their debut EP, a live album, a compilation and a box set. Members of the band have also released solo works and toured on their own.

They achieved legendary status, to use a Chez 106 DJ’s words, “Gord Downie was Canada’s lead singer with backing band The Tragically Hip.”

The Hip never caught on in the states like they did in Canada, but many in St. Lawrence County and elsewhere within range of Canadian radio stations learned about them and became lifelong fans.

Chez 106, which people can hear by turning their radios to 106.1 FM, is playing nothing but The Tragically Hip until Monday morning in Downie’s honor.

Go here for North Country Now reporter Andy Gardner’s column looking back at the band’s final trek on the road, the Man Machine Poem tour. The band embarked on the cross-Canada journey last summer after publically announcing Downie’s illness. It culminated with a hometown show in Kingston that was broadcast live in CBC, which millions of people around the world tuned in to see.

Downie has a solo album, “Introduce Yerself,” which comes out Oct. 27. Its 23 songs are individually written for different people who were part of the singer’s life.

People can go to hipbase.com to download bootleg Hip concerts, rare demos, unreleased tracks, interviews, videos and setlists.