Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans

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Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at the 2005 Canadian Country Music Awards
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at the 2005 Canadian Country Music Awards
Background information
Origin Alberta, Canada
Genre(s) Roots
Years active 1995 - 2001 as Corb Lund Band
2001 - 2005 as Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
Label(s) Stony Plain Records (Independent)
Website www.corblund.com
Members
Corb Lund, Kurt Ciesla, Grant Siemens, Brady Valgardson

Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadian band formerly known simply as the Corb Lund Band


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[edit] Corb Lund

Corb Lund, the lead singer, grew up in Southern Alberta living on his family's farm and ranches near Taber, Cardston and Rosemary. Lund left his hometown of Taber and moved to Edmonton, where he enrolled in the Grant MacEwan Performing Arts School to study jazz guitar and bass.

Lund was a founding member of one of Western Canada's independent bands, The Smalls, who during their twelve-year career sold over 35,000 of their four independently released CDs. Lund and the Smalls toured extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe, including a stint in Bosnia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. The band retired in the fall of 2001.

Lund then went to live in Austin, Texas to reflect on the next step in his career and write music for five months. Encouraged by the positive feedback he received from audiences in Austin, he and his band traveled to Nashville and recorded a few songs with producer Harry Stinson, who had previously worked with artists such as Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, and Earl Scruggs.

[edit] The Hurtin' Albertans

The Hurtin' Albertans is the name given to Corb Lund's touring band. Together they have released 4 full length albums to much critical acclaim [1] [2]. The band tours regularly in Canada, the United States and Australia though much of their time is spent in the Canadian Prairies and the American southwest

The bands' members are;

  • Kurt Ciesla - Bass
  • Grant 'Demon' Siemens - Guitar and other strings
  • Brady Valgardson - Drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] Modern Pain

Released 1995/re-released 2003

  1. Expectation and the Blues
  2. We Used to Ride 'em
  3. Untitled Waltz
  4. Your Name Again
  5. Owlsong
  6. La Souffrance des Gens
  7. Lament for Lester Cousins
  8. Lives of Attrition (The Best We Can Do)
  9. You and Your Creeping
  10. Heavy and Leaving
  11. Waste and Tragedy
  12. Manyberries
  13. Evil in Me
  14. Hockey Song (live)
  15. Sixteen Tons (live)
  16. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (live)

[edit] Unforgiving Mistress

Released 1999

  1. Mora (Blackberry)
  2. Case of the Wine Soaked Preacher
  3. Remains of You
  4. Guitar from the Wall
  5. Where is My Soldier
  6. Spanish Armada
  7. I've Been Needin'
  8. Young and Jaded
  9. Engine Revver
  10. We Used to Ride 'em
  11. The Oldest Rhythm

[edit] Five Dollar Bill

Released 2002 (Certified Gold)

  1. Five Dollar Bill
  2. Expectation and the Blues
  3. Short Native Grasses (Prairies of Alberta)
  4. No Roads Here
  5. Apocalyptic Modified Blues
  6. Heavy and Leaving
  7. Intro/Jack of Diamonds
  8. Time to Switch to Whiskey
  9. Roughest Neck Around
  10. Daughter Don't You Marry No Guitar Picker
  11. (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots
  12. Buckin' Horse Rider
  13. She Won't Come to Me

[edit] Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer

Released 2005 (Certified Gold) [3]

  1. Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer
  2. The Truck Got Stuck
  3. Always Keep an Edge on Your Knife
  4. The Rodeo's Over (with Ian Tyson)
  5. Hurtin' Albertan (with Tim Hus)
  6. Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle
  7. All I Wanna do is Play Cards
  8. The Truth Comes Out
  9. Counterfeiters' Blues
  10. Good Copenhagen
  11. Trouble in the Country
  12. Little Foothills Heaven
  13. The Truck Got Stuck Talkin' Blues (featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott)

[edit] Awards

  • 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards for Outstanding Roots Recording, Best Independent Recording (both for Highland Steer) and Songwriter of the Year [4]
  • 2006 Canadian Country Music Awards for Roots Artists of the Year and Album of the Year
  • 2006 Juno for Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year
  • 2005 Western Canadian Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
  • 2005 Canadian Country Music Association Awards Independent Group of the Year and Roots Artist of the Year

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.corblund.com/presskit/articles/about.pdf About.com album review. Matt Bjorke
  2. ^ http://www.corblund.com/presskit/articles/exclaim.pdf Exclaim Magazine review, Fish Griwkowsky, Sept. 1, 2005
  3. ^ http://jam.canoe.ca/Country/2006/09/28/1911324.html Happy Trails for Corb Lund, David Schmeichel. Jam! Country.
  4. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2006/10/23/awards-west-cdn.html Lund, Arden take trophies at Western Canadian Music Awards, October 23, 2006. CBC Arts
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