Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
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| Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans | |
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| Also known as | Corb Lund Band |
| Origin | Alberta, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Country music |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Label(s) | Stony Plain |
| Website | www.corblund.com |
| Members | |
| Corb Lund Kurt Ciesla Grant Siemens Brady Valgardson |
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Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadian country music band, formerly known 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 College to study jazz guitar and bass.
Lund was a founding member of The Smalls, who sold over 35,000 albums over a twelve year span, all released independently. 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 and drummer Harry Stinson, who had previously performed with artists such as Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, and Earl Scruggs.
The band supports the recording of their live performances and have approved sharing of live recordings on Archive.org's Live Music Archive.
[edit] The Hurtin' Albertans
The Hurtin' Albertans is the name given to Corb Lund's touring band. Together they have released five full-length albums to 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 band's members are:
- Kurt Ciesla – bass
- Grant "Demon" Siemens – guitar and other strings
- Brady Valgardson – drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Modern PainA |
| 1999 | Unforgiving Mistress |
| 2002 | Five Dollar Bill |
| 2005 | Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer |
| 2007 | Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! |
- ARe-released in 2003.
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "No Roads Here" | Five Dollar Bill | |
| 2003 | "Five Dollar Bill" | ||
| "Roughest Neck Around" | |||
| "Time to Switch to Whiskey" | |||
| 2004 | "(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots" | ||
| "Roughest Neck Around" | |||
| 2005 | "Truck Got Stuck" | 27 | Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer |
| 2006 | "Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" | 15 | |
| "Counterfeiters' Blues" | |||
| "Truth Comes Out" | |||
| 2007 | "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry" | 28 | Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! |
| 2008 | "Family Reunion"A | 45 |
- ACurrent single.
[edit] Awards
[edit] 2005
- Western Canadian Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
- Canadian Country Music Association Awards Independent Group of the Year and Roots Artist of the Year
[edit] 2006
- Western Canadian Music Awards for Outstanding Roots Recording, Best Independent Recording (both for Highland Steer) and Songwriter of the Year [3]
- Canadian Country Music Awards for Roots Artist of the Year and Album of the Year
- Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year
[edit] 2007
- Canadian Country Music Award for Roots Artist of the Year
- "The Indies" Favourite Country Artist Award presented at Canadian Music Week[4]
[edit] Charity work
In March 2008, the United Nations Children's Fund announced[5] that the band had donated the use of the song "Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier" as the theme song of UNICEF Team Canada, the Canadian national equestrian skill-at-arms team, to support the team's work with UNICEF to provide food and medical care to AIDS orphans and infants infected with HIV in the third world.
[edit] External links
- Corb Lund official website
- Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at MySpace
- RGK Entertainment Group
- Corb Lund collection at the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive
- Obscure Sound article
- Interview with Corb on his debut UK tour
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.corblund.com/presskit/articles/about.pdf About.com album review. Matt Bjorke
- ^ http://www.corblund.com/presskit/articles/exclaim.pdf Exclaim Magazine review, Fish Griwkowsky, Sept. 1, 2005
- ^ 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
- ^ The Indies winners list
- ^ "Horse Solider! Horse Soldier! - Our New Theme Song, UNICEF Team Canada, March 19th 2008, retrieved March 21st 2008
