| Gord Bamford | |
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| Born | April 17, 1976 Traralgon, Australia |
| Origin | Lacombe, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
| Labels | Royalty Records |
| Website | www.gordbamford.com |
Gord Bamford (born April 17, 1976) is a Canadian country music singer.[1] He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.
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Bamford was born in Traralgon, Australia. When Bamford was 5 years old, he moved with his mother, Marilyn, from Australia to Lacombe, Alberta after his parents divorce.[2] A singer who toured with an Australian country band, Bamford's mother encouraged him to pursue a career in music.[2] In 1995, Bamford entered and won the Nornet Radio Network's "Search for the Stars."[1] With Rob Bartlett from Sundae Sound producing, Bamford went to Calgary to record his debut single, "Forever Starts Today," written by Dean McTaggart.[1][2] The song received a positive response from Canadian country radio the following year.
In January 2001, Bamford released his debut album, God's Green Earth, on his own GWB Records. The album was produced by Bart McKay at Sound Edge Productions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[2] Bamford wrote two songs on the album.[1] Five songs were released from the project - "God's Green Earth," "24 x 24," "Where a Cowboy Likes to Roam," "Man of the House" and "Classic Country Song." The album didn't do as well as Bamford had expected and left the business discouraged.[3]
In 2003, Bamford began spending time in Nashville, Tennessee writing with Steve Fox, Tim Taylor, and Byron Hill, who went on to co-produce his second album.[1] The album, Life Is Good, was released on October 19, 2004.[4] Bamford wrote or co-wrote 10 of the 11 songs on the project.[2] Six singles were released from the album, including the top 20 singles "Heroes," "My Heart's a Genius," "All About Her," "Life Is Good" and "I Would for You." A music video was shot for "All About Her," and reached #8 on CMT Canada's Chevy Top 20.
Over the next few years, Bamford opened shows for Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Don Williams and Terri Clark.[1] In both 2005 and 2006, he was nominated at the Canadian Country Music Awards for Independent Male Vocalist of the Year, Independent Song of the Year, and the Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award.[5] On June 4, 2007, Bamford was one of only two Canadian artists invited to perform at the Global Artist Party at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville.[5]
Bamford's third album, Honkytonks and Heartaches, produced by Nashville producer Byron Hill, was released on September 25, 2007.[5] The first single, "Blame It On That Red Dress," was Gord's first top 10 hit on the Canadian country singles chart and the music video, directed by award-winning director Stephano Barberis, reached #1 on CMT Canada's Chevy Top 20 for one week.
Gord Bamford's fourth album, Day Job, was released in April 2010. So far, four singles have been released from the album, "Day Job", "Put Some Alcohol On It", "My Daughter's Father" and "Hank Williams Lonesome".
On August 30, 2004, Gord and his wife Kendra welcomed a boy, Nash David weighing in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces. They had a daughter, Paisley in 2007 and on August 3, 2009, they welcomed another daughter, Memphis Quinn.
| Title | Details |
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| God's Green Earth |
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| Life Is Good |
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| Honkytonks and Heartaches |
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| Day Job |
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| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| CAN [6] |
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| 1996 | "Forever Starts Today" | — | single only |
| 2001 | "24 x 24" | — | God's Green Earth |
| "Where a Cowboy Likes to Roam" | — | ||
| "God's Green Earth" | — | ||
| 2002 | "Man of the House" | — | |
| "Classic Country Song" | — | ||
| 2004 | "Heroes" | — | Life Is Good |
| "My Heart's a Genius" | — | ||
| 2005 | "All About Her" | — | |
| "Life Is Good" | — | ||
| 2006 | "I Would for You" | — | |
| "We're All Cowboys" | — | ||
| 2007 | "Blame It On That Red Dress" | 66 | Honkytonks and Heartaches |
| 2008 | "Stayed 'Til Two" | 78 | |
| "Postcard from Pasadena" | 78 | ||
| 2009 | "Little Guy" | 78 | |
| "Drinkin' Buddy" | 83 | ||
| "Hurtin' Me Back" | 100 | ||
| 2010 | "Day Job" | — | Day Job |
| "Put Some Alcohol On It" | 87 | ||
| "My Daughter's Father" | 94 | ||
| 2011 | "Hank Williams Lonesome" | — | |
| 2012 | "Is It Friday Yet?"A | TBD | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Year | Single | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "The Night Ain't Over Yet" | Chad Klinger | The Man I Am Inside |
| 2011 | "Chicken & Biscuits" | Colt Ford | Non-album song |
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "My Heart's a Genius" | Colin Cunningham |
| 2005 | "All About Her" | |
| 2007 | "Blame It On That Red Dress" | Stephano Barberis |
| 2008 | "Stayed 'Til Two" | |
| "Postcard from Pasadena" | ||
| 2009 | "Little Guy" | |
| "Baseball Glove" | ||
| 2010 | "Day Job" | |
| "Put Some Alcohol On It" | Stephano Barberis | |
| "My Daughters Father" | John Kerr | |
| 2011 | "Hank Williams Lonesome" |