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Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans 
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at the 2007 Glastonbury FestivalBackground information Also known as Corb Lund Band Origin Alberta, Canada Genres Country
Folk
Bluegrass
IndieYears active 1995–present Labels New West Website www.corblund.com Members Corb Lund
Kurt Ciesla
Grant Siemens
Brady ValgardsonCorb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadian country music band, formerly known as the Corb Lund Band.
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. He is proud of being an Albertan.[1] 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.
The Hurtin' Albertans
Hurtin' Albertans is Corb Lund's touring band. They have released five albums to critical acclaim.[2][3] The band tours regularly in Canada, the United States and Australia. 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
Siemens is the only member who is not Albertan, hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Farmer/drummer Valgardson and Lund are from Taber, Alberta.
The band has toured Europe, where they played the UK Glastonbury Festival, and Australia several times. The group was featured the movie "Slither" (2006) and were part of the soundtrack to the 2008 documentary, "Holler Back: (Not) Voting in an American Town." They have also provided accompaniment for an NBC special in 2006, on which Olympic gold medalist and fellow Albertan, Kurt Browning, performed a figure skating routine to “Expectation and the Blues”. Their music can also be heard in the ski film "Nine Winters Old."
Corb Lund signed a two-album deal with New West Records (home of Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson and other major artists) in 2009. His first record on New West, "Losin' Lately Gambler," was released in September 2009.
Corb Lund and the Hurtin Albertans played their 2009 single "Long Gone to Saskatchewan" in Ottawa for the 2011 Canada Day ceremonies in the presence of the newlywed Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge on their Royal visit to Canada.[4]
Discography
Studio albums
Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)CAN
[5]Modern Pain - Release date: 1995
- Label: Outside Music
- Formats: CD, cassette
— Unforgiving Mistress - Release date: 1999
- Label: Outside Music
- Formats: CD, cassette
— Five Dollar Bill - Release date: June 11, 2002
- Label: Stony Plain Records
- Formats: CD
— Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer - Release date: September 6, 2005
- Label: Stony Plain Records
- Formats: CD, music download
— - CAN: Gold[7]
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! - Release date: November 13, 2007
- Label: Stony Plain Records
- Formats: CD, music download
— Losin' Lately Gambler - Release date: September 22, 2009
- Label: New West Records
- Formats: CD, music download
20 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Singles
Year Single 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" (re-release) 2005 "Truck Got Stuck" Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer 2006 "Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" "Counterfeiters' Blues" "Truth Comes Out" 2007 "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry" Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! 2008 "Family Reunion" "Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier" 2009 "Hard on Equipment (Tool for the Job)" "A Game in Town Like This" Losin' Lately Gambler "Long Gone to Saskatchewan" 2010 "Devil's Best Dress" "This Is My Prairie" Awards
JUNO Awards (Canada)
- 2010 Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) (nominated)
- 2008 year Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) (nominated)
- 2006 Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) (WON)
- 2003 Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group) (nominated)
Americana Music Association’s Americana Honors & Awards Show
- 2010 Emerging Artist of the Year (nominated)
- 2010 Albums of the Year: #38
Gold Records
- 2002: Five Dollar Bill (As ranked by the Canadian Recording Industry Association)
- 2005: Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer (As ranked by the Canadian Recording Industry Association)
Canadian Country Music Association Awards
- 2010 Roots Artist of the Year (WON)
- 2009 Roots Artist of the Year (WON)
- 2008 Roots Artist of the Year (WON)
- 2007 Roots Artist or Group of the Year (WON)
- 2006 Album of The Year (WON)
- 2006 Roots Artist or Group of the Year (WON)
- 2006 Album Design of the Year (Jeff Sylvester) (WON)
- 2005 Independent Group or Duo of the Year (WON)
- 2005 Roots Artist or Group of the Year (WON)
- 2004 Independent Group or Duo of the Year (WON)
- 2004 Roots Artist or Group of the Year (WON)
Western Canadian Music Awards
- 2008 Outstanding Roots Recording (WON)
- 2006 Outstanding Independent Recording (WON)
- 2006 Outstanding Roots Recording (WON)
- 2006 Songwriter of the Year (WON)
- 2005 Entertainer of the Year (WON)
- 2003 Outstanding Album (Independent) (WON)
CMC Music Awards (Australia)
- 2011 International Artist of the Year (nominated)
Canadian Folk Music Awards
- 2008 English Songwriter of the Year (WON)
U.S. Independent Music Awards
- 2007 Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album (nominated)
- 2003 Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year (nominated)
Country Music Association (Australia)
- 2007 Global Country Artist Award (nominated)
Indie Acoustic Project
- Best Lyrics, “Best CDs of 2007” Awards (WON)
- Best Male Singer-Songwriter, “Best CDs of 2006” Awards (nominated)
The Indies (Canadian Independent Music Awards)
- 2008 Favourite Folk Artist/Group (WON)
- 2007 Favourite Country Artist, Group or Duo of the Year (WON)
- 2006 Favourite Folk Artist/Group (WON)
French Association of Country Music (France)
- 2006 Independent Artist of the Year (WON)
- 2005 Independent Artist of the Year (WON)
Canadian Association for Campus Activities
- 2007 Best Contemporary Music (Recording) (WON)
Artist Also Appears On
2005
- Carolyn Mark - Just Married: An Album of Duets CD, “Sweet Thing”, Mint
2006
- Slither: Music from the Motion Picture CD, “(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots”, Bulletproof Recording Company Inc.
- Various Artists 30 Years of Stony Plain CDs, “The Truth Comes Out”, Stony Plain
- Worlds Best Award Winning Country Vol. 5- World’s Best Award Winning Country CD, “Truck Got Stuck”, Pid
2007
- Various Artists Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson CD, “MC Horses”, Stony Plain
Charity work
In March 2008, the United Nations Children's Fund announced 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.
In March 2010, Lund appeared as part of Young Artists for Haiti to record a benefit version of K'naan's song Wavin' Flag.
On July 11, Lund headlined the Medicine Hat Flood Relief Show, which raised $68,000 for Canadian Red Cross 2010 Flood Relief campaign, which benefits those affected by the disastrous flooding in Southern Alberta.
Lund is scheduled to participate in a charity poker tournament in support of the Centre for Family Literacy in Edmonton, Alberta on Oct. 22, 2010.
References
- ^ http://www.straight.com/article-132057/albertan-corb-lund-has-provincial-pride
- ^ 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
- ^ McCoy, Heath (30 June 2011). "Alberta’s Corb Lund ready to share his country with royal couple". Calgary Herald. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/royal-visit/Alberta+Corb+Lund+ready+share+country+with+royal+couple/5033256/story.html. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Albums Week of October 10, 2009". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/charts#/charts/canadian-albums?chartDate=2009-10-10&order=gainer. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Five Dollar Bill". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Five%20Dollar%20Bill&ica=False&sa=Corb%20Lund&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Hair&ica=False&sa=Corb%20Lund&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Canadian country music groups
- Musical groups from Edmonton
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