Corb Lund

Corb Lund is a Canadian roots-country vocalist/songwriter whose third recording, Five Dollar Expenses (2002), established him like a favourite among critics. Ahead of his mainstream discovery, he was an associate from the Smalls, a punk rock-band from Edmonton that by no means attained commercial achievement but was a local favorite through the 1990s. Given birth to in Alberta, where he was raised on his family’s plantation in the tiny city of Taber, Lund relocated to Edmonton to review music at Give MacEwan Community University. In 1990 he co-founded the Smalls having a few university friends. Composed of Mike Caldwell (vocals), Dug Bevans (electric guitar), and Terry Johnson (drums) furthermore to Lund (bass), the music group produced its full-length debut in 1990 using the eponymous record The Smalls. Following Smalls albums included To Each a Area (1992), Waste materials and Tragedy (1995), and My Dear Small Angle (1999). On the other hand, Lund founded a music group of his very own, the Corb Lund Music group, with Kurt Ciesla (bass) and Ryan Vikedal (drums) furthermore to Lund on vocals and electric guitar. Initially regarded a roots nation side task, the music group released two albums, Contemporary Discomfort (1995) and Unforgiving Mistress (1999), while Lund was still mixed up in Smalls. Following the breakup from the Smalls in 2001, the Corb Lund Music group became a full-time undertaking because of its namesake. Agreed upon to Stony Ordinary Records, the music group journeyed to Nashville to utilize manufacturer Harry Stinson on its third record, Five Dollar Costs (2002), a breakout strike that reached silver sales qualification in Canada and gained the compliment of critics. Lund collaborated with Stinson once again on his following record, Hair in my own Eyes Such as a Highland Steer (2005), a likewise successful work that was honored Album of the entire year with the Canadian Nation Music Association in 2006. The follow-up albums Equine Soldier! Equine Soldier! (2007) and his New Western world Information debut, Losin’ Recently Gambler (2009), had been also made by Stinson. Pursuing Live on the Edmonton Coliseum, also released in ’09 2009, Lund released Cabin Fever — that was actually recorded within a cabin he constructed north of Edmonton. In the summertime of 2014, Counterfeit Blues made an appearance from New Western. The collection presented newly recorded variations of tunes from Lund’s catalog, but having a twist: he and his street music group cut them live from the ground of Memphis’ Sunlight Studios, without overdubs. Lund came back to recording fresh materials with 2015’s Items That CAN NOT BE Undone. It had been made by Dave Cobb at his Nashville studio room. The ten-song arranged was previewed by starting track “Excess weight of a Weapon” as an online single, and premiered in October.