Corb Lund | |
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![]() Country roots singer Corb Lund, as photographed by Alexandra Valenti in Austin, Texas in 2014. | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Corb Lund Band |
Born | [1] [2] Canada | January 29, 1969
Origin | Taber, Alberta, Canada |
Genres | |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels | New West, Loose Music |
Members |
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Website | www |
Corb Lund (born January 29, 1969) is a Canadian country and western singer-songwriter from Taber, Alberta, Canada. He has released twelve albums, three of which are certified gold. Lund tours regularly in Canada, the United States and Australia, and has received several awards in Canada and abroad.
Corb Lund grew up in Southern Alberta living on his family's farm and ranches near Taber, Cardston and Rosemary. [3] 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. The band retired in the fall of 2001 but reunited in 2014 for a string of shows, the so-called "Slight Return" tour. [4]
Lund formed his country trio, the Corb Lund Band, in 1995. [5] He turned his attention to his own band exclusively when the Smalls broke up in 2001. [5] The band changed its name to "Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans" in 2005 [5] shortly after guitarist Grant Siemens joined the group, and has been touring and recording under that title ever since.
Lund starred as the 50-year-old oilfield contractor Ray Mitchell in the 2022 Canadian film Guitar Lessons. [6]
Lund currently lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, and spends much of his downtime at his family ranch east of Mountain View, Alberta. [7]
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadian country music band, formerly known as the Corb Lund Band. The Hurtin' Albertans is Lund's touring band. They have released nine albums to critical acclaim. [8] [9] 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:
Former Members:
The band has toured Europe, where they played the UK Glastonbury Festival, and Australia several times. The group was featured in 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 former world figure skating champion and fellow Albertan, Kurt Browning, performed a routine to "Expectation and the Blues". Their music can also be heard in the ski film "Nine Winters Old."
Lund signed a three-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 Duchess of Cambridge on their Royal visit to Canada. [10]
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans released their seventh studio album, Cabin Fever , on August 14, 2012. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart. In June 2013, the album was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.
Corb Lund released Things That Can't Be Undone in 2015. Lund worked with producer Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell) to explore new styles and sounds on the album. [11] The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December that year. [12]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
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CAN [13] | US Country [14] | US Heat [15] | |||
Modern Pain | — | — | — | ||
Unforgiving Mistress |
| — | — | — | |
Five Dollar Bill |
| — | — | — | |
Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer |
| — | — | — |
|
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! |
| 25 | — | — |
|
Losin' Lately Gambler | 20 | — | — | ||
Cabin Fever |
| 1 | 51 | 13 | |
Counterfeit Blues [19] |
| — | — | — | |
Things That Can't Be Undone |
| 8 | 37 | 10 | |
Agricultural Tragic |
| 31 | 31 | — | |
Songs My Friends Wrote [20] |
| — | — | — | |
El Viejo [21] |
| — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US Heat [22] | ||
Cover Your Tracks [23] |
| 23 |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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CAN Country [24] [25] [26] | |||
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" | 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" | 45 | |
"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" | 46 | ||
2010 | "Devil's Best Dress" | 45 | |
"This Is My Prairie" | — | ||
2012 | "Gettin' Down On The Mountain" | — | Cabin Fever |
"Dig Gravedigger Dig" | — | ||
"September" | — | ||
2013 | "Bible on the Dash" (with Hayes Carll) | — | Non-album single |
2015 | "Run This Town" | — | Things That Can't Be Undone |
"Washed Up Rockstar Factory Blues" | — | ||
"Weight Of The Gun" | — | ||
2020 | "I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey" (feat. Jaida Dreyer) | — | Agricultural Tragic |
2021 | "This Is My Prairie" (feat. Brett Kissel and Terri Clark) | — | Non-album single |
2022 | "Highway 87" | — | Songs My Friends Wrote |
2023 | "Old Familiar Drunken Feeling" [21] | — | El Viejo |
"Out on a Win" [27] | — | ||
2024 | "Redneck Rehab" [28] | — |
Year | Video | Director |
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2004 | "(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots" | Joel Stewart |
"Roughest Neck Around" | ||
2005 | "The Truck Got Stuck" | |
2006 | "Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" | |
"Counterfeiters' Blues" | Thaddeus Grant Fenton | |
"Truth Comes Out" | Trevor Smith | |
2007 | "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry" | |
2008 | "Family Reunion" | Trevor Smith/John Kerr |
2009 | "Hard on Equipment (Tool for the Job)" | Trevor Smith |
"A Game in Town Like This" | ||
2010 | "Devil's Best Dress" | Christopher Mills |
2012 | "Gettin' Down on the Mountain" | Fish Griwkowsky |
"September" | Trevor Smith | |
"Dig Gravedigger Dig" | ||
2013 | "Bible on the Dash" (with Hayes Carll) [29] | Blake Judd |
2014 | "Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)" [30] | Trevor Smith |
2015 | "Run This Town" [31] | Joshua Shoemaker |
2016 | "Washed-Up Rock Star Factory Blues" [32] | Ryan Hamblin |
"S Lazy H" | Trevor Smith | |
Year | Category | Result |
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2003 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo – Five Dollar Bill | Nominated |
2006 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo – Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer | Won |
2008 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! | Nominated |
2010 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo – Losin' Lately Gambler | Nominated |
2013 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo – Cabin Fever | Nominated |
Year | Category | Result |
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2003 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nominated |
2004 | Group or Duo of the Year | Nominated |
Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won | |
Independent Group or Duo of the Year | Won | |
2005 | Group or Duo of the Year | Nominated |
Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won | |
CMT Video of the Year – "Roughest Neck Around" | Nominated | |
Independent Group or Duo of the Year | Won | |
Year | Category | Result |
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2006 | Male Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won | |
Album of the Year – Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer | Won | |
Independent Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
2007 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won |
Independent Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
2008 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won |
Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! | Nominated | |
2009 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won |
2010 | Fans' Choice Award | Nominated |
Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won | |
Album of the Year – Losin' Lately Gambler | Nominated | |
CMT Video of the Year – "Devil's Best Dress" | Nominated | |
2011 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nominated |
2012 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nominated |
2013 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Won |
2014 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nominated |
2021 | Alternative Country Album of the Year – Agricultural Tragic | Won [33] |
2022 | Alternative Country Album of the Year - Songs My Friends Wrote | Won [34] |
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 global south.
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, 2010, 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 has supported the Centre for Family Literacy in Edmonton, Alberta since 2010.
Lund co-hosted and headlined the "Fire Aid" benefit concert supporting victims of the Fort McMurray wildfire at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in 2016. [37]
In 2021, Lund publicly expressed opposition to proposed coal mines in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, citing concerns of fellow southern Alberta ranchers about possible water pollution. [38] In June 2021, Lund held a small benefit concert in support of landowners. [39]
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