Corb Lund 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.
Biography
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.
Other media
Lund starred as the 50-year-old oilfield contractor Ray Mitchell in the 2022 Canadian film Guitar Lessons.[6]
Personal life
Lund currently lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, and spends much of his downtime at his family ranch east of Mountain View, Alberta.[7]
The Hurtin' Albertans
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadiancountry 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:
Sean Burns, bass
Grant "Demon" Siemens, guitar and other strings
Lyle Molzan/Brady Valgardson, drums
Former Members:
Ryan "Vik" Vikedal, drums
Kurt Ciesla, bass
Karie Brown, bass
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."
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 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]
Great Canadian Song Quest, "The West Just Fades Away", CBC Radio 2
Various Artists – The Americana Music Association, "Devil's Best Dress", Red Ink
2011
Various Artists – Have Not Been The Same Volume One: Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die, "In Contempt Of Me", Zunior Records
2013
Various Artists – Festival Man: Truly Great Artists Playing Geoff Berner's Songs, "That's What Keeps The Rent Down", Dundurn
2014
Various Artists – An Americana Christmas, "Just Me And These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)", New West Records
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 global south.
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 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]
