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Corb Lund Corb Lund BiographyThe quick version of this story is Corb Lund was a foothills-raised rodeo kid who found compelling urban credibility in the legendary Smalls, Western Canada's independent phenomena, who during their twelve-year career toured extensively in Canada, the US, and Europe, including a stint in Bosnia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic.
Corb grew up in Southern Alberta, in the foothills of the Rockies. His music is influenced by his experiences riding horseback, chasing cattle, and rodeoing in Southern Alberta and living on the family farm and ranches near Taber, Cardston, and Rosemary. Coming from four generations of ranchers and cowboys, Corb left his hometown of Taber and moved to Edmonton, where he attended Grant MacEwan Performing Arts School to study jazz guitar and bass.
Kurt Ciesla, upright bass player for the Corb Lund Band, was raised in Lethbridge, Alberta. An extremely versatile musician, he is a former member of funk acts Blue Locutus and Bubba and is a familiar and respected musician in the Edmonton Jazz music scene. He has performed a number of times with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, including a live concert on the MacIntyre Ranch. Kurt is all about the bass.
The very talented and capable Brady Valgardson of Taber, Alberta is the band's drummer. Brady comes from a family of drummers and has performed with several bands in southern Alberta, where he currently lives and works on his family farm.
Grant Siemens is the most recent member of the Corb Lund Band. A Winnipeg native, Grant lends his talents as a lead guitar, lap steel and banjo player, providing a refreshing fourth dimension to the band's sound. |
