Artist description Celtic Roots Rock

Music Style Roots Rock

Musical Influences The Clash, The Pogues, Big Country, Wonder Stuff, Stiff Little Fingers

Similar Artists The Clash, The Pogues, Big Country, Wonder Stuff, Stiff Little Fingers

Artist History History of CaptainTractor ------------------------------------------------------------------------2000Oct. 6--> RELEASED Hoserista Box SetSept. 24--> RELEASED HoseristaWon ARIA's for Best Band and Best Album (sponsored by SOCAN) for Celebrity Traffic JamSummer 2000: The CBC rates "Frozen Puck to the Head" as the best hockey song ever written.April - May, 2000: Diamond Studs: The Life Of Jesse JamesJesse James is Dead!You can read all about the life and times of Jesse James is an old and musty history book, or you can head out to Leave it to Jane Theatre and catch the Tractor gang in the highly acclaimed musical "Diamond Studs: The Life Of Jesse James." Jan - April:Captain Tractor started off 2000, or at least ended off 1999 playing at the Billiards Club in Edmonton. They followed this with an East coast tour, then went Down Under to New Zealand for three weeks. Upon their return to Canada they announced their interest in creating "Hoserista" . A six CD compilation of Captain Tractor jewels. Each band member will contribute one CD worth of material, and the final CD will be all new material. There will be new music, old music, and a cornucopia of other great items included in the CDs.------------------------------------------------------------------------1999December-->"The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" video makes CMT's top 100 videos of the 90's list.June 25th--> RELEASED Celebrity Traffic Jam January--> Released Inconsequential Things video compilation.Also This Year....*Captain Tractor is offering their European release "Hat Trick" for general release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------1998February--> Made Three Bucks American with Joel StewartWon an ARIA for Best Songwriter (sponsored by SOCAN) for SomedayApril--> Released Hat Trick Went on a European Tour in AprilContinued American campaign in the pacific northwest .------------------------------------------------------------------------1997August--> Released Bought The FarmRecorded videos for Here We Go Again and SomedayAimée Hill left the band for health reasons, but continues to work with the group as a publicist.The band continues to sell out shows all over western Canada and beyond. Tours of Europe, and the eastern and southwestern U.S. are in the works.Beginning with a New Year's Eve show at the renowned Banff Springs Hotel, 1997 never looked better. Good show- great crowd- a good time was had by all. Would we do it again next year- you betcha!January kept the band hopping with shooting a new video for "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" and the recording of their third CD Bought The Farm. New songs with a lot of zing.Talking about videos!!! Joel Stewart at Naked Pictures did a great job for us. Captain Tractor's video "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" has been played on MuchMusic and is currently on full rotation on CMT.Captain Tractor has been involved in many worthwhile causes, such as The Responsible Drinking Campaign, CBC and CKUA. The band is always willing to support worthwhile causes that are close to their hearts.Performance highlights have included.... *A couple of short west coast tours and an eastern tour ending in Ontario. *Showcases at Canadian Music Week in Toronto in March and Music West in Vancouver in May. *Performances at the Calgary Winter Fest *splitting the bill with Leahy for the Cowboy's shows in Alberta and university/college shows in Alberta and B.C.. Festival season kicked off with a performance at the Northwest Folklife in Seattle, Washington. Other places that Captain Tractor have performed include: *South Country Fair in Fort McLeod, Alberta *Restoration Music Festival in Vernon, B.C. Captain Tractor was honoured by the Alberta Recording Industry Association at their award show in June by winning a bounty of awards. These awards included: Group Recording Artist of the Yearfor both 10th and 11th yearsBest Alternative/New Music Artist on RecordSingle of the Year"Up The Hill"The band also show cased at the Alberta Recording Industry Association Award Show on June 8th.------------------------------------------------------------------------1996During the summer, Captain Tractor performed at several festivals... South Country Fair, the Saskatoon Fringe, the Okanagan Music Fest, the Calgary Folk Music Festival and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. An amazing sight happened during Captain Tractor's concert set at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. While the band performed Up The Hill, some of the more energetic fans formed a conga line and danced "up the hill." It was quite a sight to beholdNominated for a COCA Award, Captain Tractor was one of four bands invited to perform at the Awards dinner.Captain Tractor has made two videos to accompany the release of their singles from East of Edson. Up The Hill and Talk both received airplay on MuchMusic. The Talk video was previewed by Terry David Mulligan of MuchWest on January 6. The video preview was accompanied by an interview that Terry David did at the Vancouver Airport; Captain Tractor was New Zealand bound at the time.Single releases of their CD, East of Edson are doing well at the radio stations. The first single that was released, Up The Hill, charted in the top 30 on Power 92 (an Edmonton radio station). The second single release off Captain Tractor's CD, East of Edson was Talk. This was released the last week of January and did really well at the campus stations. Talk was promoted by Tracy Hooper, Anya Wilson Publicity and Promotion, out of Toronto, Ontario.Captain Tractor toured New Zealand in January and February. This was very successful - new friends and a lot of new fans. The tour was made possible by a FACTOR Touring Grant. The band also recorded a few songs with New Zealand band, Banshee Reel. Alas, because of the change of personnel in Banshee Reel, this project fell by the wayside.Captain Tractor returned from New Zealand to play a sold-out licensed concert at the Dinwoodie Lounge, University of Alberta. They followed that successful show up with two evening concerts at the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships. At these shows, Captain Tractor sold over $3,400 worth of merchandise. It was an incredible experience.To end off the year, Captain Tractor celebrated New Year's Eve at the Banff Springs Hotel. It was quite the party to end off such an amazing year. Sadly, that concert was also the last time that Aimee Hill would be performing with Captain Tractor (she decided to pursue other interests). She will be sadly missed.------------------------------------------------------------------------1995Captain Tractor's debut album, Land was released on October 19, 1994. David Howell of the Edmonton Journal picked Land as one of the best albums out of Edmonton in 1994.In February, Captain Tractor performed at the Canada Games in Grande Prairie. Our Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, was at the Opening Ceremony for the Canada Games, and caught some of Captain Tractor's set in the big tent. Shaking their hands, he was reported to have said, "You have a very good band there. Keep up the good work."Captain Tractor show cased at some prestigious events in 1995. Some highlights included the Eastside Sound Welcomes the National Folk Alliance, Portland, Oregon in February, Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Ontario in March, and MuchWest, Vancouver, B.C. in May. Also in May they show cased at the National Canadian Organization of Campus Activities (COCA) Convention in Ottawa, Ontario.Captain Tractor's interview with Larry LeBlance found its way into the prestigious magazine, Billboard. This article appeared in the December 9, 1995 issue.Nominations for two Alberta Recording Industry Association Awards ("Most Promising" and "Group of the Year") toped off Captain Tractor's exceptional year.

Group Members Brock, Chris, Scott, Jon, Jules

Instruments Bass, Drums, Guitars, Mandolin, Accordian and many more.

Albums Land (1994) East of Edson (1995) Bought the Farm (1997) Hat Trick (1998) Celebrity Traffic Jam (1999) Hoserista (2000)

Additional Info 6 CD Hoserista Box Set (2000)

Location Edmonton, Alberta - Canada

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