Artist description Good old country, sounding like the way it was meant to be.

Music Style Country

Artist History AFTER LEAVING UNIVERSITY, I WENT BACK TO THE PRAIRIES AND LIVED IN A SHACK FOR TWO YEARS, NO POWER, WATER OR TELEPHONE.I PLAYED IN SEVERAL BANDS, DURING THE SEVENTIES. I WAS INFLUENCED BY GRAM PARSONS: A UNION OF COUNTRY ROOTS AND THE EXPANDED CONSIOUSNESS OF THE SIXTIES. IN THE FORTIES, BEFORE WE HAD POWER, I LISTENED TO THE GRAND OLE OPRE ON A BATTERY RADIO. I BECAME A WELL-KNOWN CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTER IN THE EIGHTIES AND HAVE BEEN MAKING MY LIVING AT IT EVER SINCE. IN 1992 A CAR ACCIDENT LEFT ME WITH POST-TRAUMATIC SHOCK AND I COULDN’T PAINT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THE RESULTANT THERAPY, AN OPENING UP OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS, GOT ME BACK INTO WRITING SONGS. MOST OF THESE SONGS WERE WRITTEN IN 1993, THEY WERE PART OF THE EXORCISM OF DEMONS THAT TRIGGERED THE POST-TRAUMATIC SHOCK. I COULD SLEEP NO MORE THAT TWO OR THREE HOURS AND WOKE TO A PANIC ATTACK EVERY MORNING. THINKING THAT A MOVE TO THE COUNTRY MIGHT ASSIST THE INSOMNIA, I RENTED A LOG HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR SECTIONS OF VIRGIN, ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOOTHILL COUNTRY. THIS RECONNECTED ME TO CHILDHOOD PRAIRIE ROOTS. I TOOK PART IN SPRING AND FALL CATTLE DRIVES, THE ALBUM COVER IS A PAINTING OF THE MOUNTING UP FOR ONE FALL DRIVE. IN 1996 ALL OF THIS CULMINATED IN THE DEMISE OF A 30 YEAR MARRIAGE AND I HIT THE ROAD IN A CHEVY DIESEL AND A TRAVEL TRAILER. FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS I EXPLORED THE SOUTH IN WINTER, FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA, WITH LONG STAYS IN NASHVILLE IN BETWEEN. IN 1997 A SWEETHEART FROM GRADE FOUR BECAME MY TRAVEL COMPANION. THE LETTER AND THE FIRST STAGE OF LOVE PROVED TO BE PROPHETIC, THEY WERE WRITTEN TWO MONTHS BEFORE SHE RE-ENTERED MY LIFE AFTER A FORTY YEAR ABSENCE.

Group Members Ken Chistopher

Instruments Mandolin, Guitar and Vocals

Location Swift Current, Sask. - Canada

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