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Kingston, Ontario
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History
The band began as a side project for Wright when he was a member of
Weeping Tile
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. When that band amicably parted ways following their 1998 recording '' This Great Black Night'', the Wrongs became Wright's primary band. The band membership has shifted a number of times since its inception. Original members Wright, Cam Giroux (drums), Sean Kelly (bass), Brian Flynn (fiddle), Dan Curtis (electric guitar) and Olesh Maximew (pedal steel guitar) toured Canada and established themselves on the burgeoning alt-country scene. Consistent contributors and guests include
Sarah Harmer
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Early life
Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sis ...
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Jason Mercer
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History
The band consisted of vocalist Kate Fenner, vocalist and organist Chris Brown, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Whiteman, guitarist Chris Mil ...
, and Chris Brown. Pedal steel player Burke Carroll joined the band in 2001 and was followed by Columbus, Ohio-based fiddler Megan Palmer. Other band members that have come and gone and come back are mandolin player Dan Whiteley, fiddler Miranda Mulholland, bassist James Taylor, drummers, Casey Fisher, Bruce Martin, Daria Grace and Russ Meissner, vocalist and pianist Emily Fennell, keyboardist Hugh Christopher Brown and long time friend and guitarist Tony Scherr.
The band's debut album, '' Hurtin' for Certain'', recorded at Grant Avenue studio in Hamilton, was released in 1997 on Snakeye Muzak. Guelph based D.R.O.G. records released '' Roger's Waltz'' in 1999. Both of these albums are original roots/country efforts with the songs written primarily by Wright. Guitarist Dan Curtis added two songs to '' Roger's Waltz'', one a snappy duet entitled "Celia" with
Sarah Harmer
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Early life
Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sis ...
.
The band's best-known album, '' Rebuild the Wall'', was released in 2001 on Back Porch Records. It is a track-by-track reimagining of Pink Floyd's
progressive rock
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classic ''
The Wall
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'' as a bluegrass country album.
The band signed with Universal Records Canada and Back Porch Records in the U.S. and embarked on a North American tour to perform their version of The Wall, intermixed with their own compositions.
Their fourth album, '' Guitar Pickin' Martyrs'', was also released on Back Porch and Universal Canada in 2003.
In 2006 the band released '' Instrumentality'' on Snakeye Muzak. They also recorded two tracks for the 2006 Steve Goodman tribute album '' My Old Man'', reimagining Goodman's "
Man of Your Dreams'' was released March 25, 2008 on Snakeye Muzak, distributed by
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. '' Hearts and Lonely Hunters'' was released on November 25, 2015 by Wolfe Island Records and distributed by
Outside Music
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. The members of Luther Wright and the Wrongs have also recorded two albums for children under the name 'Butterfingers'.
Wright continues to record and produce local Kingston area bands including Rueben de Groot, Emily Fennell, Dan & Jenny Whiteley with Riley Bagus and Vancouver based Rusty Ford.