The Sheepdogs - 70's style Canadian rock

The Sheepdogs are a modern Canadian band bringing the sound of classic rock back to the scene... a total 70's revival! Check out their current single that's receiving radio airplay right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4JR6aw_Uqo

Simple, fun, and super catchy! And do those chorus harmonies remind you of anyone? Another classic Canadian band, perhaps?

 

These are the guys who are in contention to be on
the cover of the Rolling Stone this coming August.
In typically Canadian fashion, I haven't seen one
word about them in a newspaper or magazine up
here!

 

thanks for the link - fun stuff!

 

Ain't it always the way. lol

Good track. Definitely enough there for me to want to hear more.

 

That is very good stuff, but how do Canadians define Canadian rock different from say, US rock? I'm just curious...

 

I don't know that I would differentiate between them really. These guys do happen to sound an awful lot like a certain famous Canadian band out of Winnipeg though, so that might be where the "Canadian Rock" association comes from.

 

Incidentally, you can hear 8 songs from these guys on CBC Radio 3:
http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/The-Sheepdogs

I don't know if that link is available outside of Canada or not...

 

Another great tune from these guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eZy_KOgbQ

Anyone else hear a Grateful Dead / Allman Brothers influence in that riff?

 

They admit to being fans of the Allmans

 

Here they are live at a house party for the series "The Neighbors Dog"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97rXnfmK3ws

 

Learn to Burn is a great summer album. Pure fun.

But good lord, this guy sounds like Burton Cummings. It was alluded to earlier, but this truly does sound like a lost Guess Who album. It's almost eerie how similar they sound. But hey, ain't nothin' wrong with that! These harmonies are fantastic. Can't wait to see them live.

 

They won the Rolling Stone cover contest!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sheepdogs-win-rolling-stone-cover-contest-deal-atlantic-190022830.html

 

That's cool. I remember reading about them in Rolling Stone earlier in the year. I didn't realize at the time I was reading about the contest - that took 2 or 3 months to figure out. Duh. But I did like the bands that were named checked to describe their sound. They have been playing one of their songs on CFNY in Toronto - they don't suck.

That said the first 2.5 Kings of Leon albums far from sucked too.

 

Was grocery shopping tonight and Rolling Stone caught my eye. I liked the looks of the band on the cover. Looked like 70's vintage rockers. It was some band from Saskatoon called The Sheepdogs. Read the story about them inside, and checked out some of their tunes on Youtube when I got home. Great bluesy rock n' soul with nice harmonies. I certainly hope these guys get rewarded for years of payin' their dues. They deserve it.

http://youtu.be/7jKyJdpLIio

 

I saw them the other day in Times Square. They were having their picture taken and their Rolling Stone cover was on one of the electronic billboards.

 

I got the issue of "RS" with their pic on it and started to freak out - it's the first time I've ever seen a cover act who I've never heard of! Felt really out of touch - until I saw they were contest winners, not a band whose popularity dictated they should be on the cover.

I'm still old and out of touch, but FEEL less so now!

 

How are these guys not getting more discussion around here? Learn & Burn is easily one of the best straightforward rock albums to come along in years.....

 

Probably because no one can actually buy the record! lols. They run out of stock a few times now from what I hear.

They win the RS cover contest and the record company has no stock to feed the masses. Anyway...

Their tour with Kings Of Leon should help a lot. I like the two songs I heard. Straight forward rock n roll with some nice harmonies. They need to ditch the head bands and fringe jackets though. Too much cliche for me.

 

New album scheduled for release in September, if anyone cares....

In the meantime, classic rock fans need to do themselves a favor and check out the Learn & Burn album and the Five Easy Pieces EP.... both excellent.

 

....produced by Austin Scaggs (isn't that Boz' son?) of Rolling
Stone magazine(!) fame and drummer Patrick Carney of the
Black Keys(!!).
How those two ended up co-producing the Sheepdogs' major
label debut is anyone's guess!

 

The new album just came out this week!!

Can't wait to pick this one up.... AMG gives it quite a good review:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sheepdogs-mw0002407946

 

with the Canadian content requirements for radio up here, these guys should have a long career in Canada.

i caught them live last year - def. a fun time, partying like its 1992 (i.e. when the first classic rock revival was in full swing on campuses). Absence of a compelling soloist detracts from their live act (i.e. any instrumental breaks are clearly rehearsed rather than improvised), but that should change in time.

 

C'mon, they don't sound a thing like Propagandhi.

 

They have a cool sound, but I find their songs to be pretty dull

 

Now that I've heard their album, all I gotta say is "Lelia Broussard was robbed!".