While some bands culminate their year of hard work with an award ceremony, Tim & The Glory Boys multi-instrumentalist Brenton David was back on the Home-Town Hoedown tour as soon as the end of the week of the Canadian Country Music Awards.
It’s been a big week in Calgary for Tim & The Glory Boys. The group shared the stage with George Canyon at the CCMA Legends concert and were nominated for Group/Duo of the Year.
David, who is a member of the Sagkeeng First Nation and has Métis roots in the Interlake region of Manitoba, is originally from Selkirk, Manitoba.
He plays guitar, banjo and fiddle for Tim & The Glory Boys. Instruments that David says “are a bit off the beaten path” were his ticket to a career as a professional musician.
The 31-year-old’s career consists of this time on the road with Tim & The Glory Boys, having joined Tim Neufeld and Colin Trask in the band in 2018. He also has a solo career which began during the pandemic and includes radio hits. This house and Speak about you.
Trask praises the musical qualities of his friend and bandmate.
“He has an incredibly soulful voice and what he sings is so rooted in his Manitoba heritage,” he said.
“When he comes out on stage with us, we look so much better!”
Winnipeg’s Now Country 104.7 afternoon show host Brian Cook said David’s music was very appealing.
“His sound on This house and I’m talking about you isn’t just for country music fans,” he said.
“They have a reach that cuts through the genre to the core.”
Brenton’s cultural pride plays a role in his musical career, being a music teacher and instilling his love for Métis music through the violin.
“I always try to merge my roots as a First Nations and Métis fiddler with something more contemporary,” he said.
During public health restrictions, musicians have tried creative ways to reach audiences. David said the Tim & The Glory Boys driving gig experience was one of the toughest.
“We’ve put so much effort into making sure the technical requirements are right and the sound is right – when someone pulls up in their car listening to AM radio, it’s not quite the same thing,” he said.
Since the restrictions were lifted, David has been back on the road and back in front of regular audiences.
“Last summer was the first in two years to feel much closer to normal, with bigger crowds, playing country music festivals where there are 10,000 people and not 500 people spread out in the crowd.
“Now that things are starting to reopen, it feels like a fresh start. It feels like a golden new era in music.”
During the second half of 2022, the band’s Home-Town Hoedown tour passes through more than 30 stops in the United States and Canada, including Winnipeg on October 16, before concluding in Thunder Bay, Ontario on October 13. november.
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