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The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock and roll band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2006. The group consists of lead singer and guitarist Ewan Currie, bass guitarist Ryan Gullen, drummer Sam Corbett, guitarist Jimmy Bowskill, and Shamus Currie, brother of lead singer Ewan Currie, playing trombone, keyboards, and tambourine.〔("Saskatoon's the Sheepdogs land cover of Rolling Stone" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', August 1, 2011.〕 The Sheepdogs became the first unsigned band to make the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' Magazine in 2011 and have since grown to popularity in Canada and the United States. Frontman Ewan Currie describes the band's retro, guitar driven blues-rock style as “pure, simple, good-time music,” their distinctive sound has been called the "Guitar-mony" because of the use of harmonies in guitar solos and vocals. The Sheepdogs consider their style to be somewhere between the riff heavy bombast of Led Zeppelin and the melodies and harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Currie often credits groups like Sly and the Family Stone, Humble Pie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Allman Brothers Band as influences on his style. The Sheepdogs firmly believe that touring and recording are equally important in the process of making and perfecting their music. The band tours frequently, regularly playing a number of large festivals including South by Southwest in Austin, TX, Edgefest in Toronto and Ottawa's Bluesfest and City Folk Festival. ==History== Ewan Currie was born in Australia, but moved to Saskatoon at 11 where he met Ryan Gullen. The pair went to different middle schools but met in a regional music program once a week where they both played clarinet. Currie and Gullen grew to be close friends at Evan Hardy high school in Saskatoon; in their spare time they learned to play guitar. Currie played defensive line for the school’s football team and appeared in a number of school theatre productions.〔 Currie and Gullen wanted to make an effort to try new things and meet new people at university, so when they met Sam Corbett they decided to form a band.The pair met Sam Corbett, the band’s future drummer, at the University of Saskatchewan. Because Corbett had an old bass guitar and a gift certificate to a local music store, they rented a drum kit and started playing in Corbett’s parents’ basement with Corbett on drums, Gullen playing the bass, and Currie playing an electric guitar that he had recently purchased.〔 They honed their skills playing seventies blues-rock songs as well as newer material like covers of the early Black Keys and Kings of Leon, all the while writing their own music. Currie, Gullen, and Corbett called their trio The Breaks and released an EP in 2006.〔 In the summer of 2006, Currie, Gullen, and Corbett spotted Leot Hanson playing acoustic guitar at a party. Hanson was playing a Kings of Leon song from their first album and the trio joined in. The next day, Hanson joined the band and they changed their name to The Sheepdogs.〔 The band's name is inspired by a story from Currie's childhood. A young Currie, left playing in his front yard had wandered off down the street, and when his frantic mother went searching for him, she found him in a park playing with a big friendly sheep dog. Currie described the indecent in an interview with The National Post, saying: "I’ve always felt like those dogs were especially benevolent and sort of watched over me." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sheepdogs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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