The Sheepdogs graced our cover a decade ago --- where are they now?
“We were always trying to grab as many influences as we could and just smash ‘em all together,” Currie says. “And by doing that, you couldn’t tell which one we were.”
The starting line of the Sheepdogs takes place in 2004 at the University of Saskatchewan. Currie, bassist Ryan Gullen, and drummer Sam Corbett met on campus and got together to jam classic rock standards and traditional blues riffs. Eventually, the trio enlisted a lead guitarist, bought a cheap, shitty van to tour in, and hit the road.
For several years, the Sheepdogs roamed endlessly around Canada, playing any stage that would have them, even if it was hundreds or thousands of miles from Saskatoon and only a few fans turned out. They maintained a “keep truckin’” mindset, fueled by a poetic stubbornness to not give up. “Because we were very DIY at the start of our career, and we were very much hands-on with everything, we have a keen appreciation of everything that goes into keeping things afloat,” Currie says.“Choose the Cover” contest, in which readers voted for an artist to grace the cover. After several rounds of voting, they emerged victorious — even if there was some blowback.
“Some people felt we didn’t deserve to be [on the cover], and we’ve spent a lot of years trying to bust that notion,” Currie says. “If anything, [winning the contest] probably plays into the humble, hardworking core of this band. We’ve always been determined to prove ourselves — we played a lot of shows before that competition came along, and we played a lot after, too.”
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