Corb Lund's Counterfeit Blues Out On 7/1

A spirited set of rockabilly, rock n' roll and honky tonk country, Corb Lund's Counterfeit Blues, due June 17 in Canada and July 1 in the U.S. via New West Records, was recorded live, off the floor, at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tenn. in much the same way Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash did 60 years before in that same room. Lund and his band the Hurtin' Albertans recorded the rousing collection over a breakneck two days resulting in an album that as Lund puts it is "raw, organic and dirty."

"It turned out really well," Lund exclaims. "Partly because we know the songs inside out and have played them live a thousand times and partly because recording at Sun is a very old fashioned, low-tech process that ends up sounding really great if you can pull it off. My band has been playing behind me for ten years or more, with all the same members so it was a great way to capture the live chemistry we've developed over many, many tours. You can't fake that."

Armed with just a couple guitars, some mics, a pedal steel guitar, stand-up bass, drums and the amps they plugged into, the foursome eschewed studio trickery for the lightning in a bottle approach and blasted through 12 songs with a confidence and swagger that can only come from years of playing together. The end result serves as both an exciting introduction to the acclaimed band for the uninitiated and as a fun must-have for the fans.

Counterfeit Blues will be available on CD, vinyl and digital download as well as a special two-disc CD/DVD set comprised of the documentary "Memphis Sun," which originally aired this past December on CMT Canada. The film documents the band's journey from the north of Alberta to the south of Memphis for the two-day recording session in the hallowed ground where rock and roll was born. The DVD will feature three bonus tracks - "Bucking Horse Rider," "Good Copenhagen," and "Shine Up My Boots" - that were not on the original hour-long broadcast.

Counterfeit Blues Track List

1.  Counterfeiters' Blues

2.  Good Copenhagen

3. Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle

4. Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer

5. Little Foothills Heaven

6. Five Dollar Bill

7. Buckin' Horse Rider

8. Hurtin' Albertan

9. (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots

10. Truck Got Stuck

11. Roughest Neck Around

12.  Truth Comes Out