ABOUT THE BUSHPILOTS
The Bushpilots closed out 2023 seeing the band’s sixth album, ‘Kings of Mustang’, charting #2 on Ottawa’s 93.1 CKCU-FM’s year end top 50 albums.
The Bushpilots have been a cornerstone of the Ottawa roots rock and blues scene for over two decades with four appearances at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest under their belt, along with countless rollicking club and theatre appearances. Occupying a music space somewhere between Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Crazy Horse with a dash of Wilco and The Band thrown in for good measure.
The songs across ‘Kings of Mustang’ evoke romance wrapped in UFO conspiracies (California Agriculture Inspection Station Blues), heartbreak (Here Come Heartaches, Stuck), the perils of human migration by risking it all for a shot at a better life (Drag the Mississippi), fear of impending disaster from a wasting planet (Waiting on the Kick), a broadside at corporate culture (Leverage), a requiem for a species under persecution (King of Mustang), and just what the hell happened to that car from where you blasted the Hip’s ‘Another Midnight’ (Ghost of a Blue Car)?
The Bushpilots are thrilled to be making their fourth appearance at Barnstorm, and keyboardist Tom Pechloff has attended EVERY Barnstorm event since the beginning!
WHO’S WHO?
- Fred Guignion – Guitar, lap steel
- Jeff Monette – Bass
- Tom Pechloff – Keyboards
- Rob Bennett – Guitar, vocals
- Gilles Mantha – Drums
- Glen Russell – Guitar, vocals