AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Outlaw Country with a Southern Twist 

After All These Years is a kick-ass alternative country/bluegrass/blues act from Winnipeg, Manitoba. After 8 years of touring, recording and many live performances, live radio broadcasts and television appearances the quartet just released CD number 8 "Louisiana Hayride" in November 2009. After All These Years tours four to five times a year, mostly in western Canada and the Southern U.S., primarily Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi. They have even recorded at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis! Band members include Todd Lesage on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Darrell Lesage on drums, mandolin and vocals, producer-engineer Bryan Beernaerts on dobro and electric guitar and newest member Travis Haugen on bass and vocals. Everyone of these guys has over a decade of touring and recording experience and they are excited about sharing it with the redneck rockers who attend their high energy live performances. After All These Years guarantee their music and performance will leave no ass unkicked.

Kickin’ Up Dirt- Maverick Magazine CD review from London, England- 2009

Self-Released

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An album which slowly but surely builds up quality from the very off that seems to explode in the ears like a firecracker on the fourth of July.

Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada and full of the outrageousness that contemporary mainstream country music from Nashville seems to have run out of in recent years, this stunning release from this multi-splendid band which seems to kick you in the nether regions with this eleven track collection is one that shouldn’t be missed by those who like their music that sticks two fingers up to the establishment.

What has to be the best of the lot is Small Town Ways. Its lyrics have the power to transport you to another place in a different world; Kid Rock’s All Summer Long being a prime example of this with Small Town Ways certainly matching Rock’s version on more than one instance. Just like Rock’s track, the guitar efforts are quite something but here the stonking picking is provided by the band and not by Van Zant and co. With a country rock start to rival the classics of the genre (think Waylon Jennings but in a much bigger and increasingly stunning way) Put That Bottle Down is a track ideal for those who like the odd dram of whiskey. Its guitar playing is once again ace but it seems to really rev the band up here so much that it brings out the best in the rest of the group which really is a pleasure to hear. Last Train to Memphis can be best described as an escapist tune which many who have decided to strike out on their own away from their loved ones soon learn that their plan of starting a new life didn’t quite exactly turn out how they expected. After all, some of the best country songs have been based on such a topic and here I see no reason why this particular track couldn’t be put into this musical camp; a fine track if ever I’ve heard one.

This being their fourth album and with no UK dates planned, this latest release from a quite stunning band is one which really shouldn’t be missed. RH

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