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Biography
Infobox musical artist | | name = Luther Wright and the Wrongs| image =| caption =| image_size = | alias = Butterfingers| background = group_or_band| origin = Kingston, Ontario|Kingston , Ontario , Canada | genre = Alternative country | years_active = start date|1998–present| label = Snakeye Muzak| associated_acts = Weeping Tile (band)|Weeping Tile | website = URL|lutherwright.com| current_members = Luther Wright Dan Whiteley James Taylor Casey Fisher Cam Giroux Bruce Martin | past_members = Burke Carroll Dan Curtis Sean Kelly (Canadian musician)|Sean Kelly Miranda Mulholland Megan Palmer Mauro Sepe
Luther Wright and the Wrongs are a Canadian alternative country band formed in 1998 in Kingston, Ontario|Kingston .
History
The band began as a side project for Wright when he was a member of Weeping Tile (band)|Weeping Tile . When that band amicably parted ways following their 1998 recording This Great Black Night , the Wrongs became Wright's primary band. The band membership has shifted a number of times since its inception. Original members Wright, Cam Giroux (drums), Sean Kelly (bass), Brian Flynn (fiddle), Dan Curtis (electric guitar) and Olesh Maximew (pedal steel guitar) toured Canada and established themselves on the burgeoning alt-country scene. Consistent contributors and guests include Sarah Harmer , Jason Mercer , and Chris Brown (Canadian singer)|Chris Brown . http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/lut/bio.asp Luther Wright and the Wrongs biography at MapleMusic Recordings Pedal steel player Burke Carroll joined the band in 2001 and was followed by Columbus, Ohio based fiddler Megan Palmer. Other band members that have come and gone and come back are mandolin player Dan Whiteley, fiddler Miranda Mulholland, bassist James Taylor, drummers,Casey Fisher, Bruce Martin and Russ Meissner, vocalist and pianist Emily Fennell, bassist Daria Grace and long time friend and guitarist Tony Scherr.
The band's debut album, '' Hurtin' for Certain , recorded at Grant Avenue studio in Hamilton, was released in 1997 on Snakeye Muzak. Guelph based D.R.O.G. records released Roger's Waltz in 1999. Both of these albums are original roots/country efforts with the songs written primarily by Wright. Guitarist Dan Curtis added two songs to Roger's Waltz , one a snappy duet entitled "Celia" with Sarah Harmer .
The band's best-known album, Rebuild the Wall , was released in 2001 on Back Porch Records. It is a track-by-track reimagining of Pink Floyd 's progressive rock classic The Wall as a Bluegrass music|bluegrass country album.cite news|url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C01EFD9113EF933A05755C0A9649C8B63|title= The Nation; Bluegrass's New-Age Hootenanny|last=Assael|first=Shaun|date=June 30, 2002|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-10-17 The band signed with Universal Records Canada and Back Porch Records in the U.S. and embarked on a North American tour to perform their version of the wall, intermixed with their own compositions.
Their fourth album, '' Guitar Pickin' Martyrs '', was also released on Back Porch and Universal Canada in 2003.cite news|url= http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/w/wrightluther-guitar.shtml|title=Review of Luther Wright and the Wrongs – Guitar Pickin' Martyrs (Back Porch, 2003) |work=Pop Matters |date=February 26, 2004 |first=Stephen |last=Haag |accessdate=2008-10-17
In 2006 the band released Instrumentality (album)|Instrumentality on Snakeye Muzak. They also recorded two tracks for the 2006 Steve Goodman tribute album My Old Man (album)|My Old Man , reimagining Goodman's " City of New Orleans (song)|City of New Orleans " and "Jessie's Jig".
Man of Your Dreams was released March 25, 2008 on Snakeye Muzak, distributed by Outside Music .
The members of Luther Wright and the Wrongs have also recorded two albums for children under the name Butterfingers . http://www.lutherwright.com/bio.php Wright continues to record and produce local Kingston area bands including Rueben de Groot, Emily Fennell, Dan Whiteley and Vancouver based Rusty Ford.
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2012: The Jack Grace Band with Luther Wright, Live at The Acoustic Grill
References
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External links
http://www.lutherwrightandthewrongs.com/ Luther Wright and the Wrongs official site
myspace|lutherwright
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