Touring in support of his excellent new album Livin’ Hard int’t Easy, a throwback country record about and for Canada, Devin Cuddy is a singer songwriter based in Toronto. From an early age he was drawn to music of the past. While sifting through his father’s (Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo) CD collection, he found the music of Louis Armstrong and New Orleans blues piano players like Dr John and Professor Longhair. I
Inspired by legends such as Randy Newman and Steve Earle, The Devin Cuddy Band delivers a mixture of blues, country, and rock.