With a musical background like his, there is no wonder that Devin Cuddy struck out as a performer four years ago.
Music was all around him growing up, says Cuddy.
Arts Humboldt, along with Bolt FM were fortunate enough to give Humboldt a taste of what Cuddy can do on Feb. 1 at the Community Gathering Place.
Being the son of Blue Rodeo front man Jim Cuddy, Devin Cuddy is not sick of the comparisons yet, he says.
“I’ve had to accept it when I started performing and joining this world and I haven’t grown tired of it yet.”
So far his career has consisted of two albums, Vol.1 and Kitchen Knife, a Juno nomination for Roots/Traditional album of the year, as well as opening for Blue Rodeo on their 2014 cross-Canada tour.
When it comes to his style, he shares a lot of the same influences as Blue Rodeo, but has adopted his own style of New Orleans Blues and some country folk.
“That kind of strays us a little,” says Cuddy.
Cuddy says they never went on long tours with his dad but he did go to a lot of Blue Rodeo shows in the Toronto area.
“The most important lesson Devin learned from his dad,” says Devin Cuddy’s website, “was that the way a musician truly develops their craft is in front of audiences.”
Now being a musician himself, he loves the opportunity to perform all across the country.
“I find it very inspiring to see all the corners of this huge nation and my job allows me to do that and bringing music to those places as well.”
Getting recording artist Devin Cuddy to come to town was not as difficult as it may sounds.
For Brian Grest and Arts Humboldt, it was a matter of, “if you don’t ask, you don’t get.”
Grest saw Cuddy on the CP Rail Holiday Train in Lanigan on Dec. 6 and wanted to hear more from the 28-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter.
“Even though I saw them for 20 minutes, I really enjoyed what he did there.”
After seeing his tour schedule, Grest saw the perfect opportunity for Cuddy to stop in Humboldt with a show in Vancouver on Jan. 30 and a show in Winnipeg on Feb. 2.
“You have to get from Vancouver to Winnipeg through Saskatchewan,” says Grest.
After calling his agent and saying exactly that, they got a scheduled stop for Cuddy to perform.
