Rusty Ford Music

Crazy time to be alive huh? And it looks like 2018 might be getting crazier. Makes a Canadian lad grateful to live on this side of the border, though as the world gets smaller we are all in this together. Sending lots of Rusty love to our American cousins and hoping one day we can have a good laugh at these interesting times from a safe distance. In the meantime, here again is Rusty’s send up of a certain very stable genius.

Huge shout out to Jodie Ponto for her brill graphics work as usual. I think she captured the spirit of Rusty Ford quite nicely, or as nicely as you can shoot your six-guns from the back of a free falling rodeo shark.

Woah! Politics in the US has always been a bit weird but it’s hard to imagine a team of screenwriters on acid topping the whacky hijinks unfolding daily in DC. As the President proceeds apace with his frightening assault on free speech and rational thought, Rusty Ford offers up some “fake music” to lighten your day during these dark times.

Huge thanks to the team of experts who helped pull this tune together including the amazing Noah Walker on lead and bass guitar, Jodie Ponto on drums, and all the babes at Babe Hole Studios who made this sound so sweet.

Rusty tried his hand at video editing and had some fun pulling together the cornucopia of clips available on a certain someone that we shall refrain from naming. Enjoy!

Look out Europe – Rusty Ford and the incredible Carolyn Mark are coming in hot! We’re kicking off our tour this spring including dates at the Irrational Library in Haarlem Amsterdam on April 8th,  Kafé Neu in Kassel Germany on April 12 and Switzerland the weekend of  the 14th.

We still have some openings in the calendar so send us a message if you want to enjoy the raucous spectacle of Rusty and Carolyn playing a house concert in your European living room. 

What’s the coolest little Irish logging town in all of Quebec? Get ready Wafefield-ians for a super fun night of inappropriate country love songs with Rusty Ford, my old buddy Luther Wright and the incomparable Rueben deGroot. We’ll be stoking a mid-winter musical fire in Kaffe 1870 on Saturday January 14th – see you then!

What’s the most fun ever? ArtsWells music fest in the beautiful Cariboo Mountains of BC is towards the top of my list.. Here’s some great pics of our show from Mary Matheson – thanks Mary!.

So proud to have these amazing ladies singing backups in the Extra Regulars. The very beautiful and talented Lindsay Elizabeth Pratt, Jody Peck and Marin Patenaude.

Hey ladies (and all other genders) – ever wish you could bring Rusty Ford home? Of course you do.. How about hosting a house concert? Going to a bar is a expensive, noisy and hard to get as close as you want to the musical magic. House concerts are fun easy and you don’t have to drive anywhere. Get as sloppy as you want –  we won’t mind. Invite your friends, sell drinks or do BYOB. We’ll take $20 each at the door and serenade the adoring crowd in an intimate acoustic setting. Intimate favors negotiable…

All inquiries at: rusty@rustyfordmusic.com

Great news – Rusty Ford and the Extra Regulars will be playing again at ArtsWells! Last year was so much fun and we are looking forward to another weekend of mirthful musical adventures. Rusty fans will recall that a certain  music critic calling Rusty Ford the #1 pick of last year’s fest..

This year features the same all star lineup of Noah Walker on guitar, the lovely Terri Upton on stand up bass, and special new addition of Jodie Ponto on the cocktail drum kit. Additional awesome backing vocals from our good friend Miss Quincy. Can’t wait to roll out some new tunes!

What a night! Three fiddles and two guitars going till 3;30. Big thanks to Patrick M’Gonigle, Ben Rogalsky, Trent Freeman, Noah Walker, and Kathleen Nisbet for an incredible jam session. And of course the lovely Jodie Ponto for another killer pic. Wish you all could have been there but you might not fit in my shed..