Kim Deschamps "Live at Yellow Dog Studios" from Kelly Kerr on Vimeo.
"A pioneer on Pedal Steel Guitar and Dobro, Kim Deschamps is the recipient of ten RIAA Certified Platinum & Gold Record Awards for his distinctive work on Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session, Blue Rodeo's Five Days In July, Barenaked Ladies' Stunt CDs along with a JUNO Best Group Award (Canadian Grammy Equivalent).
The Cannes Grand Prix winning film, The Sweet Hereafter, features Kim in the opening scenes and throughout Mychael Danna's ethereal soundtrack cues and hit songs.
Based in Austin Texas, Kim performs locally, tours internationally, is in demand for recording sessions worldwide and produces songwriter projects in Canada and the USA. His solo CDs are Wolfsong Night and Take Me Away with a new release now in production. Current activity updates on Facebook."
Kim Deschamps
Pedal Steel Guitar / Multi-Instrumentalist
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MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
Pedal Steel Guitar, Metal & Wood Dobro, Bottleneck Slide Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Hawaiian Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Baritone Guitar, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Ukulele, Vocals
Recording Session Musician, International Live Concert Touring, Film Scores, Film & TV Performances, Composer, Producer, American Federation of Musicians - TMA 149 Toronto & AFM 433 Austin, SOCAN, PRC USA
STUDIO RECORDINGS & LIVE PERFORMANCES Barenaked Ladies (Stunt), Cowboy Junkies (The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses +), Blue Rodeo (Five Days in July +), Charlie Robison (Beautiful Day, Live), Bruce Robison (It Came From San Antonio), Fred Eaglesmith +, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Mother Truckers, Shurman, Deadman, James Hyland, South Austin Jug Band, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Robyn Ludwick, Tommy Shane Steiner, The Texas Sapphires, Stephen Barber, Calvin Russell, Ed Robertson, Andy Kim, Mychael Danna, Tim Clement, Lee Aaron, Reggae Cowboys, Bruce Cockburn, Stan Rogers, Robert Paquette, Cano
RIAA Certified "Platinum Record & Gold Record" Awards (x 10) and JUNO Awards (Grammy equivalent) with Barenaked Ladies, Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo
LIVE PERFORMANCES Los Lobos, Joe Ely, Daniel Lanois, Sarah McLachlan, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Butch Hancock, Johnny Gimble, Great Big Sea, Adam Carroll, Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers, Gurf Morlix
FILM CREDITS Happiness Is, Trucker, The Sweet Hereafter, Barenaked In America, Hurt Penguins, Galaxies Are Colliding, Pump Up The Volume, Road Kill
TELEVISION CREDITS True Blood (To Love Is To Bury), Saturday Night Live, Austin City Limits Shows x 2 (Cowboy Junkies, Charlie Robison), The Grand Ole Opry, The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilbourne, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Good Morning America, Canadian Juno Awards Shows x 4, Canadian Comedy Awards, MSNBC Imus In The Morning
PRODUCER CREDITS Kaya Fraser (Open Horizon), Roger Len Smith (Clear Blue Skies), Clement Deschamps (Wolfsong Night), Kim Deschamps (Take Me Away), CBC
Instrumentals on MySpace - "Little Amsterdam", "I & I-35"
MySpace
Solo CD MP3s - "Take Me Away"
Website
YouTubes
The Sweet Hereafter
Cowboy Junkies
Blue Rodeo (bottleneck slide guitar)
James Hyland - Hill Country Nights @ KVET-FM
“Kim Deschamps' sublime dobro solo is the emotional high-water mark of the Cowboy Junkies characteristically cryogenic reading of ‘To Lay Me Down’.”
Guitar Player Magazine
"Beautiful Day is also a musical departure for Robison as his first self-produced album, recorded at his brother Bruce’s Austin studio, Premium Recording Service. The vibrant electric guitar work throughout is by artist in his own right as well as producer Charlie Sexton, while the acoustic guitars that fill out the sound are by Robert Earl Keen’s guitarist and producer Rich Brotherton. Longtime Robison sideman Kim Deschamps brings the colors of his steel guitar and mandolin to the mix, while the bottom end is held down with grooving solidity by the veteran rhythm section of Robison’s backing band The Enablers, bassist Scott Esbeck and drummer Keith Robinson."
Charlie Robison Press Kit
"On this night however, “Loving County” proved to be downright thrilling, as pedal steel player Kim Deschamps, sent soaring notes into the smokey night air with such authority, I would’ve swore I saw a former frat-boy cry"
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/mar/09/concert-review-charlie-robison-hanks-texas-grill-m/
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www.kimdeschamps.com
"This Sarah McLaughlin performance was recorded at the Kumbaya Festival '95 at the Molson Amphitheatre outside of Toronto. While Ed Robertson of Bare Naked Ladies sings harmonies, it is really the slide guitar of Kim Deschamps of Blue Rodeo that is the highlight here."
Check out Lee Winright at The Bandera Saloon. Kim Deschamps available for pro recording sessions (local and long distance), concert shows, tours interested in producing CD projects in Austin, Texas.
