The Pucks

Artist Information

Biography

How did a song-writing wilderness guide, a tuba playing bassist/ small “i” industrialist, and a classically trained pianist turned percussionist end up playing and singing together in the same trio let alone the same room?!

Hey! Welcome to Canada!!

Introducing THE PUCKS!
Rooted in the B.C. North based out of Vancouver

THE PUCKS, roots energy, captivates and engages their enthusiastic audience wherever they play!
Take powerful, witty, original tunes! with flavours of rock, pop, country, and world-beat folk, wrapped in strong vocals/ harmonies, and served up with a cool rythmic groove ..and you have THE PUCKS!

Together for a decade and a half, THE PUCKS are introducing a brand new cd..recorded over the last year and due out Jan '09!

A little bit of history:

2 tunes selected for movie "Beast of Bottomless Lake..release 09-10
Western Canadian Music Awards Festival - showcase
CBC's - Madly Off in All Directions - live radio
Performance for Queen Elizabeth II-opening of University of Northern B.C.

our games collection...started innocently enough..

Commonwealth Games - mainstage - opened for The Crash Test Dummies
Canada Games - opened for Barney Bentall
Western Canada Games
B.C. Summer Games...

We'd love to play the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver then we'd have a complete set!

THE PUCKS love Festivals!! Some faves!

Ness Creek Festival
Vancouver Island Musicfest
North Country Fair
Midsummer Festival
Seattle Northwest Folklife
Pig Out in The Park Spokane
Saltspring Islandfest.
Prince George Folkfest
Mission Folkfest
Robson Valley Festival
Kispiox Folkfest

Live Radio and T.V. Broadcasts
Airplay on National and Regional stations
podcasts

Soft-seater Concerts
Restaurant/Pubs
Coffee Houses
Parties Private/Corporate
Conventions
Weddings
Fund-raisers
Big Stages Small Stages
Campfires!

THE PUCKS max out the Festival experience!
Engaging their audience from the first few bars keeping the energy and excitement flowing right to their last note!

Offstage The Pucks keep the momentum going participating in workshops jamming after hours with festival volunteers, organizers, and attendees

Events big or small THE PUCKS energy-packed live performance is their best calling card!

In the market for something Fresh! Fun! Organic! and Environmentally considerate?..with flavourings of The Bare Naked Ladies, John Mayer, Mamas and Papas, Peter Paul and Mary on steroids, a dash of Dylan served with a splash of Beatlesque harmonies?.. You've come to the right place!

Instrumentation

Murray Vocals Acoustic Guitar Harmonica

Cindy Vocals Hand Drums Percussion
Harmonica

Lloyd {Tuba-Czar} Sousaphone Upright Bass
Electric Bass Vocals

Discography

Running With Scissors cd #1
Living In A Postcard - cd#2
Are We There Yet? - cd #3 our latest release
Streaming - yes radio airplay yes, lots of different tunes over the years.

Audio

• Intoxicated
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• Martha
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• Heart Hiway
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Lyrics

• Intoxicated
• Martha

Video

Picking Up Martha

Photo Gallery

Press

• PUCKS CERTAINLY DIDN’T DROP BALL WITH PERFORMANCE [+ Show ]
  

  Last Friday night at Café Voltaire at Books & Company, Prince George’s veteran folk-pop group, ...
  
  Last Friday night at Café Voltaire at Books & Company, Prince George’s veteran folk-pop group, the Pucks, gave a spur-of-the-moment concert to a packed audience.
  It had been many months in between a live performance from the group, so the audience was happy to be primed with hits from previous Pucks albums as well as some new original gems and a couple of stunning covers.
  They told the audience they’ve been together for 17 years now, and time has certainly helped meld the three members - Cindy Larsen on percussion and vocals, Lloyd Larsen on upright bass and sousaphone and Murray Gable on guitar and vocals - into a perfect musical unit.
  Favorites from previous releases played Friday included Cinema, Child In Between and the rousing, raucous No More Little Woman. Watching Cindy Larsen pour heart and soul into this number made it a grand finale for the concert.
  Gable is the songwriter of the group and his tales of northern life are a trademark virtue.
  As for the covers, Larsen’s take on the Norah Jones hit Don’t know Why outdid the original, with a sweet smooth delivery that mesmerized the crowd.
  On the other end of the musical spectrum was a tune Gable penned for a new movie being shot in B.C. called The Beast of Bottomless Lake. Co-authored by Prince George-born writer and actor Kennedy Goodkey, the movie is described as a “documentary” of a team of scientists searching Okanogan Lake for the legendary Ogopogo. Along with providing a decadent tune for the film, Cindy Larsen and Gable recently served as cast extras.
  While the movie is big news for the group, they’re also enjoying wider exposure across Western Canada. They’re heading for a concert in Moose Jaw, Sask., this weekend and then off to the Ness Creek Festival in Big River, Sask., July 19th to 22nd
  

• The Pucks! [+ Show ]
  

  It has been my privilege to have had The Pucks perform at our festival for the past 3 years. ...a pl...It has been my privilege to have had The Pucks perform at our festival for the past 3 years. ...a pleasure to work and deal with...know how to read their audience...full of good humor..have crucial ability to work with fellow artists..confidently lead jam sessions...work alongside famous/ not famous artists with same enthusiasm and passion..music is their own, flirts between respective genres..Cindy is a dynamic tour de force, Murray is a talented songwriter, Lloyd brings it all together with his own distinct flavour. I would highly recommend this band to any festival stage...they especially have utmost respect for their audience, and truly understand dynamics involved in what a festival is all about. Jo Beattie - Artistic Director www.pgfolkfest.com

• Vancouver Island Musicfest- The Pucks [+ Show ]
  

  The Pucks performed at our festival, and stole the show as performers and as people! They were a jo...The Pucks performed at our festival, and stole the show as performers and as people! They were a joy to have at our event, I highly recommend them to you...The music of The Pucks is highly accessible for people of all ages. They participated with great enthusiasm in all workshops we put them into. Please contact me for further information on The Pucks.
  Sincerely Doug Cox
  dobro@island.net

• The Pucks [+ Show ]
  

  There's good repartee among these players, and the audience is smiling as much as Cindy The two sta...There's good repartee among these players, and the audience is smiling as much as Cindy
  The two standing ovations were much deserved....
  

• New Album Brings Pucks to centre stage [+ Show ]
  

  ....the band's sound makes it one of the most unique group's in Prince George.....best described as .......the band's sound makes it one of the most unique group's in Prince George.....best described as pop-vocal roots music, the pucks focus on energetic, acoustic works, loaded with vocal harmonies, and poppy fun.
  New album" Are We There Yet? "showcases the pucks talents like never before...first one to focus on just the core band.

• Review-Yorkton This Week [+ Show ]
  

  Monday, November 19, 2007 Review - THE PUCKS -- Are We There Yet! ARE WE THERE YET! The Pucks I...Monday, November 19, 2007
  Review - THE PUCKS -- Are We There Yet!
  ARE WE THERE YET!
  The Pucks
  Independent
  7-out-of-10
  I popped Are We There Yet! on the CD player not sure what exactly to expect, after all it's not too often you see a CD cover where one of the musicians is holding a sousaphone.
  Well, the CD was as much a surprise as the photograph.
  The CD starts out with Favourite Fantasy, a Latin-flavoured song with a sultry texture, which is highlighted as the introduction to the voice of Cindy Larsen. Larsen's voice is very nice, and could be at home singing anything from folk to jazz, and I'd love to hear her take on some Gothic metal.
  Hailing from British Columbia, The Pucks call themselves a folk/pop trio, although really they spend a limited amount of time paying homage to folk in my find. This is what I would term a melting pot pop band that is most at home on the very edge of the genre.
  I will grant there is folk instrumentation here, with whistle, harmonica, and bass, but this trio does a good job of taking their sound a bit more mainstream.
  Murray Gable is the male vocalist here, and he too has a notable voice. You will fall for it once you hit the song Cinema, and will grow to appreciate as the CD moves through its 11 cuts.
  Lloyd Larsen, who plays the sousaphone, along with the bass, rounds out this interesting trio.
  One thing about this CD, by the time it's over, you know you've arrived at a place you're happy to be, because the trip has been so much fun listening to The Pucks perform.
  Check them out at www.thepucks.ca
  -- CALVIN DANIELS
  
  -- Review first appeared in Yorkton This Week newspaper Nov 14, 2007 - Yorkton, SK. Canada
  
  

Setlist

We tailor our sets to fit the venue..with focus on original tunes
Include covers for parties dances weddings etc. as required
We're there to entertain our audience, we strive to create a strong connection with them.... make every show an experience an event!

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