Motherlode's full sound is augmented with background tracks on mini-disc which are produced and recorded by Art and Rusty in their studio, the Cockpit.
Motherlode has performed throughout Western Canada for a variety of audiences and as a dance band. Rusty and Art appeared on CBC's True North Concert filmed in Whitehorse, Yukon in March, 1994.
In September, 1995 Rusty and Art wrote and recorded the theme music for CBC's Northbeat. They produced and recorded all of the music for the show in their studio, the Cockpit.
Motherlode currently has two albums available: "Grinding the Hills" and "More Hills to Grind."
While based in Winnipeg as a member of the Harvey Henry Band, Art had the opportunity to open for Ricky Scaggs and Rodney Crowell. He has also played for George Strait, Shelly West, Ian Tyson and Johnny Lee at the Manitoba Association of Country Arts Awards.
Throughout his career, Art has done a great deal of studio work for other artists, commercial jingles and CBC radio shows. In 1985 he set up a small studio in Winnipeg in which he produced and engineered his own instrumental album, "Artwork", his father's album and various other projects and singles. In 1989 Art relocated to Calgary, renamed the studio The Cockpit and continued to produce projects for other artists. Currently, Art resides in Carcross, Yukon, and The Cockpit is where he produces all the tracks used by Motherlode.
While based in Louisville, Kentucky, she was a member of NoZmo King, an innovative swing-grass duo. She was featured on a Pops Concert along with Roy Clark in Galesburg, Illinois. Rusty also opened for the Statler Brothers in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a member of the Lisa Childress Band.
Throughout her career, Rusty has done a great deal of studio work for other artists. In 1987 Rusty relocated to Calgary where she produced her own instrumental album, "Lumpy Gravy". Rusty has resided in the Yukon since 1989. She became the Yukon fiddle champion in 1992, and was a featured performer at the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse that same year. Rusty was featured on CBC's True North Concert in Yellowknife in 1992, and again in Whitehorse in 1994.
| Grindin the Hills (Motherlode) Early Morning Rain Diggy Diggy Li Run Me Down Dill Pickle Rag Love Someone Like Me I Would Like to See You Again Walking After Midnight Past the Point of Rescue Foggy Mountain Breakdown If Love Was a Train One Promise Too Late Devil Went Down to Carcross |
Highways Run Forever (Motherlode) Walk On Roll On Big Mama The Lady Takes the Cowboy Give Me 40 Acres 18 Wheels (and a Dozen Roses) Highways Run Forever Real Man Cotton Patch Rag Country Roads West of Crazy Route 66 Jubilee |
| Artwork (Art Alyea, pedal steel) I Love How You Love Me El Coumbanchero Amarillo by Morning Flashdance Kansas City Lights After the Glitter Fades American Trilogy That's All O Canada I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me |
Lumpy Gravy (Rusty May, fiddle) Pickin' Out the Devil's Eyes Devil's Dream Chancellor's Waltz Draggin' the Bow June Apple Faded Love Lumpy Gravy Kid on the Mountain Raggedy Ann Gardenia Waltz Back Up and Push Joy of My Life / Moon Coin Jig White Pace Reel Jenny Lind Beaumont Rag |
Selection from Lumpy Gravy (.au, 458K, 8-bit Mulaw)
Selection from Grinding the Hills (.au, 506K, 8-bit Mulaw)
Selection from Artwork (.au, 473K, 8-bit Mulaw)
Selection from Highways Run Forever (.au, 521K, 8-bit Mulaw)
Motherlode Music
P.O. Box 4031
918 - 16th Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2M 0K3
