Bruce Enloe
Kemptville
Bruce Enloe is a native Texan from Bryan/College Station-- the town where Lyle Lovett met Robert Earl Keen. He was kicked out as the singer of his first band in the mid 80s, a thrash metal party band named 'Shit Happens', because he had good range but not enough 'sustain'... This began a pattern of mixed successes and failures in the music industry, tempered by healthy dose of... well... more realistic career choices (a trained chef and local foods advocate, he has published recipes and cookbooks, owned his own restaurant, cooked for heads of state, drug addled celebrities and thousands of others; most recently, he is helping manage and operate a start up not-for-profit local foods venture, the Two Rivers Food Hub...) Bruce is at heart, however, that rare creature-- the unflappable optimist, and the relentless craftsman. Over his 45 years he has written hundreds of songs; from the early punk, metal, funk-punk, noise rock, indie, novelty country and Beatle pop outings of his high school and college years (many written with songwriting partner Kevin Allen later of Merge and Interscope record's ...And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead) to a resurgence starting in the 2010's as frontman of an Ontario based sprawling folk/country/rock band The Burning Sensations. With this,'Kemptville Ontario's Largest Band' Bruce has released two full length albums; 2012's 'Bonfire' and 2015's 'Unseasonably Cool' that chronicle his evolution from a bedroom to a main stage singer/songwriter. Produced by guitarist Ben Mullin and open source music pioneer Brad Turcotte (aka 'Brad Sucks'), on these two albums, the talented band backs him on journey through genres far, wide, big and small while always swirling, coalescing and returning to the dense, well-aged and artisan crafted lyrical center. Recently, Bruce has completed writing and begun recording for a new full length album 'The Escape Plan' due out later in 2017.
THE BURNING SENSATIONS:
Bruce Enloe, acoustic guitar and lead vocals
Ben Mullin, lead guitar and vocals
Shawn Yakimovich, violin and mandolin
Tom Graham, keyboards
Jay Williams, bass
Brad Turcotte, album production
Shawn Brown, pedal steel
Mark Ettinger, drums
other voices: Heather Mullin, Doug Hendry, Matty 'Graven' McKechnie and Greg Kelly; bagpipes by Tom Brown
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