artist Cashmere Disciples

       The Cashmere Disciples formed in Charlottetown, PEI, in 2004 when songwriter Drew Heggie gathered some friends together to play his songs, and they recorded their first CD, a collection of six tunes called “We Rode Off”, in 2006.

       After several years of playing shows around the Maritimes, a few summers off, and more changes than you can shake a stick at, the now band boasts a solid new line-up and a new sound.

        The Cashmere Disciples are Drew Heggie (acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, lead vocals), Phil White (lead guitar), Joel Walker (drums), Berne Driscoll (keys), and Drea Macdonald (bass, vocals). They define their sound as “Roots Rock” – a combination of acoustic folk music, country rhythms, 70’s rock organ sounds and soaring guitar solos. Comparisons could be made to bands such as The Band, Gram Parsons, Counting Crows, Ryan Adams and southern guitar rockers The Drive By Truckers.

        They’re newest release, and first full-length recording, “In With The Old”, was recorded in July, 2009, in a barn in rural Prince Edward Island and was engineered, produced and mixed by Adam Gallant. The final product is a collection of ten songs that capture the band’s energetic live performance.