Brad Mates Facts:
Birthday: July 21, 1978
Born: Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Hometown: Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Height: 6' 1"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Musical Influences: George Strait & Sons of the Desert
Instruments: the vocal pipe, acoustic guitar
Favorite Musical Artist: Sons of the Desert & Vertical Horizon
Danick Dupelle Facts:
Birthday: September 29, 1973
Born: Montreal, Québec, Canada
Hometown: Ile Perrot, Québec, Canada
Reside: zebra bus
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Light Brown
Height: 5' 6 1/2"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Musical Influences: Ricky Skaggs, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens
Instruments: guitar, mandolin, sax, dobro, spoons
Musical Artist: James Taylor
Patrick Bourque Facts:
Birthday: September 27, 1977
Born: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Hometown: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada
Reside: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 6' 4"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Musical Influences: Tim McGraw & Jaco Pastorius
Instruments: bass & guitar
Musical Artist: Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller
Dale Wallace Facts:
Birthday: November 1, 1969
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hometown: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Reside: Tour bus USA
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5' 8"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Instruments: keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, sax
Musical Artist: Elvis, Alabama, Journey, Kiss, Asleep At The Wheel, Steely Dan, the list goes on and on
Mike Melancon Facts:
Birthday: August 13, 1978
Born: Mt. Laurier, Québec, Canada
Hometown: Mt. Laurier, Québec, Canada
Reside: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Height: 5' 10"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Musical Influences: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple
Instruments: drums, guitar
Musical Artist: Cris Cornell
David Pichette Facts:
Birthday: July 23, 1977
Born: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Hometown: Orléans, Ontario, Canada
Reside: my suitcase!
Eyes: Light blue
Hair: Dirty blonde
Height: 5' 11"
Martial Status: single
Children: none
Musical Influences: Stephane Grappelli, Mark O'Connor
Instruments: fiddle, mandolin, guitar
Musical Artist: Jamiroqual
Quotes:
Brad "We have a wide variety of influences that we combined to create the Emerson Drive sound."
Danick "I first realized I wanted to be an artist when I picked up the guitar at 10 years old."
Patrick "If I could tour with anyone it would be Tower of Power."
Dale "My first childhood crush on a star was on Bo Derek."
Mike "The most exciting part of my career so far is touring with Toby Keith, playing arenas."
David "The most unusual job I ever held was as fiddle player for a disco band."
Awards:
2002 Billboard Top New Artist of the Year
2002 ACM Top New Vocal Group/Duo
2002 R&R Top New MVP of the Year
2002 CCMA Rising Star Award
2002 CCMA Group/Duo of the Year
2003 CCMA Group/Duo of the Year
First Number One Song:
"Moments"Discography:
- Emerson Drive
- What If?
- Countrified