Sam Corbett of The Sheepdogs says cancer and fatherhood spurred solo album
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In 2018, Corbett was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He was touring with the Sheepdogs at the time and his wife was about four or five months pregnant.
A new sound is coming from one of the founding members of Saskatchewan’s own rock bank, The Sheepdogs.
Sam Corbett is the drummer for The Sheepdogs, but has released his own solo album titled “Nutana“.
In 2018, Corbett was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
He was touring with the Sheepdogs at the time and his wife was about four or five months pregnant.
“So a lot going on in my life. I had to make some pretty heavy decisions pretty quickly,” Corbett said.
He said some of the shows were cancelled, and he had to bow out of some of the tours later on to get his treatment.
“I’m an original founding member of the band. We had never had a show that I wasn’t playing at.”
He said due to his treatment he was getting too weak to play the drums as he’d get tired out easily, so he transitioned to piano.
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