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The Beauties | |
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| Origin | Toronto,Ontario,Canada |
| Genres | Alternative country |
| Years active | 2006 (2006)–present |
| Labels | Six Shooter |
| Members | Shawn Creamer Derek Downham Paul Pfisterer Jud Ruhl Darin McConnell |
| Website | sixshooterrecords |
The Beauties are a Canadianalternative country band fromToronto.
They formed at theDakota Tavern in 2006. The band members are Shawn Creamer,[1] Derek Downham, Paul Pfisterer, Jud Ruhl and Darin McConnell.[2]
The Beauties have opened forSkydiggers,[3]Broken Social Scene,[4]Justin Rutledge andJason Collett,[5] and have backed up songwriters includingRon Sexsmith,Jim Cuddy andSerena Ryder.
They signed toSix Shooter Records in 2009. That same year,Now Magazine named the Beauties as the best roots/country band in Toronto.[6]
They recorded an EP withSerena Ryder,[7] but so far only one song from those sessions has been released; a cover of "The Funeral" byBand of Horses.[8]
On June 1, 2010, they released their first full length, self-titled album on Six Shooter Records.[9]
