The Rault Brothers – Lionel Rault (b. 1951, Edmonton, Alberta) and Ron Rault (b. 1949, Edmonton, Alberta)
The Rault Brothers have had a major impact on the Edmonton blues scene over the last forty years and remain sought after musicians to this day. In the early 1970s the Rault Brothers not only had one of the best bands around Edmonton, but were the core members of the outstanding band, Pontiac.
Lionel Rault is known as a singer, a fine and tasty guitar player as well as a band leader. Early in his career, Lionel performed in the same concerts and opened for such greats as Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and later, on the same stages with Taj Mahal, John Hammond and Ruthie Foster. Lionel has recorded a number of excellent albums through the years including “Killin’ Time”, “Been so Long”, and “No Tell Hotel”. Lionel is also well-known as one of the great sounding DJs on CKUA Radio.
Ron Rault is an excellent tunesmith, songwriter and a first-call bass player for recording sessions and tours for diverse headliners that include a Western Canada tour with the great John Lee Hooker. He played bass on Johnny Shines’ album “Too Wet to Plow” in 1975 along with Sugar Blue and Louisiana Red. Ron’s writing skills are seen in “Jump Up”, a song he wrote for the Powder Blues Band out of Vancouver. For a number of years he has worked as a core member of two Peter North productions Come In My Kitchen and most recently Front Porch Roots Revue that has travelled extensively across the Prairies. The Revue consists of core member Ron Rault, Dave “Crawdad” Cantera, Thom Moon, Gord Matthews and Ron Casat complemented by special guests David Reid, Tim Williams, and Bobby Cameron. The Revue will perform this summer at the 2014 Edmonton Blues Festival as the opening act.