The Broad Cove Boys

Broad Cove Boys

Acoustic Roots & Rock

Chris and Steve hail from Montague, PEI and Halifax, Nova Scotia respectively. They cut their teeth in the vibrant music scenes in St. John's, Halifax, Toronto, and Alberta in their early years and have been privileged to play on the same stages as Gordie Sampson, Heather Rankin, Ashley MacIsaac, the Barra MacNeils, Trooper, and Jeff Healey.

The band is so named because they met after marrying beauties from Broad Cove, Inverness County on Cape Breton Island. They have been playing around the Maritimes ever since and recorded two albums with a third in the works. Check their music out at: http://chrisandsteve.bandcamp.com/



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Sample of Tunes We Play

Classic Rock (60s-70s-80s)


  • Squeeze Box (The Who)
  • Give A Little Bit (Supertramp)
  • Heartache Tonight (The Eagles)
  • Piano Man (Billy Joel)
  • Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)
  • Listen to the Music (Doobie Bros)
  • Me & Julio (Simon & Garfunkel)
  • Cecelia (Simon & Garfunkel)
  • Yer So Bad (Tom Petty)
  • Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
  • I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
  • Mary Jane's Last Dance (Tom Petty)
  • Take It Easy (The Eagles)
  • Small Town (John Cougar Mellancamp)
  • Little Pink Houses (JCM)
  • Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
  • Cuts Like a Knife (Bryan Adams)
  • Blister In the Sun (Violent Femmes)
  • Sweet City Woman (Stampeders)
  • The Joker (Steve Miller)
  • Jet Airliner (Steve Miller)
  • Stuck in the Middle (Stealers Wheel)
  • Land Down Under (Men at Work)
  • New Orleans is Sinking (Tragically Hip)
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
  • Downtown Came Uptown (David Wilcox)
  • Band on the Run (Paul McCartney/Wings)

Modern (90's - 00's)


  • I Will Wait (Mumford and Sons)
  • Patio Lanterns (Kim Mitchell)
  • Home (Phillip Phillips)
  • Ho Hey (Lumineers)
  • One Headlight (Wallflowers)
  • Laid (James)
  • Queen of California (John Mayer)
  • No Such Thing (John Mayer)
  • Ants Marching (Dave Matthews Band)
  • Babylon (David Gray)
  • Go Nowhere With You (Joel Plaskett)
  • Brian Wilson (Barenaked Ladies)
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Time (BNL version)
  • Walk on the Ocean (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
  • She Ain't Pretty (Northern Pikes)
  • 500 Miles (The Proclaimers)

Celtic / Atlantic Canadian

  • Followed Her Around (Jimmy Rankin)
  • Tripper (Jimmy Rankin)
  • Drunk & Crucified (Jimmy Rankin)
  • We'll Carry On (Jimmy Rankin)
  • Feel the Same Way Too ( Rankins)
  • Dirty Old Town (Pogues)
  • Fisherman's Blues (The Waterboys)
  • Sonny's Dream
  • Wasn't That a Party
  • Farewell to Nova Scotia
  • Mary Ellen Carter
  • Wild Rover
  • Paddy Murphy
  • Whiskey in the Jar
  • Rattlin' Bog
  • Lukey's Boat
  • Getting Dark Again (John Allen Cameron)
  • Heave Away

Roots / Country


  • Wagon Wheel (Matt Andersen version)
  • Hasn't Hit Me Yet (Blue Rodeo)
  • Five Days in May (Blue Rodeo)
  • Driving My Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt)
  • Rainy Nights (Eddie Rabbitt)
  • Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
  • Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
  • The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
  • Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)
  • Guitar Town (Steve Earle)
  • Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
  • Swinging (John Anderson)

Here is a list of upcoming and past gigs the Boys have played across the Maritimes.


Contact

We love hearing from you!

Email: Steve Ashton sgashton@gmail.com

See us on Instagram at: @broadcoveboys

Photo credit for Broad Cove Scottish Concert pics: Liam MacDonald