2024 - 2026 Recorded 11-track, original music CD, ‘
GENTLY USED ‘. All songs written and performed
on vocals, guitar & harmonica by Rene
Huard, Producer: Rick Taylor, ( guitar & Vocals ).
Current tour band recording, ( guitars,
bass, and drums ), plus special guest appearances,
Vocals : Chris Airyes & Thomas Nelson,
Sax: Alistair Robertson, Keys: Ed Roth
Building solid grass roots following in
Niagara Region, at Summer Festivals, including
Canal Bank Blues Shuffle, ( Thorold,
ON ), & Donnelly’s.
Assembled tour support band, Rene’
Huard Project, featuring
Rick Taylor, ( guitar & Vocals ), Jeff
Muir, ( bass ), Peter Griffin, ( drums ).
BLUES CALLING charting Top-20,
Roots Music Report, ( R.M.R. in Canada ), while holding
11 out of 100 spot for several months.
1st single HARD TIMES, found it’s way to ‘ Holgar Peterson’s
CBC Blues Radio Show, plus, U.S. and
International podcasts & campus playlists.
2019 - 2023 Recording BLUES CALLING, 12 track
Original Music LP, dropped to all streams 2023.
Producer: ‘ Jack de Keyzer ‘ ( guitars
& BG vocals ),
All song written and performed by
Rene Huard, ( slide & rhythm guitar, harmonica, lead BG
Vocals ), Alec Fraser Jr. ( bass ), Al
Cross ( drums ), Eric Lambier, ( keyboards & BG Vcls ),
Richard Thornton, ( percussion and BG
Vocals ).
2009 - 2018 Release Five-track EP, original music
to ReverbNation, ( Producers: Steve Goldberger, Dean
Malton )
Record pre-production demo’s, ( for
BLUES CALLING ) with Juno award winning producer, Alec
Fraser Jr.
Reconvene ‘ The Meteors ‘, perform @
Friendship Festival, Lifetime Achievement
Commendation for Blues/R&B from the
Mayor of Town Of Fort Erie, ON.
Perform Solo, on keyboards, guitar,
harmonica @ Hardrock Cafe’, ( Niagara Falls, ON ),
An Evening Of Soulful Song.
2000 - 2008 Hosted 39 episodes ‘ Antique Hunter ‘,
( Global Prime, T.V. ), recorded theme song
harmonica, featured in opening & closing
show credits in performance video with band.
Impromptu on-screen jam session with
Juno award winning blues artist, Morgan Davis.
Recorded harmonica, ‘ Fade Kings ‘,
2003 indie CD release, ‘ Years To Recover ‘
performed to support, ( Waring House,
Picton, ON ).
Limestone Blues Festival, as blues harp
sideman, ‘ Odyssey Blues Band ‘,
Featuring, ‘ Suzanne Hyatt / Huard ‘, (
sister of Rene’ Huard )
1990 - 1999 ‘ Rene Beau Dean / Huard Band ,
showcase performances in Toronto venues, ‘ Diamond Club ‘,
open for ‘ Brent Lee & The Outsiders , ‘
Cameron House ‘.
Recorded original music, ( Sounds
Interchange Studios ), Producer: Scot Boyling, studio band:
Richard Evans, Greg Loetz, Cory Chevets,
Anthony Vanderburg.
Featured performing original song,
Songwriters Showcase, LIVE video recording @ Spadina
Hotel,
Hosted by Paul Meyers, ( brother of Mike
Meyers ), for broadcast on Rogers T.V.
1980 - 1989 Founded The Meteors, signed to The
Agency toured A-Club circuit, from Winnipeg to Halifax, and
Upstate
N,Y,, prestigious gigs, EL Mocambo ‘,( T.O.
), Imperial Garage, (Niagara Falls N.Y.), Dollar Bills ‘, (
Kingston )
Fry Fogels ‘, open act for UK’s ‘ The
Blues Band ‘, ’James Cotton ‘, ‘Downchild Blues Band’
Opening act for Long John Baldry, (
Quebec, Hobo Show )
Toured widely with Cheryl Lescomb & The
Limit, as show opener, BG Vocals, lead & rhythm guitars.
Humber College Jazz program, Voice
major. Private Study with Mark Rosenbauer, ( Belle Canto ).
1974 - 1979 As ‘ Rene’ Williams ‘, performed original
music, taped LIVE for Television, ‘ CBC T.V. ‘ NEW FACES ‘.
As ‘ Williams & O’neil Band, ‘ performed
original music @ First Annual Ottawa Blues Festival, open
for Taj Mahal, John Hammond Jr. , John
Lee Hooker, Powder Blues, Son Seals.