Justin Mahoney: Vocal/Guitar/Bass
Andrew Schaak: Accordion 
Rob Fenton: Dobro


Copper & Gold

Justin Mahoney: Guitar &amp; Vocals
Max Heineman: Upright Bass
Andrew Collins: Mandolin 
Rob Fenton: Dobro


Pale Rider

Justin Mahoney: Guitar & Bass & Vocals
Patrick Brealey: Piano
Brad Kilpatrick: Percussion
Jon Steen: Pedal Steel


Thirty Year Night

Justin Mahoney: Guitar, Bass & Vocals
Patrick Brealey: Piano
Andrew Collins: Mandolin
Brad Kilpatrick: Percussion
Jon Steen: Pedal Steel

Cold Winter Skies

Justin Mahoney: Guitar/Vocals
Andrew Collins: Mandolin
Max Heineman: Upright Bass
Christine Bougie: Lap-Steel Guitar
Mandy Keeping: Harmony
Andrew Schaak: Accordion

Mexican Valley

Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs is the debut album by The Heavy Horses, the pseudonym under which Canadian musician Justin Mahoney writes and records songs about outlaws, angels, and murder. 

The album was recorded and mixed in Toronto by Laurence Currie (Amelia Curran/Wintersleep/The Once), and features Canadian talents including Andrew Collins (Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Foggy Hogtown Boys), Max Heineman (The Foggy Hogtown Boys), Christine Bougie (The Good Lovelies, Amy Millan), and Brad Kilpatrick (Hawksley Workman), among others.

﻿Steeped in tradition, and raised on a healthy diet of "the old country", The Heavy Horses are naturally drawn to writing in the same style of music, and make no excuses for it. Although they have never raised a pistol to a man, fled to Mexico, murdered out of love, anger, or murdered "just to watch him die" as Johnny Cash once put it, these themes are abundant in the writing.

If you’ve always wanted to relive the Wild West, or the 70's outlaw country movement – well, those days are gone, but The Heavy Horses aim to get you pretty damn close...

The Heavy Horses

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