KIM DESCHAMPS is a Pedal Steel Guitarist and Multi-instrumentalist. He is a Session musician, Composer and Producer. In addition to the Pedal Steel, he plays many different instruments including Guitar, Lap Steel, Acoustic Hawaiian Lap Guitar, Metal Body and Wood Dobros, Bottleneck Slide, Baritone, Mandolin, Banjo, and Ukulele. "Take Me Away", is Kim Deschamps' solo CD released in 1998 on Manitunes Music. His radio & TV appearances include "The Canadian Comedy Awards" CTV, “Inside Country with Chas. Hay” CMT, “Open Mike with Mike Bullard” CTV, Comedy Network, “Innovations” OnTV, “Saturday Night Blues” CBC, CHEZ, ‘the Bear’, CHML, Y-95, college radio. Barenaked Ladies newest album “Stunt” (1998), has Kim featured as a session musician on the bonus track ‘The Long Way Home’. This CD has sold over 5 million copies. “The Sweet Hereafter”, an Atom Egoyan directed film, was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 1997 and several Oscar nominations. Kim appeared as a Musician/Actor in the film and on the soundtrack. Fred Eaglesmith regularly features Kim's pedal steel guitar on his CD's. '50 Odd Dollars' 1999, ‘Lipstick Lies & Gasoline’ 1997 on Razor & Tie Records, ‘Drive-In Movie’ 1996 on Vertical Records. Blue Rodeo featured Kim as a multi-instrumentalist sideman from 1992 - 1999. He appeared on the following CD's "The Days In Between", “Just Like A Vacation”, “Tremolo”, “Nowhere to Here”, “Five Days in July” and “Lost Together”. Together they toured North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In 1995, they won a Juno for Group of the Year. “Wolf Song Night" (1994) is a spacey instrumental CD by Kim Deschamps with ambient sound artist Tim Clement (McLaughlin Planetarium). “Hurt Penguins” directed by Robert Bergman and Myra Fried in 1992 is a Canadian film seen now on cable TV (CBC, CityTV, Wtn, Bravo). Kim was the Music Director who composed and produced the movie soundtrack. As an actor, he has two roles in this film. Cowboy Junkies Inc. asked Kim to record “The Trinity Session” on 'spec'. They employed him as a sideman between 1987 and 1991 while they toured Canada, USA, Europe, Japan and recorded “The Caution Horses”, “Deadicated”. Various TV performances from that time can be seen as reruns, including Austin City Limits, Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show (Johnny Carson) and others. Since their split in 1991, CJI has continued to release ancient Kim tracks on their CD's “200 More Miles”, "Studio", “Rarities, B-Sides and Slow Sad Waltzes”.