The Oot n91裸聊视频� Oots, an upbeat, fun-loving family band, was born three years ago from the vocal splendour of an eight-year-old girl.

Truly a family band, they are made up of four adult brothers 91裸聊视频� Matthew, Ezra, Gabe and Ari Cipes 91裸聊视频� and 11-year-old Ruth, Ezra91裸聊视频檚 daughter. The family has a farm in Kelowna.

Ezra explains that the family91裸聊视频檚 first professional gig with Ruth took place in 2015. Matthew, the oldest, had played in bands and was the inspiration for the others to pick up instruments and play together. Ezra and Gabe had since been working as recording artists and touring and session musicians.

The brothers invited Ruth to join them near the end of the set.

91裸聊视频淲e did our set and the last three songs, she got up with us. She completely stole the show; it was like nothing before that mattered,91裸聊视频� Ezra smiles. 91裸聊视频淭hat was the start of the band. It was undeniable.91裸聊视频�

The Oots n91裸聊视频� Oots delighted both young and old at this year91裸聊视频檚 Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. Although it was the band91裸聊视频檚 first time playing at the festival, they91裸聊视频檝e attended several times. Ruth has been going to music festivals since she was a baby.

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Theirs has been a musical family throughout the generations. Ruth91裸聊视频檚 Grandpa Steve would play boogie woogie piano and get all the children jumping around.

91裸聊视频淚t was like a magic trick and we wanted to get in on that magic trick,91裸聊视频� says Ezra.

Ruth began her appreciation for music as a wee one. She had a thing for Elvis, then Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Wanda Jackson and Patsy Cline.

91裸聊视频淲hen Ruth started singing, she started singing with a real swagger at a very young age,91裸聊视频� Ezra smiles. 91裸聊视频淲hen she was really little it would crack everybody up, because it was coming from such a little person. She would sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star like a blues singer.91裸聊视频�

When she was seven, she started doing open mic, with her dad accompanying her. Not only did she have a rich, deep voice, she would write her own songs. At six or seven she wrote 91裸聊视频淲here the Purple Geese Fly91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淪aturday91裸聊视频檚 a Sadder Day.91裸聊视频�

Ruth explains the latter song: Her mom Rio (who loves music but doesn91裸聊视频檛 perform) would go to the farmer91裸聊视频檚 market on Saturdays, so she and Ezra would have 91裸聊视频淒ad and Ruthie day.91裸聊视频� The song title refers to the times they weren91裸聊视频檛 able to have their special day.

91裸聊视频淪aturday91裸聊视频檚 a sadder day when I91裸聊视频檓 not with you.91裸聊视频�

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Ezra recounts the Roots and Blues Festival in 2014 when Mavis Staples of the Staple Singers headlined.

The security guards took a couple of kids, including Ruth, inside to visit.

91裸聊视频淢avis Staples was singing to her. It was almost like she bestowed her blessing on Ruth,91裸聊视频� says Ezra.

Adds Ruth: 91裸聊视频淚 hadn91裸聊视频檛 heard of her before and now I love her music.91裸聊视频�

All of the Oots n91裸聊视频� Oots write songs, and sometimes they write together. Ruth says she takes guitar lessons and practises almost every day.

Ezra notes that in their mud room sits an organ and a piano.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檒l start a jam when we91裸聊视频檙e trying to get our shoes on.91裸聊视频�

The song 91裸聊视频淚 Like it Saucy,91裸聊视频� in the style of David Bowie early-91裸聊视频�70s glam rock, came to life at the dinner table when Ruth was asking her mom for more sauce. She and her dad created it.

Ruth is an only child but has lots of cousins. She says she enjoys playing music with her dad and uncles.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e always being silly. That91裸聊视频檚 what we do, that91裸聊视频檚 what our band is91裸聊视频� We91裸聊视频檙e always making jokes, coming up with silly songs.91裸聊视频�

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Asked if such a close family gets along well, Ezra says most of the time.

91裸聊视频淥ur dad tells a story about 91裸聊视频� he was an ambitious young man 91裸聊视频� he had an idea to broker peace in the Middle East.91裸聊视频�

His rabbi told him that if you want peace in the world, first you must have peace in your family, Ezra explains.

91裸聊视频淪o you work at that every day.91裸聊视频�

The band took time off touring recently so Ruth could attend summer camp. She says kids treat her like anyone else, although at camp she told someone about the band and they asked her to sing a song. She sang, 91裸聊视频淚 Like it Saucy.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hen the kids were singing it 91裸聊视频� older kids, younger kids, the counsellors, they were asking me to sing it.91裸聊视频�

At the festival she was on crutches, after injuring her foot jumping off a bunk bed. She was also dealing with a cold, which meant singing was difficult with her sore throat 91裸聊视频� so she did less than normal. One good friend told her she is his hero, because he knew everything she was going through.

For the future, Ruth says she91裸聊视频檇 like to be a musician 91裸聊视频� a singer, a songwriter, a performer. But she might also like to try working as a producer or a recording engineer.

91裸聊视频淚 would say she91裸聊视频檚 on a path in music, however that unfolds,91裸聊视频� says Ezra. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e just enjoying the journey, it91裸聊视频檚 so much fun, it91裸聊视频檚 great. We meet so many amazing people along the way.91裸聊视频�

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