High Valley

For the American Viticultural Area, see High Valley AVA.

High Valley is a Canadian country and bluegrass band originally from Blumenort, Alberta, a small community near the hamlet of La Crete. The group is composed of Brad Rempel (lead vocals) and his supporting band, Dave Myers (bass guitar), Raymond Klassen (Dobro), Clint Milburn (guitar), and Andrew Hemmerling (drums).^[1][2] Brad Rempel's brother Bryan Rempel was a member until March 2014,^[3] while younger brother Curtis Rempel was a member until June 2021.^[4] All three brothers grew up in a Mennonite community and graduated from La Crete Public School.^[5]

High Valley
Origin	La Crete, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Country bluegrass
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Open Road Centricity (US) Atlantic Warner Nashville Blue Chair Cage Free
Members	Brad Rempel Dave Myers Raymond Klassen Clint Milburn Andrew Hemmerling
Past members	Bryan Rempel Curtis Rempel
Website	Official website

After a number of chart successes in Canada between 2010 and 2015, High Valley were signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in October 2015.^[6] They achieved some success with the singles "Make You Mine" and "She's with Me" at United States country radio. They have three No. 1 hits on the Billboard Canada Country chart with "I Be U Be", "Grew Up On That", and "River's Still Running".

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Sales
		CAN [7]	US Country [8]	US Heat [9]
Broken Borders	Release date: January 1, 2007 Label: Self-released	—	—	—
High Valley	Release date: September 14, 2010 Label: Open Road, Centricity	—	—	—
Love Is a Long Road	Release date: June 12, 2012 Label: Open Road, Centricity	—	—	—
County Line	Release date: October 14, 2014 Label: Open Road	—	—	—	MC: Gold[10]
Dear Life	Release date: November 18, 2016 Label: Atlantic / Warner Nashville	36	37	3	MC: Gold[11]	US: 12,000[12]
Way Back[13]	Release date: May 20, 2022 Label: Cage Free	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released to that territory.

Extended plays

Title	EP details
Hands in the Dirt[14]	Release date: April 1, 2008 Label: Centricity
Farmhouse Sessions[15]	Release date: March 23, 2018 Label: Atlantic / Warner Nashville
Grew Up On That[16]	Release date: May 8, 2020 Label: Atlantic / Warner Nashville
Small Town Somethin'[17]	Release date: February 2, 2024 Label: Cage Free Music Inc.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)	Sales	Album
		CAN [18]	CAN Country [19]	US [20]	US Country Songs [21]	US Country Airplay [22]
2007	"Back to You"[23]	—	—	—	—	—			Broken Borders
2010	"I Will Stand by You"	—	16	—	—	—			High Valley
	"On the Combine"	—	26	—	—	—
2011	"A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"	98	12	—	—	—
	"Call Me Old Fashioned"	—	17	—	—	—
2012	"Have I Told You I Love You Lately"	91	12	—	—	—			Love Is a Long Road
	"Let It Be Me"	89	5	—	—	—
	"Love You for a Long Time"	91	13	—	—	56
2013	"Trying to Believe"	—	21	—	—	—
	"Rescue You"	80	10	—	—	—			County Line
2014	"County Line"	70	8	—	—	—	MC: Gold[24]
	"Make You Mine" (featuring Ricky Skaggs)	58	5	—	—	—	MC: Platinum[25]
2015	"She's with Me"	70	6	—	—	—	MC: Platinum[26]
	"Come on Down"	77	3	—	—	—	MC: Gold[27]
2016	"Make You Mine" (US release)	—	—	—[A]	21	17	RIAA: Gold[29]	US: 237,000[30]	Dear Life
	"Be You"	—	10	—	—	—			County Line
	"Every Week's Got a Friday"	—	8	—	—	—			Dear Life
2017	"I Be U Be"	92	1	—	—	—	MC: Platinum[31]
	"She's with Me" (US release)	—	—	79	11	7	RIAA: Gold[32]	US: 109,000[33]
	"Dear Life"	—	5	—	—	—	MC: Platinum[34]
2018	"Young Forever"	—	10	—	—	—
2019	"Single Man"	81	2	—	—	—	MC: Platinum[35]		Non-album single
2020	"Grew Up On That"	65	1	—	—	—[B]	MC: Platinum[37]		Grew Up On That
	"River's Still Running"	64	1	—	—	—	MC: Gold[38]
2021	"Whatever It Takes"	65	2	—	—	—[C]	MC: Gold[40]		Way Back
2022	"Country Music, Girls and Trucks" (with Granger Smith)	87	6	—	—	—
2023	"Do This Life" (with Alison Krauss)	—	4	—	—	—
	"Small Town Somethin'"	—	6	—	—	—			Small Town Somethin'
2024	"Not Yet"	—	7	—	—	—
	"Buy a Boy a Baseball"	—	21	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that territory

Christmas singles

Year	Title	Peak positions	Album
		CAN Country [19]
2022	"Back Home Christmas"	38	Non-album singles
2023	"Run Outta Mistletoe"	41
2024	"Santa Had a Rough Year"	–

As featured artist

Year	Title	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			CAN Country [19]
2023	"Take Me Backroad"	Tim and the Glory Boys	5	Tim and the Glory Boys

Promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
2013	"Away in a Manger"[41]	Non-album single
2016	"Young Forever"[42]	Dear Life
	"Long Way Home"[43]
	"Dear Life"[44]
	"Memory Makin'"[45]
2019	"Your Mama"[46]	Grew Up On That
2021	"Never Not"	Way Back
2022	"Run Outta Somedays"
	"Somebody Tell That Girl" (featuring Anne Wilson)

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"I Will Stand by You"	Colin Minihan
	"On the Combine"[47]	Bill Baumgart
2011	"A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"	Warren P. Sonoda
2012	"Have I Told You I Love You Lately"
	"Let It Be Me"	Mark Maryanovich, Carolyne Stossel
	"Love You for a Long Time"[48]
2013	"Trying to Believe"
	"Rescue You"	Kristin Barlowe
2014	"County Line"
2015	"Make You Mine"
	"She's with Me"	Roger Pistole
	"Come on Down"
2016	"Every Week's Got a Friday"
2017	"I Be U Be"
2019	"Single Man"
	"Single Man" (Bluegrass Version)
	"Your Mama"
2020	"Grew Up On That"	Benno Nelson / Sam Siske
2021	"River's Still Running"
2022	"Country Music, Girls and Trucks" (with Granger Smith)
2023	"Take Me Backroad" (with Tim and the Glory Boys)

Tours

Headlining

• County Line Tour – 2014
• Make You Mine Tour (Europe) – 2017
• The Highway Finds Tour – 2017
• Small Town Somethin' Tour - 2024

Supporting

• Love Unleashed Tour – Martina McBride (2016)
• Soul2Soul: The World Tour – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (2017)
• Happy Endings Tour – Old Dominion (2018)
• The Journey Tour – Paul Brandt (2019)

Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Year	Category	Result
2018	ACM – New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Nominated
2019	ACM – New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Nominated

GMA Canada Covenant Awards

• 2007 two awards: Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year: Broken Borders, and Country/Bluegrass Song of the Year: "Back to You"
• 2011 five awards: Artist of the Year, Group of the Year, Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year: High Valley, Country/Bluegrass Song of the Year: "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)", and Video of the Year: "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"
• 2012 three awards: Artist of the Year, Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year: "Love Is a Long Road" and Country/Bluegrass Song of the Year "Have I Told You I Love You Lately"

Canadian Country Music Association Awards

Year	Category	Result
2010	Rising Star	Nominated
2011	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Rising Star	Nominated
2012	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
2013	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Interactive Artist of the Year	Won
2015	Group or Duo of the Year	Won
	Album of the Year – County Line	Nominated
	Interactive Artist of the Year	Nominated
2016	Group or Duo of the Year	Won
2017	Fans' Choice Award	Nominated
	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Album of the Year – Dear Life	Nominated
2018	Fans' Choice Award	Nominated
	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
2019	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
2020	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Single of the Year – "Single Man"	Nominated
2020	Fans' Choice	Nominated[49]
	Group or Duo of the Year	Won
	Single of the Year – "Grew Up on That"	Nominated
2022	Fans' Choice	Nominated[50][51]
	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
2023	Fans' Choice	Nominated[52]
	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Musical Collaboration of the Year - "Do This Life"	Won[53]
2024	Fans' Choice	Nominated[54]
	Group or Duo of the Year	Nominated
	Musical Collaboration of the Year - "Take Me Backroad"	Nominated
	Video of the Year - "Take Me Backroad"	Nominated
2025	Fans' Choice	Pending[55]
	Group or Duo of the Year	Pending

Juno Awards

Year	Category	Result
2012	Country Album of the Year – High Valley	Nominated
2016	Country Album of the Year – County Line	Nominated
2023	Country Album of the Year – Way Back	Pending[56]

Notes

1. "Make You Mine" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles extension chart.^[28]
2. "Grew Up On That" did not enter Country Airplay, but peaked at No. 44 on Billboard Country Indicator.^[36]
3. "Whatever It Takes" did not enter Country Airplay, but peaked at No. 43 on Billboard Country Indicator.^[39]