Fred Eaglesmith
Bio
• Canadian singer/songwriter/comedian/painter with 16 CDs to his credit
• has spent the past decade performing (with his band) at 300 North American venues per year
• has recently toured Holland, the UK and Australia
• has won both a Juno and a Canadian Independent Music award
• his songs have been covered by the Cowboy Junkies, Chris Knight, Mary Gauthier,
Dar Williams
and Kasey Chambers – and have appeared in Martin Scorsese and James Caan films
• writes about Everyman – truck drivers, snowplow operators, small town boys –
with authenticity
and poignancy
• attracts a contingent of ultra-devoted fans, who are known as "Fredheads"
• owns his own record label and may be one of music's most successful indie acts
• is opposed to the industry suing fans over music piracy
• together with Alanis Morissette & U2's Bono, is a 2005 spokesperson for Oxfam's
Make Trade Fair campaign
• his paintings will be shown at the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, June 10 –
July 11, 2005 in Bellows Falls, Vermont
• previous shows include the Lighthouse Theatre Art Gallery (Port Dover, Ontario), Dec. 2004
• was born into a family of nine children, and grew up on farms in Southern Ontario
• is based in Port Dover (on the shore of Lake Erie), where his own farm runs entirely on wind
and solar power
contact: Suzy Miller, Sawdust Entertainment, 519-583-3878
sawdust@fredeaglesmith.com www.fredeaglesmith.com
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.fredeaglesmith.com
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Freight Train
3. 105
4. Mighty Big Car
5. White Trash
6. Good Enough
7. Livin Out on the Road
8. Carter
9. Time to get a Gun
10. Flowers in the Dell
11. He's a Good Dog
12. Lucille
13. How's Ernie
14. Pretty Good Guy
15. I Like Trains
16. Carmelita
17. Bench Seat Baby
18. Spookin the Horses
19. Crazier
20. Big Hair
21. The old John Deere
22. Rodeo Boy
23. Crashin' and Burnin'
24. Alcohol & Pills
25. 49 Tons
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Bio
• Canadian singer/songwriter/comedian/painter with 16 CDs to his credit
• has spent the past decade performing (with his band) at 300 North American venues per year
• has recently toured Holland, the UK and Australia
• has won both a Juno and a Canadian Independent Music award
• his songs have been covered by the Cowboy Junkies, Chris Knight, Mary Gauthier,
Dar Williams
and Kasey Chambers – and have appeared in Martin Scorsese and James Caan films
• writes about Everyman – truck drivers, snowplow operators, small town boys –
with authenticity
and poignancy
• attracts a contingent of ultra-devoted fans, who are known as "Fredheads"
• owns his own record label and may be one of music's most successful indie acts
• is opposed to the industry suing fans over music piracy
• together with Alanis Morissette & U2's Bono, is a 2005 spokesperson for Oxfam's
Make Trade Fair campaign
• his paintings will be shown at the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, June 10 –
July 11, 2005 in Bellows Falls, Vermont
• previous shows include the Lighthouse Theatre Art Gallery (Port Dover, Ontario), Dec. 2004
• was born into a family of nine children, and grew up on farms in Southern Ontario
• is based in Port Dover (on the shore of Lake Erie), where his own farm runs entirely on wind
and solar power
contact: Suzy Miller, Sawdust Entertainment, 519-583-3878
sawdust@fredeaglesmith.com www.fredeaglesmith.com
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.fredeaglesmith.com
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Freight Train
3. 105
4. Mighty Big Car
5. White Trash
6. Good Enough
7. Livin Out on the Road
8. Carter
9. Time to get a Gun
10. Flowers in the Dell
11. He's a Good Dog
12. Lucille
13. How's Ernie
14. Pretty Good Guy
15. I Like Trains
16. Carmelita
17. Bench Seat Baby
18. Spookin the Horses
19. Crazier
20. Big Hair
21. The old John Deere
22. Rodeo Boy
23. Crashin' and Burnin'
24. Alcohol & Pills
25. 49 Tons
Other Genres: