Fred Eaglesmith - Alternative / Country

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Date: October 15, 2011
Show Time: 8pm
Tickets - $35 Adv $40 Door

PRESENTED BY BOART LONGYEAR

FRED EAGLESMITH

Fred Eaglesmith has followed his muse and the music to wherever it takes him since he left the family farm at age 15 to pursue the hitchhiking and freight-hopping trail of a traveling troubadour. As a result he has forged one of the most distinguished and unique independent careers in popular music from the grassroots upwards, marked by a consistent string of critical superlatives for his work. And now, after being a leading light in both the new folk and Americana movements, Eaglesmith stays at the cutting edge of the musical zeitgeist to help spark a rock’n’roll renewal. “I still want to be vibrant and I still want to be on fire and I still have passion,” he asserts.

His restless and relentless muse has already earned Eaglesmith a singular and impressive legacy of achievements. Over the years the Juno Award-winning artist has had his music used in films by Martin Scorsese, James Caan and Toby Keith, scored a hit #1 on the bluegrass charts (“Thirty Years of Farming,” recorded by James King), and had his songs included in the curriculum at two colleges. His fans are so devoted that he is the host and centerpiece of a number of music festivals in the U.S. and Canada. A popular live attraction in clubs and festivals across North America, Eaglesmith also enjoys fervent followings in Europe and Australia.

And as Eaglesmith and his band tear up the road like a rogue band of musical gypsies, “We’re just turning it up smoking it every night just like 1967, and it’s so much fun,” he says. “There’s no money and everyone is in the recession, so you just go, well, this is the time to make great music. This is what rock’n’roll always was. Rock’n’roll in its purest form is just such a great thing. And there’s something right now that makes it feel really relevant. It’s the best feeling in the world.”

THE FABULOUS GINN SISTERS

The Fabulous Ginn Sisters have made a career of breaking hearts in clubs across North America. Their already constant touring schedule recently ballooned to include touring as part of the Fred Eaglesmith Band

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