Fred Eaglesmith February 5, 2010

21 and over • Limited Seating

Fred Eaglesmith was born, as he sings, "in the springtime of the '57 Chevy," and grew up on a series of farms in southern Ontario. He started writing and playing music, influenced by Elvis and the sounds of roots music drifting into Ontario from far-away radio stations. By age sixteen, Eaglesmith had left home, hopping freight trains out west. His songs are populated with people he has been and has known: tried-but-true blue-collar guys, tired cowboys, young boys in love, bare-knuckled farmers, heartbreakingly good women, beautifully bad women, lonesome good guys, bravura bad guys and Friday-night criminals. Fred regularly scores on critics' top ten lists on both sides of the border, in Europe and in Australia, and on Americana and Roots charts. His most recent CD, Tinderbox, was nominated for a Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo. A Fred Eaglesmith show features a mix of passionate, funny and moving music, ridiculously funny comedy, honest tears and poignant observations all at once. As one reviewer said, "It takes a jaded soul to leave a Fred Eaglesmith show unaffected."

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