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Updated: June 29, 2009.
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There are no words to express how we feel.  This picture was taken by Margaret Evans, at Willies performance at Finlandia Hall in Thunder Bay on Jan. 26, 2008. We would like to thank everyone for taking part in the memorial service held for Willie. We all miss Willie.  Cape Breton Post Article Read it here. Eagle Times Roots on the River Review (AKA Bellows Falls Weekend) Here. Algo Rhythms Roots on the River Article (AKA Bellows Falls Weekend) Read it here. I just found this one. Yukon News Fred Interview Here. Oregon House Concert Blog/Fred Review Read it here. **!!**World Vision Rocks! Fred Eaglesmith Fans Rock!**!!** Suzy from World Vision Canada just emailed me to let me know that since Fred has been delivering the opportunity to sponsor a child right to his shows, Fred, his band, his family, his friends, and his fans have sponsored 90 kids!!! Imagine that, 90 kids have had their lives changed for the better because we all stepped up! (35 bucks a month on my Visa actually lets me feel good about one of the charges on there!! LOL!!) World Vision does a lot of great things in the world! From right in our own back yard - to the other side of the planet! Check out their website here! As they say, "Change a life. Change your own." That's how it works!! There's only one more Fred Eaglesmith solo show on the US west coast (tonight!). Then he plays one more solo show in Meaford on the 6th of July, then it's off for a whirlwind cross Canada tour with the second stop in Bellows Falls - (yes I know that one isn't Canada - but what can you do!?) - check out the schedule to see where Fred is going here. And Sara has finished the Fred Eaglesmith 15th Annual Charity Picnic webpage!!! There is still more info to come, but lots of details can be found HERE!! !UPDATE! Picnic Tickets Now Available OnlineHERE!! Well we made it home alive and sleep deprived from the Yukon tour!! We had a great time, and had wonderful chaperones, the Gordie Tentrees band and friends.... People up that far north are absolutely wonderful, and the sun doesn't go down til around midnight these days!! The scenery was breathtaking, and we saw tons of wildlife! I have a lot of pictures for you - so I will get them to you soon! Me and the boys got home at about 3:30 in the morning, and Fred stayed in Victoria BC, while he waits for his solo tour of the North West to kick off! Suzy brought the World Vision Booth along with her and we managed to get 6 more kids sponsored - so it doesn't get much better than that!! A quick summation: hippies, barns, dancing, karaoke, air harmonica, late late night jams, great gigs, expensive food, amputated toes, small planes, big planes, rocks, rocks, bears, time changes, wild game bbq's, broken cameras, and on and on and on...slide show to follow! Extra thanks to Gordie Tentrees and friends!!! (Awesome New CD!!!) We all had a great time!! So Luke was all about picking up his new Underwood pickup on the first day of our last tour. Unfortunately, even though the pickup had been delivered, no one has seen it!! Weird... Anyway, we've been home for a few days, so I emailed Melissa Underwood, and explained to her our situation, and my plight to get Luke his pickup! Long story short, I just heard back from Melissa, who is on the road herself, and she informed me that she is not a fan of thieves either, and is going to send Luke another pickup!! I thought that was a super nice thing to do, so I wanted you all to know! If nice people make nice pickups, (and it turns out these ones do!!) then you should check out the Underwood Pickup site here. Holy Cow! Well we got home from our two week or so tour down to Texas and back, then we played last weekend in Ontario, and are off to the Yukon and Alaska on Thursday!! I am having a hard time keeping up with the big dog!! I will post some pictures soon! (Ok - they are below now!) It has been a busy but cool month or so with great green beans, the weirdest gift ever, and a theif who stole our brand new sign!! The Ginn Sisters sang with us at a few of the Texas shows, and Audrey was there to open a few with us too! Like I said - I will have a wack of pictures for you soon! Gordie Tentrees advises me to bring a new camera for the Yukon tour for sure - so look forward to even more cool pics!! This past weekend, Suzy was at the show with World Vision and Fred fans sponsored 3 more kids!!! And finally, I added a bunch of solo shows at the end of May, one to June and some to September - so if you are up for a Fred Eaglesmith Solo show - you can find one HERE!! Blog/Review of Fred Show at Stuarts Opera House Read it here. KDHX Blog About Fred Show in St Louis Read it here. The Eagle Times Article Read it here. The show in London this Saturday night (28th) has been sold out for a bit now, but a 3 o'clock matinee has been added so no one has to miss out!! Get your tickets online here! Just a heads up that World Vision is going to be at Fred's show in London this weekend! If you're coming to the show, please consider sponsoring a child - and if you can't make it to the show you can sponsor a child here! The Orillia Packet & Times Read it here. March 7, 2009 Home. After the 2 month tour - and our three awesome Ontario shows, we have a bit of time off! (til the 20th - when we'll be playing in Creemore, Walkerton (21st) then London on the 28th!) Then it's back on the road for a nice US tour in April. Suzy was at the shows this weekend with World Vision and we signed up 5 more children and had a quick on the spot auction to raise 135 more dollars for World Vision! Fred's fans rock!! You can look into sponsoring a child here. you can even buy a goat for a family! here. Tour pictures coming soon... Alliston Herald Article Read it here. February 28, 2009 Well we are almost home!! 58 event-full days on the road just 2 more shows - and we will be back in Canada. It has been a crazy - but fun tour. We have seen lots of new faces - and got to meet up with old friends. The shows have been rockin', so that should be what you 'll get if you can make it to the next two shows. Unfortunately - tonight is sold out - so tomorrow is your last chance! (for now!) I added more shows to the schedule HERE!! Stay tuned for pictures from the tour - I have some on my camera - and when we get home I plan on seeing about getting the pic's out of my dead computer - and if that happens - I will have a whole tours worth for ya! Wish me luck! February 26, 2009 Mass Live: The Republican Fred Eaglesmith Article here. February 18, 2009 Norwich Bulletin Fred Eaglesmith Article here. February 16, 2009 Cybergrass - Los Angeles, CA Fred Eaglesmith Article here. February 12, 2009 So today we drove from Austin to Denison, Texas, with an extra man in the truck! No - he's not a hitchiker - this time - it is the one and only Roger Marin! Rog will be sitting in on the steel while we are in Texas - so that rocks! After Texas we head to Georgia, the Carolinas', Virginia, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, then Ithaca! Yeah! Check out the schedule HERE!! February 12, 2009 Austin 360 Fred Eaglesmith Show Review here. February 6, 2009 Twangville Fred Show Review here. February 6, 2009 Arizona Daily Star Article here. You might have to sign in to read this article. February 5, 2009 Fred Eaglesmith was nominated for Canadian Music Weeks Independent Music Award for FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP Read about it here. February 5, 2008 Flagstaff Live! Fred Article here. February 4, 2009 London Free Press Fred/Juno Article Here. Congratulations Fred! Check out the Juno Award Website here. Get a copy of and/or listen to Tinderbox here Where should you go? You decide...here! I also added a bunch of shows in May for the Yukon! Our friends in The Gordie Tentrees Band are going to be opening all the shows, it should be a blast!!! January 28, 2009 MetroActive - Silicon Valley, CA. Fred/Tinderbox Article Here. here!! Check out the new Fred Related You Tube Page here! here. December 26, 2008. Fred fans have been sending me awesome pictures of Fred, the band and other great pictures all year. If you haven't taken a minute to look through them, might I suggest that you do so now? Photo of the Week Page! World VIsion signed up 9 more kids at the Fred Eaglesmith Hugh's Room Shows, so that brings the total up to 16!! Thank you Fred Fans!! You can read about the program Here. December, 2008. Mary just sent me a billion new dates - so check the Schedule - it's getting pretty full, but I'm sure we're not done yet! Fred and the boys (and girl) are taking off in the New Year (January 2nd in Michigan) for a huge US tour (Illinois, Colorado, Utah, tons of California, a cruise, more California, Arizona, 4 Texas shows, onto Georgia, North & South Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, Connecticut, and two shows at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass. and that, my friend, has them out until the middle of February (so far). SCHEDULE And if you are looking for the perfect gift, Jack from the Parkside Pub a place we LOVE playing in Nova Scotia, suggests tickets to the show as being the perfect gift! I agree, and something to look forward to for a long time - we don't play there until June!!! It's the gift that keeps on giving!! ... and then of course who wouldn't love you for getting them a copy of Tinderbox??? ...our good friend Rob has been hard at work adding lots of Audio from our European Shows!! 2008 Euro Fred UPDATE!! Fred Eaglesmith has won the CBC Radio 3 2008 Bucky Award for "Most Unconventional Instrument" for his use of the pull-start on Sweet Corn from Tinderbox. Congratulations Fred! November 16, 2008 Fred Eaglesmith's Latest Release, Tinderbox, won the "Roots Recording of the Year" Hamilton Music Award. Congratulations Fred! RESULTS Read about it here.  Tinderbox Photo: Larry Towell, Magnum Photos GET TINDERBOX! We have been playing a lot of new songs at shows these days and people love them! As for Tinderbox - People are saying it is Fred's best CD ever! You can get your Tinderbox online by clicking here, at a Fred Eaglesmith show near you, SCHEDULE, or from Fred Eaglesmith's "Hobo Java and Legendary Guitar Cafe" in Port Dover, Ontario! ...And Fred Most Recent Articles Below: Find More Articles here January 28, 2008 MetroActive Fred/Tinderbox Article Here. December 30, 2008 Houston Press Best of 2008 Article Here. December 18, 2008 CBC 3 Bucky Award Article. Here. December 8, 2008 Peterborough Show Review. Here. November 6, 2008 Impose Magazine Tinderbox Review. Here. November 1, 2008 L A Splash Show/ Fred/ Tinderbox Review. Here. Article Archive here December, 2008. Mary just sent me a billion new dates - so check the Schedule - it's getting pretty full, but I'm sure we're not done yet! The band plays a couple of Hugh's Room shows right after Christmas (Dec 28 & 30th), and that finds Fred and the boys (and girl) taking off in the New Year (January 2nd in Michigan) for a huge US tour (Illinois, Colorado, Utah, tons of California, a cruise, more California, Arizona, 4 Texas shows, onto Georgia, North & South Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, Connecticut, and two shows at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass. and that, my friend, has them out until the middle of February (so far). So if you are into catching Fred in Canada, you are running out of opportunities!! SCHEDULE And if you are looking for the perfect gift, Jack from the Parkside Pub a place we LOVE playing in Nova Scotia, suggests tickets to the show as being the perfect Christmas gift! I agree, and something to look forward to for a long time - we play there in June!!! It's the gift that keeps on giving!! ... and then of course who wouldn't love you for getting them a copy of Tinderbox??? The Open House for Fred's painting display at the Lighthouse Festival Theater in Port Dover has been changed to the 21st of December! So anyone coming to the Fred Eaglesmith Christmas/Winter weekend (December 19-21 (the Sunday)) will be able to attend! Come by and say hello - and check out some of Fred's 2008 paintings!! **December 23 Update** COMING SOON!!! I am going to post Fred's 2008 Paintings soon! So keep checking back. I have cropped all the pictures I took from the gallery and the studio, but I have to find out the names!! - As soon as I do that, you will get to see them, I promise!! Ok - So I put the page of New Fred Paintings for 2008 up - but I don't have the names yet - so they are just numbered for now. See the new paintings here!! If you are looking for an "easy and fun night out" during the crazy holidays - book yourself a reservation for the Dinner and Fred Eaglesmith Show or just the show December 28th and 30th at Hugh's Room in Toronto! Website/Tickets/Dinner Reservations December 15, 2008. Tickets are getting slim for the Saturday night Winter Weekend Shows. You can get tickets for all 3 shows, and even Washboards Kids Show on Saturday here. December 10, 2008. This weekend we play a couple of shows in Carleton Place, then it's The Fred Eaglesmith Winter Weekend!! Fred Eaglesmith and The Patronaats. LEGO-IZED!! Haarlem, The Netherlands. November 2008. Thanks Marijke! Fred Eaglesmith's Latest Release, Tinderbox, won the "Roots Recording of the Year" Hamilton Music Award. Congratulations Fred! RESULTS The Pull-Start Fred used on Sweet Corn from Tinderbox has been nominated for The CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for "Most Unconventional Instrument" For some reason Fred was overlooked in a lot of other categories, most suprisingly the "Sexiest Musician" category. Weird. December 11, 2008 UPDATE!! Fred Eaglesmith has won the CBC Radio 3 2008 Bucky Award for "Most Unconventional Instrument" for his use of the pull-start used on Sweet Corn from Tinderbox. Congratulations Fred! We have had 3 great shows in Holland, and today we board the ferry to London!! We have shows in England, Ireland and Scotland, then it's back to Holland for 4 more shows, and onto Belgium - so if you live over here - check out our schedule for a show near you!! SCHEDULE On our last tour we were know as the FIERLJEPPERS - on this tour it's Fred Eaglesmith and the Patronaats!! Let's see if it sticks - I will let you know! Netherland Fred Band Name Update! The Band name that stuck for the most part of the tour was "Fred Eaglesmith with Chip - K'nip and the Hot Kip!" Just so you know... Check out Rob's 2008 NL/UK Site. He's got some new audio up now too!! Thanks Rob!! Euro Fred Fred Eaglesmith Nominated for 3 Hamilton Music Awards! Read about it here. November 27, 2008. Here are is a slide show of pictures Nils, from Perron 55 in Venlo, NL sent. There are some of Gordie Tentries and the boys (Ken and Matt) who have been opening the shows for Fred over here! (...and engaging in the general debauchery!!!!) Perron 55
A Day of Rememberance  Here's a picture of one of the many polar bears we saw on our awesome train trip!! Wait a minute - that's Fred!! Go and go and go and go!! That seems to be the theme these days!! We have had a heck of a few days, including polar bears, great music, great people, tons of fun, trains, (late trains, sorry Winnipeg), long drives, broken belts, and thanks to the help of fabulous Northern Ontarians we are back on track!!! We'll be in Holland in mere days!! Oh yeah...here are some pictures of the polar bears we saw on our awesome train trip!! There's one more, it's the photo of the week! 
In just a few short hours we will be boarding the Fred Eaglesmith Polar Bear Train!! Then we get off the train - have a Winnipeg Show, a Sault Ste Marie show, then it's off to Holland!! No rest for the wicked!! Our good friend Rob started this page you can check out to get a feel for the tour! Check it out here. Check the schedule for a show near you... Schedule
Polar Bear Train. Well we had a day off today - hit a ton of pawn shops, and got a whole wack of new gigs for 2008, and 2009 from Mary to add to the schedule. So if you want to see what's in the works, and figure out where Fred might be headed, take a look. Schedule And finally, Jack from the Parkside Pub, a place we LOVE playing in Nova Scotia, suggests tickets to the show as being the perfect Christmas gift! I agree, and something to look forward to for a long time - we play there in June!!! It's the gift that keeps on giving!! Here's a picture of Luke with his birthday spaghetti!!  Happy Thanksgiving Canadians!! - and Happy Birthday Luke!!! (October 12). We have been on the road for a few weeks, and in Texas for a bit now, with lots of awesome shows and awesome people along the way!! From awesome green beans at Courvilles, to an odd encounter with an armadillo at Freyburg Hall, it's been a great tour!! Donnie Courvilles' mom gave me this link to see a bit of the devastation that hurricane Ike left behind. Here. We are still in Texas for a bit and on our way up through the US. Come find us!! 
The Fred Eaglesmith South West Steam train is a blast! We trekked up the mountain in Silverton to see Jesus again this year! It's Tuesday, we are in Pagosa Springs, and the sound guy just smacked up his truck on the way to the gig, so Luke and Matty just went to get him and his gear so we can put on a show!! We are about an hour behind schedule right now, so I am doing this to kill some time! I am sure it will all work out, it always does - and I am sure the show will be great! Po Girl is playing before us, and their show in Silverton the other night was awesome, so how could it not turn out awesome again tonight?? That's how it goes being on the road! Life is great! Tonight here, and tomorrow night in Chama!! Get here if you can! If not, check the schedule to get to a show you can make it to... Find all the shows for the tour and visit the venue websites for the details HERE Well, we've been on the road for about 4 days (?) now, we've played great shows in Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri, and had a lot of fun!! We are on our way to Oklahoma, to play at the Blue Door, and to drop off a transmission! Then it's onto the South West Steam Train, with shows in New Mexico and Colorado, and then it's all about Texas, then Arkansas, back through Illiois, and Missouri, onto Iowa, Minnesota, and then Winnipeg for our Polar Bear Train! So that's where we're gonna be for the next little bit, now you know, so there's no reason not to come and have some fun at a show with us!!  HERE (The paintings that will be in the Fred Eaglesmith "Creative Impulse" Showing (Oct 2 - Nov 1) at the Lyndsay Gallery are not in the online gallery - they are all NEW!!) View Fred's 2008 Paintings on the NEW 2008 Painting Page HERE Fred's Annual Texas Weekend won't be happening this March. The band will be playing a lot of Texas shows between October 3rd and October 19th, with a cool barbeque smack dab in the middle at Freyburg Hall! Schedule, Websites, and Info... **Schedule Update December 2008** Fred Eaglesmith will be playing Austin, Denison, Grapevine and Jewett Texas February 11/12/13/14 - 2009!! April 2009 UPDATE Fred will be playing at The Dosey Doe (4 16), The Old Settlers Festival (4 17-19), and Courvilles(4 20) SCHEDULE and has shows down to and through Texas and back! Fred and the band will be out until the beginning of November and the tour includes 2 train trips!!! By the middle of November they will be on Dutch soil - so make sure you get to a show while you can!! Find one here: SCHEDULE! August 24, 2008 It's true, people often travel to see Fred. This years picnic brought Andre and Wout all the way from the Netherlands! They have put together some pictures from their adventure to the 14th Annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic. You can take a look at their pictures here. If you were thinking you would like to go to the Netherlands, and maybe even take some pictures at a Fred Show there - you are in luck! Fred and the Band have a huge European Tour planned for November! Now that would be a ROAD TRIP!!! SCHEDULE April 1, 2008 A selection of Fred Eaglesmiths' paintings are currently on display at The Perch Gallery in Port Dover, Ontario. Jan 25 08 - Check Out this Article...Link to Article.
Jan 20th 2008 - Fred Eaglesmith played LIVE at the Videoranch
BIG NEWS! Toby Keith covered Fred's song "White Rose" on his latest CD, "Big Dog Daddy". Thank you Toby Keith! That CD has so far sold 500 000 records, which means...... Fred Eaglesmith receives his first GOLD RECORD!!!! Fred's original version of the song White Rose is on the CD Drive In Movie, which also won a Juno Award! You can listen to White Rose or buy it from our online store. Click Here
HOBO Line Well, the first edition of the "Hobo Line" has officially hit the streets and is going like hot cakes!! Kevin Somers, the editor, is now accepting submissions for Issue #2!!!! The Hobo Line is Fred's new magazine that is written by Fred fans for Fred fans, not all about Fred or Fred Fans. Confused? Get your copy at a show, or Hobo Java in Port Dover. Or you can call the office, and someone can send you one! Or two! You can send and read about submissions at the Hobo Line Link!! Click Here
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FolkWax Spotlight On Fred J. EaglesmithPart 1- The Hardscrabble Sharecroppin' Years [1957 to 1990]Part 2- The Things Is Changin' Years (1990 to 1997) Watch The 50 Odd Dollars Short FilmA film inspired by and features the music of Fred Eaglesmith Click Here to WatchHear Fred's song "Thinkin Bout You" on the soundtrack and in the movie Broken Bridges. This song is from Fred's CD Lipstick Lies and Gasoline (on the CD, its title is "Thinking" and some Fred fans like to title it "Thinking About You" because that's what the lyrics say (click here to listen to it and other tracks from this CD). Fred Forms 'Reflections' to Help Migrant WorkersFred's fundraising and awareness campaign, "Reflections" has already had success with the installation of reflectors on area migrant worker bicycles. This campaign works to help raise awareness of the problem of bicycle safety. In 2006, three migrant workers were killed in collisions with automobiles because they could not be seen traveling on Ontario roads at night. Fred's 'Reflections' gathers funds and reflectors - then installs the reflectors around Ontario. Learn more HERE You can help! Please give to help make the people of Ontario -- both its year-round residents and its seasonal workers -- safe and well! Or stop by the Hobo store in Port Dover, Ontario to pick up some reflectors to install while you enjoy a scenic drive through Southern Ontario!Great Fred Fact
Fred is the only Canadian composer to hold the #1 spot on the American Bluegrass chart. The song is "Thirty Years of Farming" performed by James King.
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