FRED EAGLESMITH RE-POST WITH AN EXTRA

 

Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Dutch-Canadian Americana artist. He is known for writing songs about vehicles, rural life, down-and-out characters, lost love and quirky rural folk. His songwriting uses techniques of short story writing, including unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and plot twists.

Eaglesmith, one of nine children, was raised by a farming family near Guelph in rural Southern Ontario. He began playing the guitar at age 12.

As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train to Western Canada and began writing songs and performing.

Eaglesmith founded a band known as the Smokin' Losers. He later formed a group called known as both the Flying Squirrels and the Flathead Noodlers, switching the name to represent different styles of music. The Flathead Noodlers play bluegrass, while the Flying Squirrels play more folk and rock. His first self-titled album was released in 1980.

Eaglesmith appeared in a 2001 television movie, The Gift.

A typical Fred Eaglesmith show includes his music set between several lengthy between-song comic monologues by Eaglesmith. Topics in the past have included stories about crossing the U.S.–Canada border, Newfoundlanders, and some friends from an Indian reserve. His fans are known as "Fredheads", a nod to deadheads, who followed the Grateful Dead. He is known to tour extensively throughout Canada and the U.S.

When Eaglesmith appears in solo performances, he bills himself as Fred J. Eaglesmith. In addition to his own albums, he frequently collaborated with the late Willie P. Bennett, a former member of Eaglesmith's band, who stepped down after a heart attack in early 2007. Eaglesmith publishes his own records.

In 2010, Eaglesmith was featured on the Late Show with David Letterman as the musical guest. He performed "Careless" from the album Cha Cha Cha.

Since 2012, performances have been billed as the Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Steam Show and include opening songs performed by Bill Poss, the Ginn Sisters, and his wife Tif Ginn.

Eaglesmith's songs have been included in the musical play, Dear Johnny Deere. The play was performed at the Charlottetown Festival in 2013.

01 - [1980] Fred J. Eaglesmith

01 - Old Coach Driver
02 - Through The Motions
03 - Take Your Things
04 - Do You Love Me Now
05 - The Highway Callin'
06 - Take Her In Your Arms
07 - Comes And Goes
08 - The Town Of Clarkson
09 - Someday It Will All Be Gone
10 - Rainy Day Blues

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02 - [1983] The Boy That Just Went Wrong

01 - Living Out On The Road
02 - Dawson Creek
03 - Don't You Try To Change My Mind
04 - Tell The Engineer
05 - Yesterday's News
06 - The Boy That Just Went Wrong
07 - Flowers In The Dell
08 - Down The Line
09 - I Wish I Was There Tonight
10 - Bottom Dollar

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03 - [1987] Indiana Road

01 - Thirty Years Of Farming
02 - Last Six Dollars
03 - Take It All Away
04 - Her Heart Or Mine
05 - Why Darling Why
06 - Sorry You Left Me
07 - Caroline
08 - Yellow Barley Straw
09 - Indiana Road
10 - Ninety-Nine Miles An Hour

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04 - [1991] There Ain't No Easy Road (2CD)

Recorded at the Town Hall Theatre - Port Dover Ontario - Nov. 23-24 1991. Now known as Lighthouse Festival Theatre.

Reissue of 1991 cassette box set: 2 CDs in paper sleeves, photocopied booklet with 36 pages of lyrics, production notes, liner notes, photos, packaged in a long wooden box.

Disc 1

01 - Making Whiskey
02 - Highheels In The Rain
03 - End Of The Road
04 - Darlin' Boy
05 - Maggie And Me
06 - Safe Ground
07 - Oxford County
08 - Waydown South
09 - If You Ever Loved Anybody
10 - Crack In Life

Disc 2

01 - Little Buffalo
02 - Just Dreamin'
03 - Look Who's Changed
04 - Once Burned
05 - York Road
06 - Safe Ground - Reprise
07 - Go Out And Plough
08 - Get Your Prices Up
09 - Jericho

Fred J. Eaglesmith: Vocals, Guitar, Slide Guitar / Willie P. Bennett: Vocals, Harmonica, Mandolin / Scott Merritt: Banjo, Guitar (6 & 12 String) / Ralph Schipper: Vocals, Acoustic Bass, Guitar.

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05 - [1993] Things Is Changin'

Recorded at Scott Merritt's Cottage, Brantford, Ontario, July through October 1993 on eight tracks digital.

01 - Sharecroppin'
02 - Things Is Changin'
03 - Harold Wilson
04 - White Ash & Black Ash
05 - Joe
06 - Carmelita
07 - Summerlea
08 - Rough Edges
09 - Rough Edges Reprise
10 - Brand New Boy
11 - Cryin' Yet
12 - Rodeo Rose

Fred J. Eaglesmith: Vocals, Guitar / Willie P. Bennett: Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals, Guitar / Scott Merritt: Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Organ / Ralph Schipper: Bass, Vocals / Fraser Yeates: Organ.

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06 - [1994] From The Paradise Motel

Recorded live at the La Casa Music Series, 12 November 1993, Birmingham, Michigan.

01 - Yellow Barley Straw
02 - Thirty Years Of Farmin'
03 - The Highway Callin'
04 - I'm Just Dreamin'
05 - Sweaburg General Store
06 - Sunflowers
07 - Little Buffalo
08 - Summerlea
09 - My Last Six Dollars
10 - Rough Edges
11 - Sharecroppin'
12 - The Mindless Side Of Town
13 - Rodeo Rose
14 - Go Out And Plough
15 - Jericho
16 - Harold Wilson

Fred J. Eaglesmith: Vocals, Guitar / Willie P. Bennett: Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica / Ralph Schipper: Vocals, Bass.

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07 - [1996] Drive-In Movie

01 - I Like Trains
02 - 49 Tons
03 - Here's The Keys
04 - Crashin' & Burnin'
05 - Wilder Than Her
06 - White Rose
07 - Good Enough
08 - Soda Machine
09 - Freight Train
10 - 49 Tons (Reprise)
11 - Drive-In Movie

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08 - [1997] Lipstick Lies & Gasoline

01 - Seven Shells
02 - 105
03 - Thinking About You
04 - Bell
05 - Drinking Too Much
06 - Pontiac
07 - Spookin' The Horses
08 - Time To Get A Gun
09 - Bell (Reprise)
10 - Alcohol And Pills
11 - Angel Of The Lord
12 - Seven Shells (Crash)
13 - Water In The Fuel

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09 - [1999] 50 Odd Dollars

01 - Blue Tick Hound
02 - Rodeo Boy
03 - Ten Ton Chain
04 - Getting' To Me
05 - Mighty Big Car
06 - Crazier
07 - Georgia Overdrive
08 - Steel Guitar
09 - Carter
10 - Alternator
11 - Bullets

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10 - [2001] Ralph's Last Show: Live In Santa Cruz (2CD)

Disc 1

01 - Intro
02 - Freight Train
03 - 105
04 - Mighty Big Car
05 - White Trash
06 - Good Enough
07 - Livin' Out On The Road
08 - Carter
09 - Time To Get A Gun
10 - Flowers In The Dell
11 - He's A Good Dog
12 - Lucille
13 - How's Ernie

Disc 2

01 - Pretty Good Guy
02 - John Deere
03 - Carmelita
04 - Benchseat Baby
05 - Spookin' The Horses
06 - Crazier
07 - Big Hair
08 - I Like Trains
09 - Rodeo Boy
10 - Crashin' & Burnin'
11 - Alcohol & Pills
12 - 49 Tons

Fred Eaglesmith: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar / Ralph Schipper: Bass, Backing Vocals / Willie P. Bennett: Mandolin, Harmonica, Backing Vocals / Washboard Hank: Percussion, Backing Vocals.

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11 - [2002] Falling Stars And Broken Hearts

01 - I Ain't Ever Givin' In
02 - Pretty Girl
03 - Indian Motorcycles
04 - Sugarcane
05 - Ordinary Guy
06 - Cumberland County
07 - Rev It Up
08 - Soft On My Shoulder
09 - Dancin' On The Bar
10 - I Wanna Buy Your Truck
11 - Cold War
12 - Your Sister Cried

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12 - [2002] The Official Bootleg Series Volume 1 (2CD)

Recorded May 31, 2002 at The Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA.

Disc 1 - Early Show

01 - Intro / Sound Check
02 - Freight Train
03 - Summerlea
04 - Wilder Than Her
05 - New Tractor Story
06 - The Rocket
07 - Rev It Up
08 - New Record / Gun Control Monolog
09 - Time To Get A Gun
10 - Steam
11 - Tommy & Joe
12 - Intro
13 - Drive-In Movie
14 - I Ain't Ever Givin' In
15 - Cumberland County
16 - Soft On My Shoulder
17 - Hot Dog Intro
18 - Bob's Dogs And Burgs
19 - It Was You
20 - Big Hair
21 - 49 Tons
22 - Soda Machine

Disc 2 - Late Show

01 - Intro
02 - I Like Trains
03 - Alternator
04 - Joe
05 - Small Motors
06 - I Wanna Buy Your Truck
07 - European Travelog
08 - Highheels In The Rain
09 - The Famous Border Story
10 - Rodeo Boy
11 - Me & Esther
12 - White Rose
13 - Fred Holds Court
14 - He's A Good Dog
15 - York Road
16 - Father-In-Law Intro
17 - How's Ernie
18 - Brand New Boy
19 - Bench Seat Baby
20 - Bandages
21 - Rough Edges
22 - Classic Rock Suite
23 - On Flathead Noodling
24 - Thirty Years Of Farming

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13 - [2003] Balin

Recorded live to three track at The Church Theatre, St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada.

01 - The Building
02 - Do You Love Me Now
03 - Bailing Again
04 - Rooster Fight
05 - A Little Lost
06 - Run-A-Way Lane
07 - Back There
08 - Two Machines
09 - The Rocket
10 - John Deere "B"
11 - No Sorrow No More
12 - Tin Pot Nelly
13 - I Shot Your Dog
14 - Small Motors
15 - Dixie Mountain
16 - Some Roads
17 - Mary Lane

Fred Eaglesmith: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo (Claw Style) / Willie P. Bennett: Harmony Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica / Darcy Yates: Harmony Vocals, Bass / Roger Marin: Bass Vocals, Lead Guitar (Acoustic) / Craig Bignell: Banjo / Dan Walsh: Dobro / John P. Allen: Fiddle.

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14 - [2004] The Official Bootleg Series Volume 2 (2CD)

Fred J. Eaglesmith & The Smokin' Losers recorded live from the soundboard at The First Annual Fred Eaglesmith Texas Weekend at Gruene Hall in Gruene, TX on Saturday March 13, 2004. Except where indicated below.

Disc 1

01 - Cumberland County
02 - Alcohol & Pills
03 - Freight Train
04 - 105
05 - Summerlea
06 - Crazier
07 - Georgia Overdrive
08 - Drive In Movie
09 - 'Git Off My Land' Intro
10 - Time To Get A Gun
11 - Spookin' The Horses
12 - White Trash
13 - He's A Good Dog
14 - Carmelita Intro
15 - Carmelita
16 - Harold Wilson
17 - Steel Guitar
18 - Ship

Disc 2

01 - 49 Tons
02 - Carter
03 - Crossroads Flea Market Intro
04 - Bob's Dogs And Burgs
05 - Balin' Again
06 - Do You Love Me Now
07 - Some Roads
08 - Sharecroppin'
09 - Pistols & Rifles
10 - Your Sister Cried
11 - I Like Trains
12 - Indiana Road
13 - Restless Cowboys
14 - York Road
15 - Brand New Boy
16 - Charlene
17 - Tunnel
18 - Rainbow

Tracks 05 - 08 with The Flathead Noodlers, Saengerhall, New Braunfels, TX March 12, 2004 Early Show
Tracks 09 & 10: with The Smokin' Losers, Saengerhall March 12, March 12, 2004 Late Show
Tracks 11 - 16: with The Smokin' Losers, Gruene Hall March 14, 2004
Tracks 02 - 04, 17 & 18: Solo

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15 - [2004] Dusty

01 - Dusty
02 - Tunnel
03 - I 75
04 - Ship
05 - Rainbow
06 - Whichita
07 - Crowds
08 - Hey Baby
09 - Codeine
10 - Carne Del Toro

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16 - [2006] Milly's Cafe

01 - 18 Wheels
02 - Kansas
03 - Summer Is Over
04 - Thinkin' 'Bout Her
05 - Rocky
06 - Milly's Cafe
07 - Tired
08 - Mrs. Hank Williams
09 - Sign On The Wall
10 - The Rains
11 - Tired Reprise

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17 - [2008] Tinderbox

01 - Sweet Corn
02 - Chain Gang
03 - Shoulder To The Plow
04 - Quietly
05 - Tinderbox
06 - Killing Me
07 - Worked Up Field
08 - I Pray Now
09 - You Can't Trust Them
10 - Get On Your Knees
11 - Fancy God
12 - Wheels
13 - Killing Me II
14 - Stand
15 - Reprise
16 - The Light Brigade
17 - Shoeshine
18 - When

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18 - [2010] Cha Cha Cha

01 - Careless
02 - Tricks
03 - Sliver Of The Moon
04 - I Would
05 - Shallow
06 - Gone Too Long
07 - Rebecca Street
08 - Dynamite And Whiskey
09 - Car
10 - Silhouettes

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19 - [2011] 6 Volts

01 - Cemetery Road
02 - Betty
03 - 6 Volts
04 - Katie
05 - Dangerous
06 - Cigarette Machine
07 - Johnny Cash
08 - Betty Oshawa
09 - Stars
10 - Been A Long Time
11 - Trucker Speed

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20 - [2013] Tambourine

01 - What It Takes
02 - Can't Dance
03 - Tell The Engineer
04 - That's What You Do
05 - Nobody Gets Everything
06 - Nobody's Friend
07 - Drunk Girl
08 - Small Town
09 - Sally Green
10 - Train Wreck
11 - Whip A Dog

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21 - [2016] Standard

01 - Twin City Mini
02 - At Your Door
03 - Flames
04 - Old Machine
05 - Jenny Smith
06 - Tom Turkey
07 - Miss Mary Jane
08 - Thermostat
09 - Steam
10 - Off The Dam
11 - Watertown
12 - Mr. Rainbow

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22 - [2020] Alive (2CD)

Recorded 2019 at Jammin' Java in Vienna Virginia.

Disc 1

01 - Welcome To Vienna
02 - Cultivator
03 - Old McCormick
04 - Old Jokes
05 - Jenny Smith
06 - No Help
07 - Get Your Prices Up
08 - Late For The Show
09 - Prius
10 - Dangerous
11 - I Like Trains
12 - The Canadian Way
13 - Gone
14 - Tif's New Record
15 - Toggle Switch
16 - Twin City Mini
17 - Tractor Songs
18 - 105
19 - Tired
20 - Rock & Roll Altar Call
21 - Betty Oshawa

Disc 2

01 - Rock & Roll Party
02 - Someday Soon
03 - Ian Tyson
04 - Cigarette Machine
05 - Katie
06 - We're Still Out There
07 - Kansas
08 - Careless
09 - 6 Volts
10 - Rock & Roll
11 - Stars
12 - Thank You And Goodnight
13 - Trucker Speed

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