Fred Eaglesmith

Drumkat · Post by **Drumkat** » June 1, 2006 12:50 am

best damn show I've seen in some time. Saw it 2 weeks ago but am only now free enough to write. I've known his stuff for a few years now and even appear on a tibute album to him, but I never got to see him live...... until now.

one of the best songwriters alive today. check him out. http://www.fredeaglesmith.com

If you would like a CD to buy, pick up "drive in movie" 1st.

cheers

Lou_A1A · Post by **Lou_A1A** » June 1, 2006 12:26 pm

Drumkat
We saw him here in Jax in 2004 and 2005, he usually plays here after the McClinton Cruise but he skipped us this year

Maybe in 2007.
Definetly an excellent show with some great stories, his backing band has some talented folks too.

Definetly worth checking out.

conched · Post by **conched** » June 2, 2006 10:55 am

First time I saw Fred he was sitting in with Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, Slaid Cleaves, and Todd Snider in a writers circle in Round Rock, TX at the Old Settlers Music Festival.

One song he did was a Dar Williams song, Wilder Than Her. Too fun! Always enjoy his shows.

Drumkat, you must have been on 20 Odd Hollers. I'll go pull that out and take a look. I haven't listened to any Fred stuff in a while.

http://www.geocities.com/fredheads/performers.html

Drumkat · Post by **Drumkat** » June 5, 2006 1:18 am

conched wrote:First time I saw Fred he was sitting in with Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, Slaid Cleaves, and Todd Snider in a writers circle in Round Rock, TX at the Old Settlers Music Festival.

One song he did was a Dar Williams song, Wilder Than Her. Too fun! Always enjoy his shows.

Drumkat, you must have been on 20 Odd Hollers. I'll go pull that out and take a look. I haven't listened to any Fred stuff in a while.

http://www.geocities.com/fredheads/performers.html

actually it's this one
http://www.twangoffrecords.com/artists.php?bid=41

But I dont know where you can listen or even buy it now. Excellent CD though - throughout.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » June 7, 2006 10:44 pm

Fred has an excellent live cd called "Live: Ralph's Last Show".

cowboyjunkie · Post by **cowboyjunkie** » June 14, 2006 7:30 am

a1aara wrote:Fred has an excellent live cd called "Live: Ralph's Last Show".

Would that be a good starting point for his material? I am booked on a train across Canada with him in November. I'm going along since the Cowboy Junkies are headlining but he's one of the support acts. I definitely want to get more familiar with his material.

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » June 14, 2006 7:51 pm

cowboyjunkie wrote:
a1aara wrote:Fred has an excellent live cd called "Live: Ralph's Last Show".
Would that be a good starting point for his material? I am booked on a train across Canada with him in November. I'm going along since the Cowboy Junkies are headlining but he's one of the support acts. I definitely want to get more familiar with his material.

I'm not familiar with all of Freds music but that was a great place for me to start. It is a double cd and includes a lot of the favorites.

Drumkat · Post by **Drumkat** » June 19, 2006 12:34 am

Drive in movie is really his "best" album. That's what he tells people to purchase if they've never heard is CDs before. That gets them hooked. his new CD is REALLY good. Check it out here
http://www.fredeaglesmith.com/