A Vancouver Island Exclusive Event - Fred Eaglesmith The Cowichan Folk Guild presents an evening with Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn Tickets are now on sale at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre Tickets $32/$29 Cowichan Ticket Centre 250 748 7529 - Online Sales http://www.cowichanpac.ca
=0D=0A=42 years on the road. 22 studio albums. 5 different band configurations. 15 band members. 11 buses. Countless stories. 1 man Fred Eaglesmith - Start writing songs when you're 10 years old. Grow up with poverty, agriculture and religion and 8 siblings. Run away from home. Hop freight trains. Start a business. Lose a business. Struggle to get any gig. Drive to Nashville with no money & pockets full of songs. Get a record deal. Lose a record deal. Win a Juno. Break down on the side of the road every day for days on end. Become a cult hero and amass a following of selfproclaimed "Fred Heads." Tour relentlessly. Become everyone's favourite. Becomes nobody's favorite. Follow your gut. Smarten up. Don't care what anybody thinks. Be fair. Be loyal no matter what. Keep going. Soften up. Give people a break. Expect nothing. Give everything. Keep going. Allow yourself to be happy. Find out who you are & deal with that. Don't stay in fancy hotels. Write good songs.
=0D=0A=After all these years touring USA, Canada and Europe – having his songs covered by some of the biggest names in music, and appearing on “The Late Show” with David Letterman – the enigmatic, countrified, rock n' roll troubadour: Fred Eaglesmith, is carrying on with musical wife Tif Ginn, a gutsy, amazing singer and a transcendent songwriter who has spent most of her life touring and playing music.
=0D=0A=Her impressive, sultry vocals and glorious harmonies with Fred, along with her multiple instrument additions to the show will have you in awe. This girl has it all, including Fred!
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