Fred EaglesmithFredheads get ready for the return to The Cedar of Mr Eaglesmith! Award-winning singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. High-profile tastemakers in the know — fellow musicians like Toby Keith and The Cowboy Junkies as well as film folks like Martin Scorsese and James Caan, to name a few — consider him one of the stellar musical and lyrical talents of our day. Though a decidedly grassroots artist in the thematic focus of his songs and how he pursues his career, playing some 180 shows a year across North America as well as Europe and Australia and releasing his own records under his cheekily-titled A Major Label imprint, Eaglesmith boasts an impact that far better known musical acts can only dream of.


"Fred Eaglesmith is what Bruce Springsteen aspires to be, the voice of the small-town common man," says Nova Scotia's Berwick Register. His uncommonly good songs illuminate the uniqueness of what are usually thought of as common people and have evoked critical comparisons to such musical icons as Tom Waits, John Prine, Del Shannon, Link Wray, T Bone Burnett, Steve Earle and even Led Zeppelin, to name a few. He has even been rated as a talent on par with the granddaddy of all populist songwriters. "Eaglesmith delivers passion like few singers since Woody Guthrie," says New York Press. "We know that's a comparison not to be taken lightly."

"It's the weirdest career in the world, a little tiny career that works so well," Eaglesmith says of the niche he has carved out for himself in contemporary music. "I'm just so lucky and so fortunate, I try not to take it for granted."

The Cat Tails are like a who's who of the local Americana/roots scene, and feature songwriters Steve Kaul (Brass Kings), Dave Babb (Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs) and Molly Maher, vocalist Jon Rodine, and ace rhythm section Steve Murray (Molly Maher's Disbelievers) and Mikkel Beckmen (Brass Kings, Charlie Parr).

The Big Gigs Star Tribune (10/24/08)

Prolific songwriter Fred Eaglesmith is probably the only artist to be covered by both Toby Keith and the Cowboy Junkies. Often cited as a musical poet of small-town America -- a Joe Sixpack voice, if you will -- Eaglesmith is actually from rural Ontario. Known for his animated live performances and a dedicated core of followers known as Fredheads, Eaglesmith has carved out an enviable cult niche. (Tom Surowicz)

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