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FRED EAGLESMITH’S ROUTE 66 TIN CAN CARAVAN
What happens when one of North America’s most heralded and adventurous rock songwriters hits the continent’s iconic and eclectic Route 66 for a two-week-plus marriage of hits and kitsch? Ticketholders for the 2012 Route 66 Tin Can Caravan will find out as the Fred Eaglesmith Band headlines the 18-day Chicago-to-Santa Monica journey. DETAILS AND TOUR DATES…
Full-ride attendees will enjoy a wi-fi equipped motor coach across the legendary road’s full expanse, or can choose from individual segments within the Sept. 13 to Sept. 30 itinerary. Throughout, the tour will be followed by a caravan of cars, campers, bikes and vans. All will be visiting some of Route 66′s colorful attractions and enjoying performances along the way from one of the most storied traveling musicians in contemporary music.
Eaglesmith’s road exploits have a mythical air to them, from his nearly superhuman touring pace to prior excursions on road and rail. All will pale, however, in comparison to “Fred’s Ultimate Road Trip.” For details, visit http://www.rootsontherails.com/2012-trips-route-66-tin-can-caravan.
As the Arizona Daily Star said recently of Eaglesmith, “Everywhere he goes these days, concerts are sold out and his merchandise flies off tables.” The fervor certainly extends to his latest album 6 Volts, his 19th, which was recently called “one of our favorite albums of the year” by No Depression. And that’s just a taste of the acclaim it’s been receiving:
• “Fred Eaglesmith’s latest release 6 Volts is rapidly becoming our most played disk since we scored a copy” -Houston Press
• “The music is pure emotion with hurting steel guitar and tortured guitar solos on ‘Johnny Cash.’” -Lethbridge L.A. Beat Magazine
• “In the songs on 6 Volts, you know Fred really means it. He ain’t quitting anytime soon. Thank something for that.” -Stylus Magazine
• “Eaglesmith, a prolific songwriter and recording artist who can make audiences think and laugh, is on the endless highway with 6 Volts, a plain, simple and powerful CD (his 19th) that salutes his roots and the music he grew up with” -San Antonio Express
• “It’s a powerful piece of work… There’s a raw energy in tracks such as ‘Betty’ and the title track, where the lead guitar slices into the foreground and electrifies the room.” -Atlanta Journal Constitution
Upcoming tour dates:
Feb 23 The Barn Gilroy, CA
Feb 24 Chico’s Women Club Chico, CA
Feb 25 The Center for the Arts Grass Valley, CA
Feb 26 Rancho Nicasio Nicasio, CA
March 3 Jefferson Hall Ogden, UT
March 5 The United Center Idaho Springs, CO
March 7 Knuckleheads Kansas City, MO
March 9 The Highdive Champaign, IL
March 31 Masonic Hall Stratford, ON
April 12 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
April 13 Stoughton Opera House Stoughton, WI
April 14 Russell’s Bar and Grill Annandale, MN
April 15 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
April 17 Marketplace on 8th, Grafton, ND
April 19 Murray Bar, Livingston, MT
April 20 Machinery Row Great Falls, MT
April 21 The Slice Lethbridge, AB
April 22 Black Diamond Hotel Black Diamond, AB
April 24 Tracks Pub, Olds, AB
April 28 Yukon Arts Center Whitehorse, YK
April 30 KIAC Oddfellows Ballroom Dawson City, YK
May 1 St Elias Convention Centre Haines Junction, YK
May 3 Pioneer Park Theatre Fairbanks, AK
May 4-6 Tap Root Anchorage, AK
May 12 Belle Petroleum Centre Peace River, BC
May 13 Jasper Legion, Jasper, AB
May 17 Caravan Theatre, Armstrong, BC
May 18 St James Hall Vancouver, BC
May 19 Treehouse Cafe, Bainbridge Island, WA
May 22 Gravel Bar, Ennis, MT
June 1 Windrifter, Midland, ON
June 2 Casbah Collingwood, ON
June 6 The Mansion Kingston, ON
June 7 Castaways Ithaca, NY
June 8 Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River, MA
June 9-11 Roots on the River Bellows Falls, VT
June 12 Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY
June 13 World Cafe, Philadelphia, PA
June 14 The Birchmere Alexandria, VA
June 15 Mockingbird Staunton, VA
June 16 Stuarts Opera House, Nelsonville, OH
June 22 Saugeen Summer Nights, Harriston, ON
July 8 The Palomino Calgary, AB
July 26 Ballard Park Ridgefield, CT
July 27 Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY
July 28 Bull Run, Shirley, MA
July 29 Ossipee Valley Music Festival Osipee Valley, ME
July 30 The Community Center on Cliff Island Cliff Island, ME
Aug 11 Live From the Rock Folk Festival Red Rock, ON
Aug 16 Canada’s Southern Railway Station St. Thomas, ON
Aug 17-19 Fred Eaglesmith Annual Charity Picnic Aylmer, ON
Aug 24 & 25 Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, Ontonagon, MI
Sept 13-30 Tin Can Caravan Tour
