Awards & Winners

Fred Eaglesmith

Frederick John Elgersma, known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter, one of nine children raised by a farming family in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines. Rural life, dogs, guns, drinking and farming/ranching are other common themes. Many of his songs are about failing farms and small businesses. Down and out characters dealing with loss of love or livelihood, and quirky rural folk also populate his songs. His songwriting uses many of the techniques of short story writing, including unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and plot twists. Eaglesmith's bands have been known both as The Flying Squirrels or 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. An early incarnation of the band was known as The Smokin' Losers. Since 2012, performances have been billed as The Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Steam Show, and include opening songs performed by Bill Poss and by the Ginn Sisters.

Awards by Fred Eaglesmith

Check all the awards nominated and won by Fred Eaglesmith.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo Tinderbox

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo Milly's Cafe

1997


Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo
Honored for : Drive-in Movie

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo Drive-in Movie