Biography
Fred Eaglesmith is a
Canadian
alternative country
singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to
Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children raised by a farming family in rural
Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to
Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. In addition to his own albums, he frequently collaborates with
Willie P. Bennett. His fans are known as Fredheads because of the similarities to
deadheads.
