 "Voice of sanity - Fjellgaard songs reveal he's still a poet extolling the good side of the human spirit." ….............. The Ottawa Citizen. |
Internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and Juno Award Winner "Fjellgaard starts Festival on right note with near sublime performance." … The Hamilton Spectator. "The west coast songwriter is probably our purest exponent of country values and the honest chronicler of Canada's hinterland heroes." …. The Toronto Star. "For over an hour he held the crowd spellbound receiving a standing ovation. It was a magnificent concert that only left you wanting more." … West Coast Pier Magazine "Fjellgaard simply put together the most
consistently completely excellent evening of music in recent memory." … The
Regina Leader Post. |
| From the intimate theatre to the outdoor stage, Fjellgaard effortlessly bridges the gap between country and folk, drawing his audience in with the magic of lyrical imagery. Stories and songs of wind swept prairies, rushing rivers, the working man, cowboy heroes and romance insinuate themselves in listener's hearts and minds with their sheer honesty and warmth all ringing true as the man himself. Uniquely Canadian, this prairie-raised west coast balladeer is available for Theatres, Fairs and Festivals. | |
| Gary Fjellgaard -
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Born on the Canadian prairies in Rose Valley,
Saskatchewan, Gary Fjellgaard moved west to Prince George, BC as a teenager and got his
first break in show business when he barnstormed with Hall of Famer Evan Kemp & his BC
Trailriders. Gary really got hooked on music when he opened for some of the top names of
the day like Johnny Cash, George Jones, Stonewall Jackson, Ferlin Husky and Faron Young,
when they came to town. However, reality was a chainsaw during the week and a guitar on
the weekends to support his growing family. These blue collar, years became the basis for
many of Gary's songs. In 1970 music became a full-time occupation. Since then he has taken his music to the people with a rare sincerity, baring his soul in each and every live appearance and recording session; he's never forgotten what it's like to be "Ten Years Old & Barefoot." |
His western roots music has survived categorization, and a move further west to Gabriola Island brought a universal quality to his songwriting. As one writer put it: "His music is so rich that his art is free of bitterness, whining, self-pity and manufactured pathos." His strong sense of self-worth has always meant that his songs ring as true as the man himself. When Gary began to travel to Europe to entertain, he was received enthusiastically, and voted "Most Promising International Artist" at the Dutch Country Music Awards in 1989. A year later, his video for the award-winning song "Somewhere On The Island" was in rotation at CMT Nashville for more than eight months. Gary has played with some world-class musicians over the years and still calls them on occasion to augment his sound. His shows range from the intimacy of the small theatre to the excitement of main stage appearances at Canada's top festivals like the Big Valley Jamboree, the Merritt Mountain Music Festival, and the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill for an audience of 250,000 people. As a champion of vanishing values and frontier spirit, Gary's songs about lone horsemen riding through verdant valleys and along moonlit mountainside trails are not fabricated solely from his imagination. He keeps in touch with his roots riding in the Annual Kamloops Cattle Drive, and has entertained at Cowboy gatherings from Calgary to Tucson. Recent dates with fellow-balladeer Valdy emphasized that a man with a guitar case full of songs, some known and cherished by fans, others new and surprising, is the basic element of the music biz. The two entertainers joined forces at the end of each night performing half a dozen songs together ending the show with Roger Miller's "King Of The Road", the quintessential road-song. His lifelong love for his wife Lynne, his four daughters, and many grandchildren is lovingly portrayed in "Old-Fashioned Romance". As busy as this man's touring schedule might get at times, he still finds time to help the budding songwriter at seminars and workshops from the Yukon to Montana. After 25 years as a professional musician, with seven of his songs being picked as Song of the Year, Gary Fjellgaard looks back on hundreds of towns and cities, thousands of gigs, and hundreds of thousands of listeners who have been touched profoundly by his music. "He is a poet of the extravagantly good side of human spirit; breathtakingly sane and compassionate." |
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| Click the Titles below to view other Gary Fjellgaard CDs from Capcan Music. |
| Gary Fjellgaard - 'Believe In Forever' # CMD472 & CMD473 |
| Gary Fjellgaard - 'No Time T o Lose' # CMD474 |
| Gary Fjellgaard - 'Time and Innocence' # CMD475 |
| Ask for Gary Fjellgaard's other CDs in your record store from Stony Plains Records. |
| Booking Information for Gary
Fjellgaard contact: Slim Creek Music |
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