Bob Oldfield

Vernon Folk Roots Society

David Francey, arrived in Canada from Scotland at the age of 12 in 1967.

At that point, he had already been writing poetry for two years, a pastime that continued through his youth and through his 20 years as a rail yard worker and carpenter.

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Strangely, performing music as a career didn含羞草研究社檛 begin for Francey until he was 45 years old.

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And what a career it has been.

Three Juno awards and seven Canadian Folk Music awards later and despite the effect of nearly 25 years of working his voice pretty hard, Francey is still happy to hit the road and share his songs and stories.

Now widely recognized as one of Canada含羞草研究社檚 greatest songwriters, he has recorded 13 albums, the most recent being last year含羞草研究社檚 release of The Breath Between, which, among others, features a collaboration with Terra Spencer, who will not only play piano in Francey含羞草研究社檚 band but will also open the show for him. 含羞草研究社淚 think Terra is one of the best writers I含羞草研究社檝e ever heard anywhere,含羞草研究社� he enthused. 含羞草研究社淎nd I want to help promote her project.含羞草研究社�

Making up the rest of the band for this show are fiddler Jess Wedden and guitarist and vocalist Chris Murphy.

The show is at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country, starting at 7:30 p.m.

It is part of the regular season from the Vernon Folk Roots Music Society who decided to bring this one show to Lake Country to avoid a clash with Vernon含羞草研究社檚 Winter Carnival activitoes.

Tickets are available at Ticketseller.ca or 250-549-SHOW(7469).