The Boy That Just Went Wrong

By: Fred Eaglesmith

Origin: Port Dover, Ontario

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Track Listing

10 tracks

Living Out on the Road

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:55
Dawson Creek

Track 2 Disc 1 Side 1 05:48
Don't You Try to Change My Mind

Track 3 Disc 1 Side 1 02:27
Tell the Engineer

Track 4 Disc 1 Side 1 04:16
Yesterday's News

Track 5 Disc 1 Side 1 02:22
The Boy That Just Went Wrong

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 2 04:36
Flowers in the Dell

Track 2 Disc 1 Side 2 04:12
Down the Line

Track 3 Disc 1 Side 2 02:38
I Wish I Was There Tonight

Track 4 Disc 1 Side 2 03:01
Bottom Dollar

Track 5 Disc 1 Side 2 04:55

Insight

Country-folk singer/songwriter Fred J. Eaglesmith was one of nine children born to a farming family in rural southern Ontario. Often employing his difficult upbringing as raw material for his heartland narratives, he issued his self-titled debut LP in 1980. He recorded infrequently throughout the remainder of the decade, releasing only two more albums, his second album "The Boy That Just Went Wrong" and then Indiana Road. However, Eaglesmith gradually became an underground favorite in his native Canada, thanks largely to a relentless touring schedule in tandem with bassist Ralph Schipper and mandolinist Willie P. Bennett. In 1991, he released the double live collection There Ain't No Easy Road, followed two years later by Things Is Changin'. Another live set, Paradise Motel, appeared in 1994, and in 1995 Eaglesmith returned with Drive-In Movie. 1999 saw the release of 50-Odd Dollars. The double-disc Ralph's Last Show was issued in spring 2001, followed by Falling Stars and Broken Hearts in 2002, Dusty in 2004, and Milly's Cafe in 2006.