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   David Francey at the Bendigo Folk Club Under the Grandstand at the Queen   
   Elizabeth Oval, View St Bendigo 8:00pm.   
      
   Tickets are priced at $20 or $15 for members and concession and are   
   available from Muso's Stuff at 169 Eaglehawk Road, Bendigo. Phone (03) 5441   
   2340.   
      
      
   David Francey - from carpenter to songwriter. Since leaving construction to   
   record Torn Screen Door in 1999, Scottish-born Canadian David Francey is   
   recognized as one of today's finest singer-songwriters.   
      
   "Francey's straightforward songs tell honest stories of real people and real   
   places. Poetic perception and a keen eye for the heart of the matter are   
   trademarks of Francey and his music. His songs and stories are a direct   
   connection for audiences seeking depth and meaning in the day-to-day."   
   Shelter Valley FF   
      
   Last year Francey's CD, Right of Passage, earned him his third JUNO in less   
   than 5 years. Francey recently had the honour of receiving the prestigious   
   SOCAN Folk Music Award. He won a 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award - Best   
   Singer/ Contemporary for Right of Passage along with first prize (Folk) in   
   the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition with "Ballad of Bowser Macrae."   
      
   David Francey was born in Ayrshire, Scotland where he got his first taste of   
   the working life as a paperboy. David was devouring the newspapers he   
   delivered, establishing a life-long interest in politics and world events   
   while developing the social conscience that forms the backdrop of his songs.   
      
   David was 12 when he and his family immigrated to Toronto. His love of the   
   landscape, the history and the people of his adopted country can be traced   
   back to family weekend drives exploring southern Ontario. Music played a   
   large part in these family outings. The Franceys sang traditional Scottish   
   tunes as they drove through the Canadian countryside.   
      
   Craig Werth David's attachment to Canada grew with his travels. He   
   hitchhiked across the country three times and then thumbed his way to the   
   Yukon. This attachment surfaces in his songs of rail lines, farms and the   
   St. Lawrence Seaway.   
      
   "David Francey's songs are lean, whippet-like creations, a bit like the man   
   himself. With not one wasted word or superfluous line he takes the everyday,   
   often mundane business of living and elevates it into something infinitely   
   more noble and memorable, the mark of a truly gifted songwriter." Eric   
   Bogle, Australia   
      
   "David is the most exciting new narrative songwriter to emerge in many   
   years" Brian McNeill, Head of Scottish Music. Royal Scottish Academy of   
   Music and Drama   
      
   "David Francey is the best Canadian folk writer that I have heard in 20   
   years. I think that he is going to be a voice in this country for a long   
   time and that his songs will be sung by my great, great, great   
   grandchildren." James Keelaghan, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
      
   "words of eloquence, beauty .and charm, hung on a jewel of a voice" Kieran   
   Kane, Nashville Tennessee   
      
   David lives with his wife, artist Beth Girdler. They have three grown   
   children, Amy, Julia and Colin. Beth and David share their home with Colin,   
   two dogs and a cat in the quiet but charming Lanark Highlands of Ontario.   
      
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