Jeremy Fisher
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Jeremy Fisher is a Canadian singer-songwriter, born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. A member of the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band for years, while attending Westdale SS. (which is also the alma mater of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Russ Jackson etc.) Currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia and previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C. and in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.. Fisher has a Newfoundland connection; his mother is from the province, and now continues to live in Hamilton.
Fisher's work is heavily influenced by folk and blues music, and his songs feature accompaniment by acoustic guitar, slide guitar and harmonica.
Jeremy's last name was originally Binns. He performed with the band "The Obvious" under the name Jeremy Binns, and some of his early songs that he performed with The Obvious, including "Lemon Meringue Pie," and "Kiss the Moon" are on his later albums. In 1999, The Obvious put out a self-titled CD.
To support his 2001 independent debut album, Back Porch Spirituals, Fisher spent six months touring from Seattle, across Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia by bicycle. The tour, dubbed "One Less Tourbus", travelled 7500 kilometers, included 30 performances, and worked with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy to raise funds for the "Tour des Femmes," promoting access to bicycle transport and to education for girls in Africa. Fisher has also performed as a sidewalk busker.
Let it Shine, his first album on a major label (Sony BMG Music Canada), was released on October 12, 2004. "High School", the second single from the album, won wide airplay on Canadian commercial radio and music television in early 2005.
In February and March 2005, Fisher toured Canada with Sarah Slean, and in April, he was a featured performer in the Canada Performing Arts Program at Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
In 2006 Jeremy toured with Xavier Rudd and opened for Rex Goudie on Rex's Outports Tour 2006.
Jeremy Fisher dueted with Canadian Industrial music supergroup Jakalope on the track 'Unsaid' from their Born 4 album released in 2006.
His sophomore album, entitled Goodbye Blue Monday, with fellow Canadian Hawksley Workman, will be released on March 27th, 2007 by his new record label, Aquarius Records. The single "Cigarette" was serviced to radio in Canada after a surprise add at Toronto radio station 104.5 CHUM-FM in early 2007. A home-made video for the song has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.
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Categories: Canadian folk singers | Canadian male singers | Canadian blues singers | Canadian singer-songwriters | Canadian buskers | British Columbia musicians | People from Vancouver | Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States | People from Hamilton, Ontario | Year of birth missing | Living people
