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Roots on the Rails!

ROOTS ON THE RAILS

North America's Moving Music Festival

There's something about music and trains that just goes together. The relentless rhythm of steel wheel against steel rail; the sense of leaving it all behind; the unfolding panorama of the North American landscape. From great cities to the lights of small towns, the majesty of the Rockies to the wide-open plains. Join us for one of our journeys - incredible music adventures on great trains with great music and great people.

FRED EAGLESMITH'S
ROOTS ON THE NARROW GAUGE

With guests Corb Lund, Washboard Hank and Lance Loree (others tba). Deep Into the Heart of the San Juan Mountains Albuquerque, NM - Durango, CO - Pagosa Springs - Chama, NM - Albuquerque
September 26 - October 3, 2008

Click here for trip details and reservations

THE 2008 COWBOY TRAIN

With Ian Tyson, Tom Russell and Eliza Gilkyson. A journey across Canada from Vancouver to Winnipeg on board a private section of Via Rail's Canadian
October 27-31, 2008

Click here for trip details and reservations

Roots on the Rails
POLAR BEAR TRAIN

With Fred Eaglesmith, Gurf Morlix, Jon Dee Graham and friends Winnipeg-Churchill, MB and return
November 2-9, 2008

Click here for details and reservations

THE 2008 SONG TRAIN

Toronto to Vancouver with Tom Russell and The Flatlanders - Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
November 10-14, 2008

Click here for details and reservations

ROOTS ON THE RAILS
LIFE ON BOARD
ROTR Songwriter Train 2005
Songwriter Train 2005 Group Photo
Jasper, AB - March 28, 2005
Photo by Patrick Ellis
Click for printable high-res version

What's a Roots on the Rails trip really like? Check out the following:
(Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to read the pdf files)

Get A Sense of Life On Board - Visit our MySpace page - www.myspace.com/flyingunderradar

Click here to listen to Hal Cannon's awesome ten-minute piece about the 2006 Cowboy Train that aired on NPR's All Things Considered.

"Riding the Music Train" by Alisa Smith from October, 2005 READERS DIGEST (Canada) (4 pages; 2.15 MB pdf).

"Midnight Cowboys: The 2005 Tom Russell Cowboy Train" article by Peter Culshaw - The Guardian, UK.
(Page 1 (90 K); Page 2 (270 K); Page 3 (351 K); page 4 (360K))

Here's a portfolio of Antonio Zazueta's fantastic photos of the 2005 Cowboy Train.

Listen to the song 'Country from the Dome Car' by Brooke Miller at her site www.brookemiller.ca. Just click on "music" (on the left) and it's there to stream or download.

Article (and pictures) about 2004 Tom Russell train by Susan Cane (6 pages; 1.6 MB pdf).

Article about 2003 Fred Eaglesmith train by Lisa Gregoire from the July/August issue of ALBERTA VIEWS magazine
(4 pages; 728 K pdf).

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CONCERTS

Chris Whitley 3rd Annual Memorial Celebration

Sat. April 26
CHRIS WHITLEY 3rd ANNUAL MEMORIAL CELEBRATION

Featuring ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, VERNON REID, TRIXIE WHITLEY, DAN WHITLEY & MELISSA SHEEHAN

Showtime: 7:30 pm. Doors/Beer and wine service starting 6:30 pm.

Tickets $18, $24 and $45. $18 general admission. $24 - best in house seating - center section, available on-line, by mail and at Village Square Books only. $45 Chris Whitley Deluxe seats are center section first two rows and include admission to 4/26 afternoon Open Mic and 4/25 evening Whitley video fest (location tba).

Tickets available at Village Square Books and Bull's Eye Music in Bellows Falls, Turn It Up in Brattleboro and Keene, Misty Valley Books in Chester, on line at http://www.brattleborotix.com and by mail: send SSAE and check made out to FUR, PO Box 653, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.

Chris Whitley Open Mic
with host Josh Maiocco
at Womens' Club Theatre 2:30 pm Saturday, 26 April. $10 at the door. Womens' Club Theatre is located in the basement of the Bellows Falls Opera House, 7 Village Square, Bellows Falls, VT.

For information about Hospice, please call VNA & Hospice of VT & NH at 802-885-2503. Support the local economy - dine & shop downtown. Plenty of free parking at Municipal lots.

LODGING

If you're coming to Bellows Falls, VT for an event, and are trying to figure out where to stay, here are some suggestions (Do mention to the owners that the music brought you up; it makes us look good):

Holiday Inn Express
The Holiday Inn Express in Springfield has been extraordinarily generous in supporting live music events in Bellows Falls. For their ongoing help, we are grateful and we highly recommend them to our visitors.
802-885-4516
www.hiexpress.com

Budget:

Everyday Inn
Rockingham, VT
802-463-4536
www.everydayinn.net

Westminster Motel
Westminster, VT
802-772-3073

Motel In The Meadow
Chester, VT
802-875-2626 www.motelinthemeadow.com

Moderate:

The Inn at Saxtons River
Saxtons River, VT
802-869-2110
www.saxtonsriverinn.com

Moore's Inn
Saxtons River, VT
802-869-2020 www.mooresinn.com

Henry Farm Inn
Chester, VT
802-875-2674 www.henryfarminn.com

Horsefeathers
Bellows Falls, VT
802-463-9776 www.horsefeathersinn.com

Real Nice:

The Walpole Inn
Walpole, NH
603-756-3320
www.walpoleinn.com

Williams River House
Chester, VT
802-875-1790
Please call for
Roots on the River special
www.williamsriverhouse.com

Deluxe:

Readmore
Bed, Breakfast & Books
A Victorian mansion in downtown Bellows Falls
802-463-9415
www.readmoreinn.com

There are many other excellent lodging options, but these are the ones we work with most often. Go to www.bellowsfalls.org or www.gfrcc.org for more listings.