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Dan Frechette (born September 12, 1976 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada) grew up in Pinawa, Manitoba where he attended school and became a self-taught musician and songwriter, eventually writing over 1300 compositions and becoming proficient on 10 instruments.

His extensive knowledge of several styles of roots music and songs has created a niche where he is strongly appreciated at festivals and concerts. His songs span the influences of several decades of popular music based mainly in blues, old tyme and pop song from the 1920's through to the early 1990's.

In his twenties he toured North America and parts of Europe as a street musician and concert entertainer and presently has settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Presently he tours annually in the spring and fall and performs at many festivals during the summer. He has performed at The Winnipeg Folk Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Suwannee Springfest, Stan Rogers Festival, and The Lake Eden Arts Festival among others.

Frechette has toured internationally promoting his debut album "Lucky Day". "My Bride and I" from the album has been recorded by the Irish band Dervish. His songs have been covered by The Duhks, ("The Mists Of Down Below", "Who Will Take My Place", and "You Don't See It") The Buccaneers, ("Everyone Loves You") and Halfway Home, ("Past The Point Of No Return"). In 2008 he produced and recorded two albums playing several instruments. Albums Vision (1994 - out of print) Post'76 (1996 - out of print) Life Without Home (1999 - out of print) Motel 75 (2000 - out of print) Lucky Day (2005) A Quick Walk With Me (2008) Hitting The Hard Road Straight (2009)

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