Acoustic - Friends & Total Strangers

Acoustic – Friends & Total Strangers is both a live acoustic album

Album

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and a music DVD

DVD-Video

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by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

rock band

Rock Band

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The Trews

The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...

. The CD is the fifth commercial album and second live album by the band. The DVD is the first from the band. Both were released October 6, 2009 on Bumstead Records

Bumstead Records

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. It was recorded January 30-31, 2009 at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto

Toronto

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CD track listing

"Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me" – 4:14 (originally from Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (album)
Den of Thieves is the second full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in 2005 on Epic Records....

)
"Den of Thieves" – 3:57 (Never released on an album)
"The Traveling Kind" – 3:14 (Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (album)
Den of Thieves is the second full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in 2005 on Epic Records....

)
"When You Leave" – 4:14 (House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame is the first full-length album by Canadian hard rock band The Trews. It was released in 2003 by the label Epic Records. The group issued a music video for the more-alternative rock sounding song "Not Ready to Go"...

)
"I Can't Stop Laughing" – 3:57 (No Time for Later
No Time for Later
No Time for Later is the third full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released February 19, 2008 on Bumstead Records. It was recorded in 2007, and produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F...

)
"Locked Doors" – 3:59 (Never released on an album)
"Fleeting Trust" – 3:21 (House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame is the first full-length album by Canadian hard rock band The Trews. It was released in 2003 by the label Epic Records. The group issued a music video for the more-alternative rock sounding song "Not Ready to Go"...

)
"Gun Control" – 4:03 (No Time for Later
No Time for Later
No Time for Later is the third full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released February 19, 2008 on Bumstead Records. It was recorded in 2007, and produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F...

)
"Tired of Waiting" – 4:18 (House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame
House of Ill Fame is the first full-length album by Canadian hard rock band The Trews. It was released in 2003 by the label Epic Records. The group issued a music video for the more-alternative rock sounding song "Not Ready to Go"...

)
"The Love You Save" – 3:59 (cover of the 1966 Joe Tex
Joe Tex
Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...

song "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
"Sing Your Heart Out" – 5:24 (Never released on an album)
"Man of Two Minds" – 4:36 (No Time for Later
No Time for Later
No Time for Later is the third full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released February 19, 2008 on Bumstead Records. It was recorded in 2007, and produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F...

)
"Ishmael and Maggie" – 4:40 (Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (album)
Den of Thieves is the second full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in 2005 on Epic Records....

)
"So She's Leaving" – 3:31 (Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (album)
Den of Thieves is the second full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released in 2005 on Epic Records....

)
"Hold Me in Your Arms
Hold Me in Your Arms (The Trews song)
"Hold Me in Your Arms" is a single from Canadian band The Trews. It was the first release on their third full-length album, No Time For Later...

" – 3:35 (No Time for Later
No Time for Later
No Time for Later is the third full-length album by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was released February 19, 2008 on Bumstead Records. It was recorded in 2007, and produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F...

)

DVD track listing

A DVD was also released by the band, which was recorded concurrently with the CD.

"Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me"
"Paranoid Freak"
"Den of Thieves"
"Yearning"
"The Travelling Kind"
"When You Leave"
"I Can't Stop Laughing"
"Locked Doors"
"Hollis & Morris"
"Fleeting Trust"
"Gun Control"
"Montebello Park"
"Tired of Waiting"
"The Love You Save"
"Sing Your Heart Out"
"Man Of Two Minds"
"Ishmael & Maggie"
"So She’s Leaving"
"Hold Me In Your Arms"
"You’re So Sober"
"The Pearl"
"How’s Everything?"
"Served My Time"

Personnel

Colin MacDonald
Colin MacDonald (musician)
Colin MacDonald Colin MacDonald Colin MacDonald (born May 31, 1978 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia is a Canadian musician who is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock group The Trews. His brother John-Angus is also a member of the group, as is his cousin Sean Dalton....

– Lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
John-Angus MacDonald
John-Angus MacDonald
John-Angus MacDonald John-Angus MacDonald John-Angus MacDonald (born November 12 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia is a Canadian musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock group The Trews. His brother Colin is also a member of the group, as is his cousin Sean Dalton....

– Lead guitar, vocals, bouzouki
Bouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
Jack Syperek
Jack Syperek
Jack Syperek is a Canadian musician who is best known as the bassist for the rock group The Trews...

– Bass, vocals
Sean Dalton
Sean Dalton
Sean Dalton is a Canadian musician who is best known as the drummer for the rock group The Trews. His cousins John-Angus and Colin MacDonald are also members of the group....

– Percussion, vocals
Jeff Heisholt
Jeff Heisholt
Jeffrey Thoralf Heisholt is a Canadian keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. In 1996 he formed Burt Neilson Band, with whom he co-wrote and released four records, toured Canada twenty times, played more than 1000 shows and became a staple of the Canadian jamband community...

– Accordion

External links

http://thetrewsmusic.com./ – The Official Website of The Trews

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