GORDIE TENTREES

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A fantastic evening of roots music from Canada
Yukon troubadour Gordie Tentrees has toured relentlessly in North America, Europe and the UK, building an international buzz in the roots music world. He has toured with Fred Eaglesmith, Kelly Joe Phelps, Ray Wylie Hubbard and shared stages with the D-Rangers, Rick Fines, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, performed a CBC Saturday Night Blues concert, and showcased at North American Folk Alliance, Western Canadian Music Awards and South by Southwest
He was selected by CBC’s Song Quest in 2009 as one of Canada’s top songwriters and hosted the prestigious SOCAN songwriters circle at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. The song "Mercy or Sin" was a finalist in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition out of 15 000 entries
He also performed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver for the New Songs New Voices Show. Tentrees was selected as the best of Canada’s songwriters to perform during the games.

For five years John Wort Hannam taught grade 9 language arts on the largest reserve in Canada – The Kainai Nation, part of the Blackfoot Confederacy. But in 1997 he heard a Loudon Wainwright III record and was hooked by the music and the stories. In 1998 he bought a guitar and learnt some chords. In 2002 he quit teaching and began to pursue the dream of being a working musician.
John has achieved some fine accolades including a 2009 Mainstage performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival, three Grand Prizes at the Calgary Folk Fest Songwriting Competition and numerous other nominations & awards. He is a born storyteller with a keen eye for the quirky and lyrics that create stories behind the songs