Tim Harwill is a
Métis-Canadian outlaw country singer/songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has ...
, based in
Thorsby, Alberta
Thorsby is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately west of the Leduc on Highway 39. Pigeon Lake and Pigeon Lake Provincial Park are located south of the community.
Demographics
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.
Music career
Harwill's toured for decades as both solo artist and bandleader. To date, he's released 8 albums, either independently or on a series of micro-labels. Often billed as ‘The 12-String Troubadour’, he toured North America performing an eclectic and personal blend of music in a signature vocal style. His music is identified as "
Americana
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" and tells non-conformist tales of people and places encountered while living out scores of adventures on the lost highway. A working musician through most of his career, Harwill shared the stage and studio with many great talents including 'Godfather' of Americana music
James Talley
James Talley (born November 9, 1944) is an American country blues and electric blues singer-songwriter.
Biography
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Talley is an artist whose vision of the American experience, as author David McGee has said, is "startli ...
, seminal outlaw country singer/songwriter
Steve Young
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, and rising Canadiana country star
Tim Hus
Tim Hus (born in Nelson, British Columbia) is a Canadian country/folk singer, based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tim Hus and his Travelin' Band, which includes bull fiddler Riley Tubbs, Billy MacInnis on lead guitar and fiddle, and occasion ...
. He was joined by legendary Alberta country musicians
Alfie Myhre and
Richard Chernesky on 2012 studio release 'A Tribute to Catfish John'. His 2014 album release 'Dance Floor' meanwhile earned significant radio success in North America by placing two singles in the US Top 10 including the #1 Americana hit 'I Love My Dog' and the #7 Americana single 'Like Me & You'. A collection of 11 new songs written by Harwill, the 'Dance Floor' recording spent 5 weeks in the Americana Album charts in 2015, reaching #6 in the US and #3 in Canada. After an eight year hiatus, with long-time music partner Mike Beley, he reformed the Harwill band to release the digital album 'Still Nineteen' in 2022.
Personal life
While on extended hiatus from the music business, he returned to his first love, and soon made a name for himself as a novelist and writer, under his family name o
T.F. Pruden As of 2024, he's published seven (7) novels, and spent several years writing a monthly column for cannabis and counter-culture publication High Canada Magazine. Legendarily reclusive, the outlaw raconteur and former pro boxer lives quietly in small town Alberta.
Discography
Albums
''* As lead vocalist of the Harwill band''
External links
Roots Music Report ~ Album Review of 'Dance Floor' by Tim HarwillEdmonton Journal ~ Harwill serves up flavorful CatfishSaskToday ~ Musician on way to city today!T.F. Pruden (Harwill) on InstagramT.F. Pruden the writer's official website
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Living people
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters
Singers from Alberta
People from Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian Métis people