Back Porch Spirituals Explained

Back Porch Spirituals
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jeremy Fisher
Cover:	Back Porch Spirituals.jpg
Released:	December 9, 2001
Genre:	Folk pop
Label:	Independent album
Producer:	Jeremy Fisher
Next Title:	Let It Shine
Next Year:	2004

Back Porch Spirituals is the first studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher.^[1] It was released independently in 2001.^[2]

Fisher bicycled alone across North America, from Seattle to Halifax, to promote the album.^[3]

Reception

In reviewing the album, the Times Colonist wrote that the tracks on the album "seem to have seamlessly grown out of Fisher's Kerouacian rootlessness and contagious energy".^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Devil Found a Friend in Me"
2. "Ain't Got Nothing but Plenty of Time"
3. "Jolly Rodger"
4. "Kiss the Moon"
5. "You, Me, and the Sunshine"
6. "Twister"
7. "Saddle Up the Horse"
8. "Marengo, Saskatchewan"
9. "Song for Robert Zimmerman"
10. "Safe and Sound"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jeremy Fisher | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Smokin' Folkie: Jeremy Fisher. www.washingtonpost.com.
3. Dye, David (March 12, 2008). "Jeremy Fisher: Pedal-Powered Rock", NPR. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
   - Hasty, Katie (October 11, 2007). "Jeremy Fisher Gets 'Blue'", Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
4. Blake, Joseph (February 16, 2003). "Quirky, soulful, earthy – these discs have it", Times Colonist, p. B11.