''Back Porch Spirituals'' is the first studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter

Jeremy Fisher Jeremy Fisher (born Jeremy Binns; December 15, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C., Montreal, Quebec, and in Seattle, Washington, US. Fisher's work is hea ...

. It was released independently in 2001. Fisher bicycled alone across North America, from Seattle to Halifax, to promote the album.

Reception

In reviewing the album, the ''

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'' wrote that the tracks on the album "seem to have seamlessly grown out of Fisher's Kerouacian rootlessness and contagious energy".Blake, Joseph (February 16, 2003). "Quirky, soulful, earthy – these discs have it", ''

'', p. B11.

Track listing

# "The Devil Found a Friend in Me" # "Ain't Got Nothing but Plenty of Time" # "Jolly Rodger" # "Kiss the Moon" # "You, Me, and the Sunshine" # "Twister" # "Saddle Up the Horse" # "Marengo, Saskatchewan" # "Song for Robert Zimmerman" # "Safe and Sound"

References

Jeremy Fisher albums 2001 debut albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub