Lewis Frere has more than 20 years’ experience as a professional musician and audio engineer. He knows what it’s like to perform onstage, and how the right monitor mix is crucial. He grew up in a musical household and at age 15, joined the family band “Public Relations” playing saxophone. After graduation, he attended the Music program at Red Deer College, followed by Recording College in Calgary. A chance visit to the arts hamlet of Rosebud led him to enroll in the music program at Rosebud School of the Arts, and later he built a recording studio in the basement of Rosebud’s Akokiniskway Art Gallery.

In addition to running live sound for conferences, graduations, and special events, he currently sings and plays guitar with three groups.

The Wheatland Band :: www.wheatlandband.com 

Take three prairie boys with tender hearts, a zest for life and a love of vocal harmonies and you’ve got The Wheatland Band. And though this may be a new name for many, the trio is made up of the veteran Alberta comic folk duo Lewis & Royal with new addition balladeer Travis Friesen. Wheatland is acoustically-based with shades of bluegrass, roots, country and celtic.

Bottle Rock-it party band
This group knows how to keep a crowd on the dance floor for weddings, cabarets, fundraisers and other events where people just want to party. Set lists include 70’s rock, classic country and new country favourites.  The four-piece ensemble features Lewis on vocals and guitar, Jason Bertsch lead guitar and vocals, Nick Frere bass and vocals, and Wes Brown on drums. The addition of Simone Frere-Barnes on keys and vocals morphs the group into to the 5-piece “Up All Night” band.

The Rosebud River Valley Boys
Banjo, fiddle, guitar, stand up bass and sweet vocal harmonies are the hallmark of this group based out of Rosebud, Alberta.