Alan Frew

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Alan Graham Frew (born November 8, 1956) is a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger.[1] He has also released three solo albums.[2]

Early life

Born 8 November 1956 in Coatbridge, Scotland,[3] Frew moved to Newmarket, Ontario at age 16 with his family.[4]

Musical career

In 1983, Frew and others formed Glass Tiger.[5] In 1986, the band released its first album, The Thin Red Line.[6] Two of its songs, "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and "Someday", reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts.[7] The Thin Red Line went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States.[8] Glass Tiger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987[9] and has won five Canadian Juno Awards.[4]

Frew and Stephan Moccio co-wrote "I Believe", which "became the theme song for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Consortium for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver"[2] and "Free to Be", which is used by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their theme song.[10]

Frew portrayed the character Ewan McCauley in the 2010 Canadian comedy film GravyTrain.[11][12]

In 2025, amid the controversy around Donald Trump's trade war against Canada, Frew released the solo single "Canada's Song (Free to Be Strong and Free)".[13] He performed the song at concerts on Glass Tiger's This Island Earth tour, and on the This Hour Has 22 Minutes election special.[14]

Personal life

On 20 August 2015, Frew suffered a stroke causing trauma to his right side.[15] As of January 2018, Frew had made a full recovery.[16]

Awards and recognition

Frew has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal "in recognition of his service to the Canadian arts, and for his dedication to helping poverty-stricken children".[8] With co-writer Sharon Brennan, Frew wrote The Action Sandwich: A Six Step Recipe to Success by Doing What You're Already Doing (Template:ISBN), a 2007 autobiography.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Discography

Solo albums

  • Hold On (1994)
  • Wonderland (2000)
  • 80290 Rewind (2015)

with Glass Tiger

Solo singles

  • "Healing Hands" (1994) [#8 CAN]
  • "So Blind" (1995)
  • "Canada's Song (Free to Be Strong and Free)" (2025)

References

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  13. ↑ Katie Kelly, "‘Canada’s Song’: Glass Tiger frontman Alan Frew to debut new tune to Maritime audiences". CP24, March 19, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Liberal Leader Mark Carney to sit down with Mark Critch on '22 Minutes' special". St. Albert Gazette, April 24, 2025.
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