NEWS

Freedy has contributed a track to the 3-CD compilation "Song of
America," out now on 31 Tigers Records. Check out songofamerica.org
for all the information. Freedy's cut is "Peg and Awl," a 19th century
shoe-makers' lament. Other artists include The Blind Boys of Alabama,
John Cougar Mellencamp, BR-549, Suzy Bogguss, John Wesley
Harding, Janis Ian, and many more. This years-long project was
produced by Ed Pettersen with former AG Janet Reno acting as
executive producer. You have to buy it today.

The new cover record, "My Favorite Waste of Time," is finished, at the
pressing plant, and will be available on this site by 12/01. It features songs
by Marshall Crenshaw, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Matthew Sweet and
others. The disc was recorded in Nashville with legendary bassist Bob
Babbitt and drummer Ed Greene, and a whole posse of guest musicians.
You're gonna love it.

Look for Freedy's next record of originals, "Rain on the City," sometime in
'08.

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