fre
CONTACT

SEEKING

Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Vocalist - Alto, Steel guitar, Upright bass, Cello.

ABOUT

61, serious about playing well and having fun doing it. no patience for ego, chemical recreation, complacency, or the non motivated. i prefer long sets, short breaks, three nights without repeating a song, and i renounce my share of groupies, please feel free to divide them amongst yourselves. you can reach me, fre at thefunkyarddogs dot com (as in fre at thefunkyarddogs)

Since moving to Saint Augustine I've served as bassist/vocalist for “Spanky the Band”2004; from 2005 to 2008 as keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist for “Cheshire Cats”. 2009-2020 as lead guitarist/keyboardist for the southern funk band (think Little Feat) “The Funkyard Dogs and "Danger Mouse” with former band-mates from the aforementioned to create a seriously kicking top forty beast and just because I hate sitting still….. i also host the Sunday acoustic open mic at Arnolds in St Aug (yes, on Sundays) and can also be found acoustically throughout Saint Augustine in either solo or duo mode.

Screen name:
fre
Member since:
Oct 05 2006
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
45
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
4-5 nights a week

Influences

the beatles and the avett brothers - then in no particular order, gentle giant, little feat, peter gabriel, dave navarro, steve hackett, allan holdsworth, keith emerson, steve porcaro, jaco pastorious, miroslav vitous, return to forever, genesis (until hacket left), ambrosia, train, toto, styx, dylan and about a hundred and seventy-three others (most likely more) to one degree or another.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:
Advanced
Vocalist - Bass:
Advanced
Vocalist - Baritone:
Advanced
Vocalist - Tenor:
Advanced
Vocalist - Soprano:
Advanced
Rhythm Guitar:
Advanced
Lead Guitar:
Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:
Advanced
Bass Guitar:
Advanced
Keyboard:
Advanced
Piano:
Advanced
Background Singer:
Advanced
Vocalist - Alto:
Advanced
Mandolin:
Moderate
Upright bass:
Moderate

EQUIPMENT

ever changing as i go through monthly "upgrades", but these are constants:

guitar - an Framus Earl Slick Artist, a vox prototype series 77, fender American deluxe hh tele, a breedlove acoustic/electric, a REAL (not GC) Mitchell all solid acoustic/electric, a bizarly modified strat, a not bizarly modified (i.e. stock) strat, as well as a '83 Mesa Boogie Mark IIc, Mesa Boogie F-50, Carvin Nomad, Giannini Classic 10 amps and misc foot stompies.

keys - korg sv1 88, roland fa-06, korg triton extreme 88, alesis qs7.1, behringer deepmind 12, kawai k4, korg wavestation sr, yamaha tg-33, various behringer rack devices, mixers and powered cabinets.

bass - Custom, neck-thru, gorgeous hand made four string, Cort Curbo, Strinberg, and matching pair of currently under construction fretted and fretless basses as well as a double neck fretted/fretless.

MUSIC