Tom Janezic and Jude Kinnear:
vocals
guitars
percussion
Influences
The Beatles, The Louvin Brothers, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Justin Hayward, John Chick, The Mills Brothers, Hal Blaine, Xavier Cugat, Willie Nelson, Elvis, Henry Mancini, Mozart, Ranger Doug (idol of American youth) and all the garage bands from the 60's.....
Sounds Like
A congenial twosome with sibling-like harmony and sun-shiny instrumentation, coupled with a dash of darkness and peculiarity, and a sprinkling of folly.
FRED and ETHEL (Tom Janezic and Jude Kinnear) rock the stage with a performance unrivaled for its contagious energy, relentless rhythmic guitar, flawless harmony, quirky hot licks, and off the cuff nature. Tom and Jude's voices are spontaneous, powerful, and blend together perfectly with an inimitable way of conveying mood and feeling into the songs they perform.
FRED and ETHEL have "toured" endlessly for over 15 years, performing at coffeehouses, cafes, churches, pubs, bars, taverns, sidewalk sales, marketplaces, restaurants, biker parties, yuppie parties, hippie parties, fun parties, not so fun parties, on radio, on tv and even on stages - including Shank Hall in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Zoo Ala Carte, Summerfest and Wisconsin State Fair.
FRED and ETHEL have released two albums including one with a rock band and recently finished recording their third cd. The harmonically inclined couple have been nominated twice for the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Folk Artist of the Year. FRED and ETHEL have also shared the stage with many musicians including The Bel Airs, Kevn Kinney, Paul Kemnitz, Todd Snider, The Radiators and Bo Diddley.
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When they are not performing as FRED and ETHEL, Tom and Jude are involved in other projects. They are both members of Whitebird, the house band for the Spiritual Living Center of Greater Milwaukee. (www.rsgm.net)
Tom is a self-taught artist known as T.LEE the painter. Visit www.fred-and-ethel.com/tlee/tlee.htm to see samples of T.LEE's work.
Jude keeps busy with other musical adventures...visit myspace.com/judekinnear to hear Jude's original songs and find out what else she is up to.
We will be playing this Thursday, June 19th at Linneman's. The show starts at 10:00 and singer/songwriter Carrie Melton will open the show. Hope to see you there!
Hi you two, I got sucked into this little game by some of my friends. I started to tell Tom about this game...but didn't have time to explain. It's kinda fun....buy and sell your friends and make money doing so. I hope you give it a try....Oh yeah, I own you now.....your my pets...talk soon, Bridget
I Listened to all your tracks & remenisced & loved all your songs & miss folk music- I'm doin'alot of rock/pop stuff, but will never stop LOVING & playing true, storytelling folk music like your's! Love it if you'd send me something- I'll $- retrapp@sbcglobal.net is my email! Luv & miss u- hope 2 catch u soon!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the add! I Miss you guys! Can't wait to see you again (I'll be checking you're schedule frequently!) Love the songs you have on you're site- where can I get a CD? Much Love, Rachel (Ex Recycled Angel)
