Fred Moolten - songwriter,
Vocals:
Maria Becoates-Bey (Midnight Fugue)
Fred Moolten (Midnight Fugue - soliloquy)
Maureen Budway (It Won't Be Me)
Dale Cinski (I'll Swear I'm Not In Love With You)
Other players for Snakebite And Valentine:
Dale Cinski (guitar, bass, percussion)
Max Leake (piano)
Brian Stahurski (bass)
Bob Matchett (trombone)
Vocal for Cat Lullaby - Lisa Hindmarsh
Influences
Greg Brown, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Lucinda Williams, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Meredith Willson, Woody Guthrie, Gilbert and Sullivan, Randy Newman, W.C. Handy.
DOWNLOADS FOR PURCHASE:
Downloads of individual songs and entire albums can be purchased from from iTunes and other vendors.
For iTUNES:
"Snakebite And Valentine" songs can be downloaded from iTunes at Snakebite And Valentine.
"No Other Prize" songs can be downloaded from iTunes at No Other Prize. Songs from other Fred Moolten CDs are also available from iTunes at Moonlit River and The Way We Are.
For eFOLKMUSIC:
The entire "Snakebite And Valentine" album is available for download at Snakebite And Valentine.
About the three songs from the CD "Snakebite And Valentine":
I'LL SWEAR I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH YOU - another way of saying "I love you" . IT WON'T BE ME - fantasizing the return of a lover. MIDNIGHT FUGUE - A woman sings Blues to start, followed by the soliloquy of a man imagining a one-night stand with a woman at a far table
From the CD "No Other Prize":
CAT LULLABY - when a favorite cat was put to sleep.
A new song is now added here, not on the music player, but as a link to a music video. Its name is Earth Anthem, and it's a musical tribute to the Earth around us that we inherited from our ancestors and which we owe to our children: Earth Anthem
Additional biographic information: Fred Moolten is a songwriter working primarily in the Folk and Blues genres with occasional forays into Country and Jazz. The songs of his two early albums, "The Way We Are" (2000) and "Moonlit River" (2004) have been widely acclaimed - ("irresistible", "mesmerizing" - Michael Allison, The Global Muse; "original, poetic and touching; happy or sorrowful, they each have a certain poignancy which makes them memorable" - Jenny Ivors, Rambles). His newest releases, "No Other Prize" and "Snakebite And Valentine", take him one step further toward recognition as among the finest working in these genres today. With both his earlier efforts and now his latest, a common theme among reviewers as well as other music lovers is the evocative power of a Fred Moolten song; listeners hear echoes of their own experiences in ways that can be so intensely personal that it almost comes as a surprise to them that someone else once felt the same way. The song "Cat Lullaby", played above, epitomizes this attribute ("this song is special to me" - Van, MP3 Artist Archives). Many similar sentiments expressing this kind of "specialness" can be found in Comments on this site, including some of startling eloquence.
Something of an anomaly among contemporary songwriters, Fred Moolten is not a performer. "I can barely scrape by on the piano", he says, but adds that "paradoxically, this limitation has its advantages. In particular, since I won't be singing my own songs, my imagination is free to write from both a male and female perspective, as might a novelist or playwright. I'm also very lucky and grateful to have found superb male and female singers and performers to record the songs".
More information about the music, and sound clips of other songs can be heard at Blues and Folk.com.
PURCHASING INFORMATION: All Fred Moolten CDs, including the latest, "Snakebite And Valentine", can be purchased online at CDBaby via secure credit card transaction. The same site also offers two minute sound clips of most songs.
"Snakebite And Valentine" songs can be downloaded from iTunes at Snakebite And Valentine.
"No Other Prize" songs can be downloaded from iTunes at No Other Prize. Songs from other Fred Moolten CDs are also available from iTunes at Moonlit River and The Way We Are.
The entire album, "Snakebite And Valentine" can be downloaded from eFolkMusic at
Fred, Thanks so much for stopping by and for your kind words. I appreciate you as well, really really great music. Let me know if there is anything I can do on one of your songs...love your style. I record my own vocal tracks, so let me know. Mia
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hi fred. hadn't talked to you in a while and thot i'd drop by to say hey! "HEY". have a good day and keep on jammin!! i have to say again that i love your song "fear of god"!! well, catch ya on the flip-side. ~ wvakid
Rock and roll had a baby and called it "Blues". May the blues live on forever. May your favorite music live on forever as well Fred Moolten and Friends
Hey there....Thank you for your donation! Also, I got your cd a few days ago. I am very excited. Some of my favorites are on there. Afraid to fall makes me cry everytime and talking to the darkness.
