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Fremont John

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Blues / Indie

    Location SARASOTA & KEY WEST, Florida, Un

    Profile Views: 49017

    Last Login: 2/17/2013

    Member Since 6/25/2005

    Website www.fremontjohn.com

    Record Label AIM HIGH

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Fremont John, joined by Michael Carden on percussion, just completed recording of a new CD entitled “Guitar Songs” Guitar Songs consists of 9 original instrumentals and a cover of Santana's "Europa". "Europa" features former Clapton bassist, Fernando Saunders. "This track may blow your socks clean off your feet and straight into the wash!" There're several excellent tracks on the CD! This is John's first time engineering a CD. It’s a CD of many firsts for John; first all-instrumentals, first w/ no drum kit, mostly no bass. It contains his first finger-style composition, “Peace”. GUITAR SONGS was pre-released to fans on 12/01/09. Official release of the album is yet to be scheduled but is likely to be spring, 2010. More About Fremont John 100+ Gigs Booked through Sonicbids! Artist Information Biography FREMONT JOHN BIO “Acoustic Thunder, No Bull” is the title of the article written about Fremont John 10 years ago after he first moved to Key West to start his new life as a full-time singer, guitarist and songwriter. “Acoustic Thunder” seems an apt nickname for this dynamic yet humble bar singer. A short time later came the “Acoustic Thunder CD” and packing them in night after night at The Bull in Key West with Fremont John's “Acoustic Thunder Band”. But, having grown tired of the constraints and remoteness of island living, John and wife, Margi left Key West for the Florida Gulf Coast settling in Sarasota in 2005. John now tours continuously throughout the state of Florida and beyond, playing over 200 shows each year. Unique to entertainers in Florida, Fremont John refrains from adding Jimmy Buffet or Trop Rock songs to his repertoire under the premise that “the last thing Florida needs is one more guy playing Jimmy Buffet tunes.” As his original music becomes more known to the folks attending his performances it has begun to take up more time in his shows. The remaining repertoire consists of carefully chosen Classic Rock and Blues covers which, are then rearranged to assuage his creative craving and to make them his own. This stubborn individualist, a self-proclaimed “Contrarian”, has endeared himself to Florida's residents and tourists alike becoming one of the most renown and respected solo performers in the state. A DJ at Tampa's WMNF, recently introduced him on air as a Florida legend. John has been written up in almost every paper from Key West to Tampa. His fan base reaches across the USA and to many parts of the globe thanks to his tenure in Key West and his diligent online networking. “He sings like a man on a mission of purpose!" says Edgar Struble, Music Director for the 2008 Country Music Awards. A TAXI reviewer recently wrote of John's original tunes, “his songs…show a vast understanding of writing, arranging, and overall musical wisdom.” Neil Young included John's song about our soldiers in Iraq, "Devil's Dune" on his web site “Living with War Today”. John emceed the famous Key West Songwriter Festival, sharing the stage with some of Nashville's top songwriters including Mark Selby “Blue on Black” and Grammy winner, Tia Sillers “I Hope You Dance”. Wowing NYC record producer Larry Baeder with his songwriting led to the 2006 indie CD release, "Timeline" with, Baeder producing. A national radio campaign for "Timeline" resulted in FM airplay in many cities while global airplay came via hundreds of Internet stations. Two songs from the CD, "No Pity On Me" and "Devil's Dune”, were semi-finalists in the 2006 Dallas Songwriters Assn. songwriting contest. His consistent gigging earned him the #1 Top-booked artist spot on SonicBids.com touting over 100,000 member artists! He has also been a featured pre-game performer at Tropicana Field for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for two years running. Along with regular gigging, Winter 2009 will find him in the studio recording a much anticipated solo guitar CD of original works. That will be closely followed by a full production CD “Contrarian” due for Spring release. He returns to his hometown of Ludington Michigan to perform with former bandmates as part of the West Shore Community College Performing Arts Series. ....Stream videos at Ustream.. ........ .. ........................ ................ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .... ....Spread the word with a Banner. Copy and paste the code below and put it on your myspace or website...... ........... .. .... ........ .. ....CHECK OUT THE BEST INTERNET RADIO STATIONS ON THE WEB: ...................... .......... ........ ....I was featured at www.artistfirst.com on Sept. 30, for a 1-hour show that included an interview and we played several songs from the Timeline CD. It was so much fun and I received several e-mails from listeners. THANK YOU ARTIST FIRST!.... .... .. ...... .. .. ...... .. .. Indie Showcase.. ...... .. ........ ........ .. ...... .. .... ...... .... ...... .................... ..AND I'M WAITING FOR BANNER CODES FROM THE FOLLOWING STATIONS:.. .......... ....CHECK ME ON OUT ON THIS PODCAST: http://thevikingradio.com/radio/promo/promo.htm............ ....US1 RADIO.. .. ..PNT Radio- Rockin 24/7.. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .......... ....February 14, 2009.. - 2009 is shaping up to be a very busy year with 2 new CDs and a Key West video DVD in the works. One CD, tentatively titled "SHUT-UP & PLAY!" is an all instrumental guitar CD that I'm doing by popular request. The other CD, to be entitled "CONTRARIAN", will be comprised of at least, 12 songs including 6 brand new originals and 6 of Fremont John's most requested cover tune arrangements. The rhythm tracks were recorded at Private Ear Studio in Key West with Richard Crooks (David Bromberg, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Paul Simon) returning on drums and Ivan Bodley (Cracked Ice, Sam Cooke) making his first recording appearance with Fremont John. Bubba Lownotes also plays bass appearing on 3 tunes. We are also booking a brief Midwest tour to take me to Michigan which will culminate in a show at West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI. ........ 2006 was the year for Fremont John’s indie CD release, “Timeline”. An ongoing radio campaign garnered over 50 FM stations nationwide. “Timeline received FM airplay from New York City to, as far west as Reno, NV and from the northern tip of Michigan in Houghton to the southernmost city of Key West. Even more Internet stations are airing “Timeline” songs. ........ ....READ THE BLOG FOR FULL BIO....

  • Members

    View my new demo video, it's only 4-1/2 min. <object width="425px" height="360px"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> <param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=,mr=109283445,t=1,mt=video"/> <embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=,mr=109283445,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"/> </object> FREMONTJOHN IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 MOST-BOOKED ARTISTS AT SONICBIDS.COM!................ CLICK LINK BELOW TO VIEW ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT!.... ..........View Fremont John's EPK.............................. ............JOIN MY E-MAIL LIST! CLICK THE BANNER BELOW: .......... ........ ....DON'T FORGET TO DEMAND ME IN YOUR TOWN!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .................... ........ ...... ..Add to My Profile.. | .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Powered by ..iSOUND.COM.. ........ ..MANAGEMENT:.. ........ Janet Castiel, Artist Manager Redwood Entertainment, Inc 138 Haven Ave., Suite D New York, NY 212-543-9998 ........ ..LIVE PERFORMANCE MUSICANS:.. Usually, it's just me performing solo. But, I do sometimes perform with a band. Depending on where I am. I will pull from a network of great players who might include (among others): ........ Bubba Lownotes, Key West - bass, www.bubbalownotes.com. Randy Morrow, Key West - drums, Mikey Carden, Sarasota, FL/Michigan - percussion and drums, Roger "Hooey" Tarczon, MI/FL - drums Sanderson Poe, Sarasota - bass, Dave North, Michigan - guitars, Jason "Harvey" Hargreaves, Michigan - bass, Larry Baeder, Key West & NYC - guitars, ........ ..TIMELINE RECORDING: Musicians include: .......... ..Fremont John.. - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar rhythm and leads, songwriter for all songs. ..Richard Crooks.. - drums (David Bromberg, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon) ..Fernando Saunders.. - bass on all tunes except "Timeline" (Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer, Pat Benatar, Lou Reed) ..Rob Leon.. - bass on "Timeline" (Rory Block, Dave Brubeck, The Dolphins. The Band) ..Larry Baeder.. - PRODUCER - electric guitars, dobro (Carly Simon, Temptations, The Larry Baeder Group) ..Charlie Giordano.. - Keys (Sheryl Crow, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar) ..Crispin Cioe.. - saxes (Stones, Cocker, James Brown, Uptown Horns) ..Lisa Lowell & Sherryl Marshall.. - Backing vocals (Springsteen, Buster Poindexter)........ Mastering: Howie Weinberg, CD Graphics: Greg Pallazzolo, Pallazzolo Designs, Grand Rapids, MI ....WEBSITE: www.fremontjohn.com.... webmaster is Monty Ashton, Woodstock, GA

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    ................ ..Are you kidding me? How about everything and everyone I've ever heard; all of it!.. ........ ..Black Magic Woman...... .. .. .. .. ........Black Magic Woman..Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. ........ ..Turn the Page...... .. .. .. .. ............

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    ................ ....I would love to connect with fans of ..Dave Matthews, Joni Mitchell, Santana, Counting Crows, America, Steve Earle, Monte Montgomery, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, JJ Cale, Phish, Wide Spread Panic, Rusted Root, Allman Bros., Greg Allman, Johnny Lang, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Train, Coldplay, Steely Dan, Debbie Hennessey, Rory Block, Grateful Dead, Phish, The Band, Wide Spread Panic, David Gray, Credence Clearwater Revival, CCR, John Fogerty, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Angie Aparo, Keb Mo, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac and B.B. King... ........ ....Now, check out "Tidal Wave" below..... ........ ..Tidal Wave...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. ........ ..Melissa...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | ..More Videos..

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    Hi its Richie Rich from The Chi-Town Blues Band just stopping by to say hello!!!

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  • Fremont John

    Hey Chaz, I've about given up on MS.  Geez, your comment was in June and I'm finally responding in Oct.  So sorry!  No plans for Tarpon Spgs at this point.  I still play Key West every month and then, I'm mostly between St. Pete and Ft. Myers.  All the b est to you, FJ

    1 year ago
  • Fremont John

    Hi, and thank you for writing and for your compliments.  I do appreciate it.  I don't come to MySpace much anymore.  I do my status comments on ReverbNation and it connects to MS, FB & Twitter.  You're right MS has changed and it has become a site where it seems like musicians are spamming musicians.  It really lost it's attraction for me.  I do more on FB.  You just can't do all the sites.  Anyway, I look forward to meeting you sometime.  I'm at Cha Cha Coconuts on the pier in St. Pete every other Thur.. That's about all I do in the immediate Tampa Bay area.  I'll make a point to check out your site.  Best,  FJ

    1 year ago
  • The Mungo Family

    Looks like you haven't been commented on for 11 months. LOL. I know how it is, ever since myspace changed, it is taking a PHD to understand how to use this site anymore! Found you on twitter through my friend Pete Gallagher, and now am a fan.  Been writing music my whole life, performing etc, and rarely had the time to go and hear others music.  But since myspace, facebook, and all the other sites, have enjoyed discovering all the great artists out there. I LOVE Jazz, and finding your site and music is a great blessing. But what is even more cool, is that you work and live in the same area as me, so I know that I will be able to fit a show in someday and hear you live. I am involved in many festivals, following the Folk Americana scene, and have been well received in Florida.  My music is very different than yours, but that is what makes my compliment so awesome!  LOL.  Coming from a Celtic Country Folk Rock genre to listen to your Jazzy take on Blues and Rock is quite a switch, so, enjoy the adoration while it lasts. LOL.  Well, gotta run, my husband plays bass for TC and The Troublemakers, and I need to go wake him up for his show.  Then I am off to see and hear Ronny Elliott tonight at Kojaks in Palmetto. Pete Gallagher runs the Florida Folk Show there.  My husband Vinny and I play there on Wednesday nights with our Rock N Roll Review Show, unplugged acoustic.  It is our date night, as we are both going in different directions all week.  Not bad for 38 years together!  Catch up with you soon.  Love and Light Always, Norine Mungo 

    1 year ago
  • Chaz

    I hardly ever get on MySpace any more, but I see your going to St Pete..any chance of coming up near Tarpon  Springs again? Have a good one 

    1 year ago
  • Jerry Jakala

    Happy anniversary!

    2 years ago
  • Amanda Taylor

    Hey Fremont John! Long time no see, how are you doing?



    2 years ago
  • Giles Winterton


    Hi Fremont John, thanks for being a friend.




    2 years ago
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