Blind Freddy

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Blind Freddy
Released 1995
Australian Label: Bent Notes
APN 9 330357 002 169

Blues band Blind Freddy play New Orleans, R & B, Gospel, Funk, and West Side Chicago blues, including a great version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child". Features Linda Hansen on vocals and Peter Gelling on guitar and harmonica.

MP3 soundbite (Track 5)


	Blind Freddy Released 1995 Australian Label: Bent Notes APN 9 330357 002 169 Blues band Blind Freddy play New Orleans, R & B, Gospel, Funk, and West Side Chicago blues, including a great version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child". Features Linda Hansen on vocals and Peter Gelling on guitar and harmonica. MP3 soundbite (Track 5)

What reviewers said...
Covering a Jimi Hendrix classic is risky, but Blind Freddy do it magnificently ... the stripped down, smouldering take on "Voodoo Child" is six minutes of blues bliss. .... From Linda Hansen's soaring vocals to Peter Gelling's shimmering guitar, this is solid rootsy music that's as fresh as it is assured.
Rolling Stone , July, 1996.

Best blues vocal in Australia.
Sydney Blues Society, 1995.

There's no question here of the band's feeling for traditional blues ... Soup Plus was totally booked out and the music had the audience really getting into the great sound. The crowd just couldn't keep still.
The Blues Times , January 1994.
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Tracks
01. Voodoo Child (J Hendrix)
02. Cry To Me (B Burns)
03. The Answer (P Gelling/B Taylor)
04. I'd Rather Go Blind (Jordan & Foster)
05. If it Wasn't for the Blues (P Gelling)
06. Play the Record Backwards (T Spellman/P Gelling)
07. I Ought to be Ashamed (P Gelling)
08. Hope Aint Enough (L Hanson/P Gelling)
09. I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About in my Song (T Dorsey)
10. Cleaning Woman Blues (P Gelling/L Hanson)
11. The Welfare (S Thompson/L Weaver)
12. Byron Bound (P Gelling)
13. Drinking Song (P Gelling/T Spellman/B Taylor)
Band members:
Linda Hanson - vocals
Peter Gelling - guitar
Peter Gelling - guitar, harp, vocals
Brian Taylor - bass
Tim Spellman - drums
Fraser Brown/Bridie King - keyboards

Additional Musicians:
Lisa Parrot - baritone sax on tracks 7, 10 and 12, and alto sax on tracks 4, 7 and 12
Linda Bacon - trumpet on tracks 7 and 12
Mike Bukovsky - trumpet on track 10
Jullian Gough - tenor sax on track 10
Zoe Hauptmann - bass on track 10

All arrangements by:
Peter Gelling
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Produced by:
Peter Gelling and Phil Punch

Recorded and Mixed by:
Phil Punch at Electric Avenue, Sydney

Mastered by:
Don Bartley at Studios 301, Sydney
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