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Freddie Tane began his career in music with piano lessons at age
9, but was influenced by the Lovin Spoonful, Buffalo Springfield, Hendrix and
the Beatles to take up Acoustic and Electric Guitar. Making his way with
music, FT brought his "soulful folk-influenced blues'n'rock" feel as
lead/rhythm guitarist and harmony vocalist to recording groups, club bands and
touring show bands through the 1970's, often as musical director for many
types of singers and musical styles, amongst them Water Witch, City
Lights, JoAnne Dumas Revue, Jimmy Jackson, Moonstone, Haven and Buffy Groves
Trio. The 80's were highlighted by Freddie revisiting rock'n'roll's
50's roots while blazing trails across the highways of America with
Bill Haley's Comets.
He was the Tane in McDonnell*Tane, a folk duo known throughout the Northeast, opening for legends such as Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Suzanne Vega, Jonathon Edwards and Arlo Guthrie and touring the coffehouse circuit during the Second Great Folk Music Scare of the 90's.. His interest in the digital recording revolution and other
experiential production pursuits continued through the turn of the century,
and the '00's have seen FT more involved in rock'n'roll combos with both
original and classics from the Great American Rock'N'Roll' Songbook. The latest bands are Mixing Unit and RoundTrip - both play original rock music and influential
classic rock songs enjoying a recent resurgence of popularity. Mixing Unit is
at The Mooring (Guilford) on August 3rd, 2008. FT's instruments include acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards and pedal steel
guitar. |
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| 62 years ago | Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the MG's is born. (1941) | |
| 58 years ago | Lee Michaels is born. (1945) | |
| 53 years ago | Freddie Tane is born (1952) | |
| 39 years ago | Higley Hill Camp counselor Matt Green gives guitar lessons to a young Freddie Tane. He describes the beginning guitarist's playing as "precocious" (1964) | |
| 37 years ago | The Beatles begin recording sessions for the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" LP, laying tracks for "Strawberry Fields Forever" --- the track, however, doesn't make the album. (1966) | |
| 36 years ago | Buffalo Springfield's first album is purchased by an unsuspecting parent in Bethany CT - the album will have a profound influence on the musical development of Freddie Tane. (1967) | |
| 36 years ago | The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" LP. Once again, unsuspecting parents obtain a mono copy of the LP for young Freddie Tane - like millions of young musicians, his "mind" was blown by their incredible sounds (1967) | |
| 35 years ago | Angry Sun is formed at Amity High School in Woodbridge CT. The band (Jimmy Heffernan Vox, Freddie Tane Guitar & Vox, Bob German Drums, Bob Carey Bass) would go on to play numerous teen clubs, grub dances and talent shows to growing acclaim and notoriety (1967) | |
| 34 years ago | The Rolling Stones' "Let it Bleed," which contains the original versions of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Honky Tonk Woman" and the show stopper "Midnight Rambler" but no hit singles, is certified gold. (1969) | |
| 33 years ago | Angry Sun plays it's last live gig at the Milford Yacht club. The largely older crowd is non-plussed, but the kids dig it. | |
| 30 years ago | Freddie Tane arrives at Boston University, and within the first week meets musical friends who he will work with on and off over the next decade: Thom Wagner and Dean Groves. They watch Aerosmith rehearse in the basement of the BU dorms and share the stage with them at a dorm outdoor party. Steve Tyler was not impressed. (1970) | |
| 31 years ago | ABC-TV debuts its late-night rock show, "In Concert," put together by the same guy who brought us "The Monkees," Don Kirshner. The first show stars Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Poco and the Allmans. (1972) | |
| 29 years ago | Joining Water Witch for the first time, Freddie Tane helps write their local hit "The Bump", a funky number exploiting the latest dance craze. Though he leaves to pursue less crass commercialism in original music, the group does go on tour sponsored by Wrigley Gum. (1974) | |
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