Fred Gillen Jr
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Home Town: Peekskill, NY
Genre: Folk
Posted By: Fred
Joined On: May 24, 2005
Page Views: 12,586
Song Plays: 782
Current Rank: 706
Highest Rank: 115
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Albums
Gone Gone Gone (2005), We The People (2005), Grace (2002), Nervous Laughter (2001), Tales Of The Misplaced (1998), Intentions As Big As The Sky (1997), Blame It On My Dead Brother (1995)
Similar Artists
Dan Bern, Ani DiFranco, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Todd Snyder
Group Members
a nice bunch of guys named Fred Gillen Jr
Instruments
guitar, bass, voice, taping compound bucket, railroad spikes, and anything else that makes noise
Musical Style
rabble-rousing folk troubadour
Influences
Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Ani DiFranco, and Dan Bern for the words, James Brown, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Who, and a zillion others for the music, and Tom Waits just for being Tom Waits. |
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| | Posted on May 29, 2005 @11:07 AM | Rating: 10 / 10 | | What can I say? Fred Gillen Jr. sings and plays with a lot of heart and soul, this guy pours everything out for all to see. A master showman, you can always expect the unexpected at one of his gigs. A beautiful voice, simply wonderful. His material is both politically and emotionally driven, and he makes you want to take a good look around, see what's really going on with our society. A master storyteller. This guy knows more about Woody Guthrie than Woody knew himself, and Woody's influence on Fred really shows in his music. "All People are Hope Machines"..He's a true musician, this guy plays everything, and well, too...I recently saw him play at Coffee Labs in Tarrytown, a 2 hour set, one of the many times I've seen him live, and he literally blew my mind..his shows are very intimate and very revealing, and expressive and heartfelt..He plays alone and he plays with Hope Machine, a Woody Guthrie tribute group..do yourself a favor and check his shows page, find out where this guy is playing, and bring the kids, you won't want to miss out. |
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