In
Ireland, where he has won just about every award going, Freddie
White is something of a legend. He was a founding member of Scullion,
later he formed The Fake, regarded as one of the seminal
Irish bands of the late 70's. Next came The Freddie White Band,
which toured with Eric Clapton on his Irish Tour.
His first album, Live on Tour, recorded by Nicky Ryan
while Freddie toured with Clannad, brought him national attention.
His second album, 'Do You Do', was the biggest selling Mulligan
Label album of 1981. Long Distance Runner in 1985,
featured original songs such as "Goodbye This Time",
"Down Without A Fight" and the hit single "Frozen
Heart" co-written with Johnny Duhan. His fourth
album, "Close To You" continued this trend, most
of the songs being Freddies own.
In 1994, he released Straight Up, fourteen songs recorded
live by Dan Fitzgerald. And now a new all original album,
"My Country" recorded in Ireland, was released
in 1999. The album is co-produced with Declan Sinnot, renowned
for his work as producer and arranger with Sinead Lohan,
Frances Black and Mary Black, and as lead guitarist
with Horslips and Moving Hearts.
Freddie White's popularity has endured for many years and
there is a very good reason why - he delivers! He has released seven
albums to date to critical acclaim, but it is his live performance
that stuns. He can rock your socks off, bring tears to your eyes
with a ballad, or croon a jazz standard, all the while giving this
apparently diverse material a common thread.
One reviewer called Freddie a "musical chronicler of the
Twentieth Century". Even this is slightly out of step because
Freddie includes in his repertoire some folk music that dates back
beyond even that. And his brand new album of original material brings
him forward to the Twenty First!
