- Freddie Stevenson
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Freddie Stevenson
Img_capt = Freddie Stevenson at The Cutting Room, New York, February 2007
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Frederick Gunner Stevenson
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Born = birth date and age|1980|3|9Hereford ,England
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Origin =Edinburgh ,Scotland
Instrument =Vocals ,guitar ,piano
Genre = RockAcoustic rock Folk rock
Occupation =Singer-songwriter ,guitar ist
Years_active = 2004–present
Label =Juicy Musical Creations
Associated_acts =Dave Matthews & Friends Emmylou Harris The Only Ones
URL = [http://www.freddiestevenson.com/ www.freddiestevenson.com]
Notable_instruments =Freddie Stevenson (born
March 9 ,1980 inHereford ,England ) is asinger-songwriter fromEdinburgh .Biography
Early life
Stevenson is the eldest of three children born to Scottish
artist andpotter Charles Stevenson andchildren's television writer and producer Jocelyn Stevenson, co-creator of the popular programme "Fraggle Rock ". [ [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/2006/06/23/it-s-time-to-play-86908-17278867/ It's time to Play] , The Daily Record, 23 June 2006] Stevenson was educated atHarrow School in north-westLondon from1993 -1998 during which time he taught himself to play guitar before moving toRADA to study drama.Acting
Upon graduating from RADA in
2002 , he appeared in a number oftelevision and stage roles including "Cambridge Spies " and "State Of Play". Latterly he toured both the UK and USA in Sir Peter Hall's 2003 & 2004 production of "As You Like It ", which included significant runs at bothBrooklyn Academy of Music and theLos Angeles Music Center , during which time he became involved in a long term relationship with co-staractress Rebecca Hall . [Cripps, C. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040715/ai_n12800078 "My art belongs to Daddy"] , "The Independent", July 13, 2004]Early song writing
Having always enjoyed writing songs and playing them to his friends, Stevenson eventually started collaborating with John Perry of
The Only Ones in the middle of2004 . Culminating in a set of four well received acoustic demos, they began with a series of low key gigs around London and Edinburgh before embarking on a recording an acoustic EP that saw a limited release and was sold at live concerts, before being made available via theiTunes Music Store ."Body on the Line"
In the summer of 2005, Perry introduced Stevenson to a group of Stockholm-based musicians comprising
Brady Blade (Dave Matthews & Friends ,Emmylou Harris ,Steve Earle ,Bob Dylan ) on drums, Surjo Benigh (Ulf Lundell ) on bass, and Jan Petersson (Eric Bibb ,Odetta ) on keyboards. Recording sessions took place inStockholm andLondon , and were mastered byTed Jensen at Sterling Sound,New York .Released in November
2006 ,Body On The Line mixes the original acoustic roots of Stevenson's music with multi-instrument sensibilities.Nashville sessions
Throughout the period of completing
Body On The Line , Stevenson continued writing feverishly and new songs were regularly aired whilst touring in support of the first record. Shortly after the first LP's release in December 2006, Stevenson and Perry took residence inNashville ,Tennessee atOcean Way Studios without a particular aim other than to record some new music. Re-joining Stevenson was drummerBrady Blade who suggested bass playerChris Donohue and multi-instrumentalistPhil Madeira be included in the band. The sessions were recorded and mixed byPrince 's engineer and producerDavid Z. . 19 songs were recorded by the group, with 15 of these ultimately being mixed at a second session in February2007 .Although there was not an original intention to immediately release these new recordings, by the summer of 2007 it was clear the recordings had formed a cohesive album with stronger electric sensibilities than its predecessor. And after a third and final recording session took place in September
2007 , without Perry, the album, now calledAll My Strange Companions , was deemed complete and ready for mastering. The album was released on 15th April 2008 in the US and later in 2008 in the UK and Europe. His tunes have already received praise from Variety and USA Today.Blonging
In April 2008, Freddie Stevenson coined the term 'blong' to describe short, spontaneous songs written and recorded like a
blog entry, that are then posted to his online blogs along with their accompanying lyrics.Discography
* EP (2004)
* Body on The Line (2006)
* All My Strange Companions (2008)References
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