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"...fuses
a mojo mix of rock, soul, jazz, reggae, blues, and psychedelic music... a sound that is as
unique and diversified as each of its
members."
= WHO WE ARE =
FreeWorld has been an independent, regionally touring, ever-evolving
Memphis-based musical ensemble since 1987, and recently
celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2012. Drawing from
influences as broad-based as Booker T. & the MG's, John
Coltrane, Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, Steely Dan and The
Meters, these brothers under one multicultural groove have
remained a consistently entertaining and informed voice on the
Memphis music scene since the group's inception.
Featuring 82-year-old jazz saxophone legend Dr. Herman Green (who has
performed &/or recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, John
Coltrane, B.B. King, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Phineas &
Calvin Newborn, Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Stephen Perkins and a
host of others during his 68 year professional music career),
FreeWorld is literally 'new school meets old school', and has
been variously described as "The best of Memphis, New Orleans, &
San Francisco - all rolled into one fresh & excitingly unique
musical experience!"
They've also had the privilege of sharing the stage with a wide variety
of musical legends over the years, such as Levon Helm, The
Memphis Horns, Billy Preston, Richie Havens, Blues Traveler,
Derek Trucks, Hot Tuna, Los Lobos, Merl Saunders, Dr. John,
Timothy Leary, John Sinclair, The Bar-Kays, Ann Peebles, Steve
Cropper, James Cotton, Mojo Buford, Jimmie Vaughan & Double
Trouble, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, and
Widespread Panic just to name a few.
Their recent Brass Note Induction Ceremony on Beale Street consisted of
the unveiling of both their & their long-time trumpet man,
William "Nokie" Taylor's, new Brass Notes on the Beale Street
Walk of Fame by the Beale Street Brass Note Committee, as well
as several short speeches given by current & former band members
and closely associated partners from their 25 year history of
playing Memphis Music on Beale Street.
“Eventually Everything Will Happen”, FreeWorld’s brand new 25th
Anniversary Documentary DVD (produced and directed by Jonathan
Pekar at Ardent Films), celebrates their longevity and
accomplishments on film for the first time and allows the viewer
to meet the band up close and personal and hear their story
through a wide variety of both inside sources (including current
& former band members Richard Cushing, Dr. Herman Green, Ross
Rice, Willie Waldman, Dave Aron & Hope Clayburn, among many
others), as well as closely associated outside perspectives
(including Luther & Cody Dickinson from the North Mississippi
Allstars/Black Crowes, Grammy Award winning producer/engineer
Jim Gaines, & "Jim Dandy" Mangrum from Black Oak Arkansas) that
span the broad spectrum of the band’s 25 year history.
“Yesterday, Today… Tomorrow”, their 6th full length release, is a
retrospective companion CD to their brand new 25th Anniversary
DVD documentary, and includes thirteen tracks culled from their
five previously released albums, as well as three additional
bonus tracks never before released on any official FreeWorld CD.
(Featured guest performers include Luther & Cody Dickinson,
James Govan, & The Masqueraders).
“Eventually Everything Will Happen” and “Yesterday, Today… Tomorrow”
serve as proud milestones in a musical career that now spans
more than a quarter of a century. We can only wonder what the
next 25 years will bring for FreeWorld, but one thing is for
certain: “Eventually Everything Will Happen"!
In addition, both releases also proudly feature original paintings on
both the front & back covers (and on the discs themselves) by
prominent Memphis-based artist John Lind with
HairFarmer Studios.
If you haven't picked up a copy of our new CD "From the Bluff" yet
(produced by Jim Dickinson, & featuring guest appearances by his sons
Luther and Cody Dickinson, Art Edmaiston, Hope Clayburn, Nokie Taylor,
Rick Steff, The Masqueraders, James Govan, Jackie Johnson & Richard
Thomas), then feel free to ask any one of us at one of our upcoming
gigs, and we'll be more than happy to hook you up!
You can also feel free to pick one up at a wide variety of music stores
across the Memphis & Mid-South area (such as Spin Street, Davis-Kidd,
Border's, & Cat's, etc.), or you can also download a copy directly to
your computer or iPod from a wide variety of online music distributors
such as iTunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody.com, or directly from the new
digital store on our website at http://www.FreeWorldJams.com
If you are a local Memphis Musician in need of health insurance
assistance, feel free to go to the Church Health Center (located at 321
South Belleview, ph. 272-7526), and tell them you need the "Memphis
Plan" application form. Fill it out (listing the "Memphis & Shelby
County Music Commission" as your Employer), and be prepared to be able
to provide proof (via recent tax returns, etc.) that you make at least
51% of your annual income directly through the music industry. The MSCMC
will then pay the monthly premiums for you, and you'll be good to go!
If you have a problem qualifying for this plan, we also had a
representative from another Health Insurance Agency give a presentation
at our MSCMC Board meeting last month. Feel free to contact Beth Lemley,
Outreach Coordinator, at:
Memphis & Shelby County Community Services Agency
1407 Union Avenue, Suite 1300
Memphis, TN 38104
901.531.6235
bethany.lemley@msccsa.com
http://www.covertn.gov
1-866-COVERTN
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Hip YouTube Videos:
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fan named Jerry Levitan, armed with a
reel-to-reel tape deck, sneaked into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto
and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Jerry has produced
an incredible, animated film about it... check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmR0V6s3NKk
In addition, here's a TRULY GLOBAL & inspiring recording of the song,
"Stand By Me"... check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM
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If you're a Facebook user,
check out my new profile
(listed as "Richard
Cushing")
and befriend me!
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And if you're not already a regular listener to the online radio station
ALLMEMPHISMUSIC.COM http://www.AllMemphisMusic.com then YOU NEED
TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM!! This is one of the best things to ever happen
for both veteran Memphis recording artists and the current crop of
up-and-comers to the scene - as well as for all the fans of EVERY type
of music that the fine city of Memphis has ever produced (yeah, that
means YOU!) So you owe it to yourself to CHECK IT OUT & HELP SPREAD THE
WORD!!
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In other related CD news, FreeWorld's ENTIRE CATALOG OF RECORDED
MATERIAL is now available to be digitally downloaded through iTUNES as
well as several other digital distribution networks, so POWER UP YOUR
iPOD & DOWNLOAD ALL 5 FREEWORLD CDs ASAP!!
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Through our friends here at WEGR (Rock 102.7 FM), we have uploaded a
couple of songs off our new CD to "NEW!"
"NEW!" gives recording artists the opportunity to get their music heard
on a national platform by exposing it to more than 10 MILLION PEOPLE PER
MONTH on over 400 radio station websites across the country!
If you would like to help us promote our songs NATIONWIDE, please click
on both of these links:
The more plays we receive by you helping us promote our songs on "NEW!",
the greater buzz
we'll generate around it, and the better chance we'll have of being
recognized by all the stations!
UPDATE - All of FreeWorld's music can now be digitally downloaded
through the new BurnLounge digital distribution system, so please feel
free to check out an online digital music store & DOWNLOAD AWAY!!
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Please continue to keep in mind that FreeWorld's side project
"KALEIDOSCOPE" now plays EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT as an acoustic quartet at
The Brookhaven Pub in East Memphis from 9:15pm-1:30am (located right
next door to the Clark Tower at 695 W. Brookhaven Circle; ph. 680-8118),
plus we now play EVERY OTHER TUESDAY NIGHT as an electric quartet at the
Young Avenue Deli (located in the heart of Midtown at the intersection
of Cooper & Young; ph. 278-0034) from 10pm-12am.
Make sure to drop in & catch the rotating line up of Richard, Brian,
David, Jim Britt, Richard Thomas & David Cousar play exciting, impromptu
versions of many of your favorite songs by artists such as The Grateful
Dead, The Band, Gov't Mule, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Phish, Ben Harper,
The Black Crowes, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, FreeWorld, & MANY MORE...
DON'T MISS IT!
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David Thorn from Vexar Entertainment put together a St. Jude Target
House Benefit CD entitled "Wednesday Nights in Memphis" which features
many of the artists (FreeWorld included!) that have performed there for
the children over the past couple of years. MAKE IT A POINT TO BUY A CD
FOR THE KIDS at VexarEntertainment.com/cd.html or drop in to Spin Street
and say hello to our own E.J. Dyce while you buy a copy of the CD!!
Dave also continues his weekly, hour long internet radio program called
"The Vexar Entertainment Hour" as a Podcast that streams from http://www.VexarEntertainment.com
with new Webisodes added every Monday. It focuses on unsigned, indie
rock from the Midsouth - from acoustic to metal. If you have an MP3
you'd like him to play, email it to thorn@vexarentertainment.com . Make
sure it's high quality, radio friendly and in MP3 format, & HELP SPREAD
THE WORD!!
The recently recorded FreeWorld single "Save Our Soul" (featuring James
Govan on lead vocals) was recently #1 on their TOP 10 listener request
line -- SWEET, THANKS Y'ALL!!
You can purchase your own personal copy of "S.O.S." at either Rum Boogie
Cafe on Beale Street, at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music on
McLemore Avenue, or at ANY FreeWorld performance...
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The local record label 'Inside Sounds' http://www.insidesounds.com
recently released Fried Glass Onions - Memphis ROCKS The Beatles, (Vol.
3) which features yet another batch of classic Beatles songs recorded by
some of the best musicians, vocalists, & bands that Memphis has to offer
- with FreeWorld performing a particularly psychedelic version of the
Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" (a copy of which you can hear on our
MySpace page)... BE SURE TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE CD WHILE THEY
LAST -- IT ROCKS!!!
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Make sure you check FreeWorld alumnus Ross Rice's newest media venture
at:
http://www.rollmagazine.com
It a new Arts & Entertainment magazine he's created with the help of his
wife, Jamaine, and several additional associates for his new home region
of Upstate New York.
CHECK IT OUT - IT ROCKS!!
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Check out this recently published online article on our dearly departed
original drummer Jimmy Ellis at: http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/blueswax/bluesbeat.cfm
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Check out FreeWorld on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2X8W9JaRMY
This is some really nice footage of us (with special guest percussionist
Semajt) covering Paul Simon's "Late in the Evening" at our home away
from home - Blues City Cafe on Beale Street. It was recorded last fall
by the Travel Channel as they filmed us for a segment of their "5-Takes,
USA" reality travel show.
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If you are a MySpace user, check out FreeWorld's profile & become our
newest "Best Friend" at: http://www.myspace.com/FreeWorldJams
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Just reminding you that FreeWorld's acoustic side project "KALEIDOSCOPE"
plays a dinnertime set at Alfred's on Beale EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY &
WEDNESDAY EVENING from 6pm-9pm. We'll also be performing this month at
The Brookhaven Pub in East Memphis on Thursday, 10/18, & at Alfred's on
Beale (as 'Electric Kaleidoscope') on Wednesday, 10/24.
Make sure to drop in & catch the rotating line up of Richard, Brian, Jim
Britt, Richard Thomas & David Cousar play "unplugged", acoustic versions
of many of your favorite songs by artists such as The Grateful Dead, The
Band, Gov't Mule, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Phish, Ben Harper, The Black
Crowes, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, FreeWorld, & MANY MORE... DON'T MISS
IT!
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Our dear friend and "hippie" clothing & accessories designer Melody Dawn
has recently updated her website located at:
http://www.melodydawndesigns.com
New items have just been added, so check it out & pass it along to ALL
of your friends as well! JAMONIT, MELODY!! :-)
She's also added an entire page of Sale items left over from this summer
that she REALLY wants to move, so check out the website! Custom orders
have resumed as well, so if you need a Panic Hoodie for fall tour you
better let her know ASAP, the list is filling up!!
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David Thorn from Vexar Entertainment put together a St. Jude Target
House Benefit CD entitled "Wednesday Nights in Memphis" which features
many of the artists (FreeWorld included!) that have performed there for
the children over the past couple of years. MAKE IT A POINT TO BUY A CD
FOR THE KIDS at VexarEntertainment.com/cd.html or drop in to Spin Street
and say hello to our own E.J. Dyce while you buy a copy of the CD!!
Dave also continues his weekly, hour long internet radio program called
"The Vexar Entertainment Hour" as a Podcast that streams from
http://www.VexarEntertainment.com with new Webisodes added every Monday.
It focuses on unsigned, indie rock from the Midsouth - from acoustic to
metal. If you have an MP3 you'd like him to play, email it to
thorn@vexarentertainment.com . Make sure it's high quality, radio
friendly and in MP3 format, & HELP SPREAD THE WORD!!
The recently recorded FreeWorld single "Save Our Soul" (featuring James
Govan on lead vocals) was recently #1 on their TOP 10 listener request
line -- SWEET, THANKS Y'ALL!!
You can purchase your own personal copy of "S.O.S." at either Rum Boogie
Cafe on Beale Street, at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music on
McLemore Avenue, or at ANY FreeWorld performance...
________________
The local record label 'Inside Sounds' http://www.insidesounds.com
recently released Fried Glass Onions - Memphis ROCKS The Beatles, (Vol.
3) which features yet another batch of classic Beatles songs recorded by
some of the best musicians, vocalists, & bands that Memphis has to offer
- with FreeWorld performing a particularly psychedelic version of the
Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" (a copy of which you can hear on our
MySpace page)... BE SURE TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE CD WHILE THEY
LAST -- IT ROCKS!!!
The Memphis Public Library's "Memphis
Music Archives Project" is currently collecting as much of our Memphis'
music history as they can possibly get their hands on. Anything with
historical significance you can offer them in the way of audio &/or
video recordings, photographs, print & media publications, flyers,
posters, or miscellaneous documents will be welcomed. Jud
Phillips is also conducting video interviews to augment their print
archives. Please make it a point to contact Jud or Patrick via e-mail
at jud@phillipsmemphis.com or odanielp@memphislibrary.org for additional
information about the project, to set up a video interview time, &/or to
drop off your historical contribution.
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In a related item, Tommy Warren (station manager for the Memphis Public
Library's WYPL-TV & FM) is currently spinning Memphis related music on
the air -- 8 HOURS PER DAY, 7 DAY PER WEEK!!! Please drop off any CDs
you have legitimately, commercially released to the broadcast center
located in the Main Branch of the Memphis & Shelby County Public Library
at 3030 Poplar Avenue. Leave them for Tommy Warren, and say hi if he's
available!
=
ADDITIONAL NEWS =
We now have access to an
entirely new batch of FreeWorld merchandise options! Check out
http://www.cafeshops.com/freeworldjams
to view all of our new items - from adult & children's apparel, to tote bags,
coffee mugs, frisbees, clocks, mouse pads, calendars, & postcards, etc. Please
feel free to avail yourselves of these cool, new merchandise options!
Many bands have great websites, but are not able to give their fans downloads of
all their music in a safe and profitable way. There is a new website that can do
just that, and you can link to it here at
http://www.qtrnote.com. We
have ALL our music there (as do many other Memphis Artists) and we should all
support a company willing to promote the best of what Memphis Musicians have to
offer! Please visit their website and check it out.
If you are not a member of The Recording Academy (NARAS) and would like to see
about becoming one, please contact me directly or check out
http://www.grammy.com
for more info. To keep your Recording Academy membership current for the coming
fiscal year, please contact either Courtney or Katherine at our Memphis
Chapter's brand new offices (located in the heart of the South Main Historic
District at 493 S. Main St., ph# 901.525.1340).
We would like to thank all of you who have placed orders directly through us for our CDs - it is much appreciated, I assure you! In particular, copies of our new "Live from Memphis" CD are moving off the shelves at an incredible
rate, as they are available in almost
all of the retail music stores
located in
Memphis & the Mid-South area thanks to the kind folks at Select-O-Hits Distributing. If
you would like to order a disc (or 4!) by mail, click the logo for
an
attachment that will make
the process easier for you. Please print it out, mail it in with a check or money
order.
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FreeWorld Rocks The Beale Street
Music Festival
Beale crowd breaks record 108,00 jam in two days. Read the entire Beale Street Music
Festival Music Review from the Commercial Appeal
here.
FreeWorld can easily be
called the tightest jam band in Memphis ...They mesmerize audiences with their free-form
funk/soul/fusion ....This hip band should be headlining out on the H.O.R.D.E. tour. --
Nancy Apple
...while the faces have
changed, the band has still managed to consistently improve, something that is especially
evident on their recordings. FreeWorld's latest, Diversity, is the best of the three discs
the band has cut so far...Diversity shows off the band's best ... with the catchy
"D-Up" being a particular favorite. As for the jams, instead of focusing on
noodling that is best appreciated live, this time out the band thankfully reined it to
make room for the 15 quality compositions. --
Mark Jordan
FreeWorld's forte is getting
the funk out, and that's precisely what they do on their best tracks.... reminds me of a
cross between Traffic and George Clinton, with its ecstatic Ur-groove,
flute-player-on-acid vibe, and exuberant shouted chorus....lyrics seem almost incidental
in the face of this lavish musical blitz. --
Stephen Grimstead
The overall sound of
(Diversity) to me sounds like the perfect mix of what would happen if Dave Matthews Band,
The Allman Brothers Band, and Widespread Panic had a baby.--
JamBands.com
Get down with the most
versatile band in Memphis. That is what I do every time I experience FREEWORLD either live
or on their latest CD called "DIVERSITY". When I listened to this CD for the
first time, I had to do a double take to make sure that this was the same CD playing.
Never have I seen so much variety from one band.--
Memphis Dave
Thanks to everyone who
called in a pledge of support for the Soul-A-Thon on Soul Classic
103.5FM! They used our recently recorded tune "Save Our Soul" (featuring special
guest James Govan on lead vocals) as this year's theme song. You can still
support Soulsville, USA by purchasing your own personal copy of "S.O.S." at Rum
Boogie Cafe on Beale Street.
To help Soulsville continue its mission of preserving and promoting our rich
soul music heritage at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and to mentor
at-risk inner city children through music education at the Stax Music Academy,
please visit our website or send your tax-deductible contribution to:
Soulsville
870 E. McLemore Ave.
Memphis, TN 38106
www.soulsvilleusa.com
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