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Road
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Congratulations Freddy on Winning your 2002 Grammy! FREDDY FENDER - "The King of Tex-Mex" Latin/Country
The picture on the left is at a Freddy Fender show from Conrad's perspective at the keyboards. Listen to a free MP3 sample of "Honey Will You Love Me" written and sung by Conrad Askland. Includes Freddy Fender on guitar, Augie Meyers on Accordion and Chris Jurado on bass guitar.
"What I've loved about playing for Freddy", says Conrad, "is that he is genuinely as he appears to fans. He is simple, funny and his art comes with effortless ease".
"My favorite gigs with Freddy Fender have been Nashville's Grand Ol Opry on TNN, the House of Blues in Los Angeles, Denmark, The American Latin Music Awards on CBS and anytime we play at Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort in Laughlin, Nevada. They have a GREAT tech crew there and treat us very well." "People ask how I got the gig with Freddy. Well, I got a call one day and the band leader said 'Do you want to play with Freddy Fender?' and I said 'ok'. Of course I knew all the players and had played with them at other gigs throught Southern California." More info on Freddy Fender keyboardist here at Road Records or at his personal site www.Conradaskland.net FREDDY
FENDER BIOGRAPHY Born Baldemar Huerta to a family of migrant laborers in San Benito, Texas on June 4, 1937, Fender began playing guitar early in his childhood. After dropping out of school at the age of 16 to join the Marine Corps, he released his first Spanish-language recordings under his given name in 1958 While his initial sides were successful with listeners in Texas and Mexico, in 1959 he decided to adopt his stage name, along with a stronger rockabilly feel, in order to attract gringo audiences. The following year, he released the self-penned Wasted Days and Wasted Nights; his most successful single yet. But in May of 1960, Fender was convicted of marijuana possession, and was sentenced to five years in Louisiana's notorious Angola State Prison (the same correctional facility which once held blues legend Leadbelly)
In Texas, he spent several years working as an auto mechanic, and even returned to school to pursue a degree in sociology. In 1974, he met Huey P. Meaux, the owner of the Houston-based Crazy Cajun label; after agreeing on a recording deal, it was Meaux who convinced Fender to steer in the direction of country and western while maintaining his music's Hispanic roots
Throughout the remainder of the Seventies, Fender's success continued, most notably with the Number Two single Living It Down in 1976. That same year, he released two more albums, Your Cheatin' Heart and Rock 'N' Country. In 1977, he also issued a holiday record, Merry Christmas--Feliz Navidad. As the 1980s dawned, however, his popularity began slipping; after his final chart hit, 1983's Chokin' Kind, he focused on an acting career, highlighted by an appearance in the 1988 Robert Redford film The Milagro Beanfield War He remained largely silent as a musician until 1990, when he formed the Tex-Mex supergroup Texas Tornados with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers. After three albums, the group disbanded, and Fender again resumed his solo career He won another grammy in 1999 for the album "Los Super Seven" in conjunction with members of Los Lobos, Rick Trevino, Flaco Jimenez and in 1997 sang "A Little Bit is Better Than Nada" as the title cut to the motion picture "Tin Cup" Conrad Askland from Road Records engineered the tracking session for Freddy Fender's CD release "I Don't Want To Be Lonely" in 1998. The CD was released in 2001. Conrad Askland toured with Freddy Fender as keyboardist from 1996-2001. Freddy Fender is plays guitar on New Faces Volume Three with "Honey Will You Love Me" written by Conrad Askland. For more information visit the official Freddy Fender website at www.FreddyFender.com Other
Country & Western Artists Kelly Bergstrom
- Gina Keller
- Jim Nettles
- Roy Rogers Jr. - Freddy
Fender - Allan Michael Barbish - Dan
Jeffs - High Noon
Band "Hardriders" - Angie
LaDuke - Chris Jurado
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Our
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Freddy
Fender was one of the few Hispanic stars in country music, a singer and
songwriter whose work was defined largely by its strong Latin sensibility
After serving three years, he
was paroled thanks to the efforts of Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis,
on the condition that upon Fender's release he stay away from the corruptive
influences of the music scene. After his parole ended, Fender tried to
re-ignite his career, but with the exception of a few scattered nightclub
gigs in the New Orleans area, he found little success, and ultimately
returned to San Benito
After Fender's first
Meaux-produced single, Before the Next Teardrop Falls; failed to attract
the attention of a major label, it was released on Crazy Cajun; in the
first weeks of 1975, the song hit the top of both the country and pop
charts, and Fender became an overnight star. For the follow-up, he re-recorded
his early single, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, and notched his second
straight Number One Country hit. Before the year ended, he had released
yet another chart-topper in Secret Love, and also issued two LPs, Since
I Met You Baby and a self-titled effort