Audley Freed
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Audley Freed started out on his professional journey “guitar-playing and dues-paying” on the Southeastern club and fraternity circuit. As an original member of a cover band called "The Point," Freed eventually left to become a guitarist in another North Carolina based cover band with massive regional success called "Sidewinder". This band was fronted by a male singer for half of the show, covering songs by bands like Boston and Jefferson Starship, Bon Jovi and other successful artists of the day. The other half of the show was fronted by a female singer so the band could cover songs made popular by Janis Joplin, Grace Slick and Heart, among other popular female singers. Following several years paying his dues in Sidewinder, he formed the band Cry Of Love, which was signed to Columbia Records and released the debut album Brother. The album spawned two No. 1 and two Top Ten AOR hits, including “Peace Pipe”, named by Billboard as one of the “top 50 AOR songs of all time.” Following a second Columbia release, Diamonds and Debris, and another Freed-penned AOR hit, the band called it quits.
Soon after, Freed joined The Black Crowes on lead guitar. His tenure in the Crowes included tours in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, recording the album Lions, and sharing the stage with legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in a collaboration that led to the gold-record certified Page/Crowes Live at the Greek album.
Recent years have found Audley collaborating with some of today’s most accomplished musicians. A frequent onstage guest at Gov't Mule shows, he co-wrote and recorded ”Life on the Outside”, a song on their album The Deep End, Volume 1, which featured Sly & the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham. Freed also appears in the companion documentary, Rising Low.
In early 2003, Freed joined guitarist/singer Alvin Youngblood Hart in the rock quartet Job Cain. Rounding out Job (rhymes with robe) Cain's rhythm section were Freed's Cry Of Love bandmate, Robert Kearns (Sidewinder), on bass/vocals, and Edward Michaels on drums. The band took its name from drummer Elvin Jones' character in the 70s rock and roll Western film, Zachariah. The band never released an album but did reunite for one track on Hart's 2205 Motivational Speaker album.
In 2004, Audley joined Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson’s solo project, New Earth Mud, co-writing and recording on the album This Magnificent Distance and playing lead guitar on the subsequent tour. Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry tapped Audley as guitarist for his band following the release of his self-titled solo album in 2005.
In 2006, Freed joined the Dixie Chicks for their Accidents and Accusations tour, which took them to the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia and culminated in a performance at the 2007 Grammys.
Audley has written songs recorded by rock band Train and country singer Gary Allen, among others. He is an active session player in Nashville. Recent recordings include songs by The Wreckers and the Dixie Chicks. He also toured with Peter Frampton.
As of May, 2008, Audley is touring with Jakob Dylan as part of the Gold Mountain Rebels trio, which also features Wallflowers drummer Fred Eltringham, and George Reif on bass and background vocals. This tour supports the release of Dylan's solo album Seeing Things. On May 8th, 2008, Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels appeared on Nissan Live Sets [1].
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