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Conference tallis::celt

Title:	Celt Notefile

Moderator:	TALLIS::DARCY

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1632
Total number of notes:	20523

1540.0. "Freddie White; one of the best !" by STOWOA::COADY () Thu Jan 11 1996 16:06

Freddie White has setup base in the Boston area and for the last 6 months
or so he has been playing venues in the greater Boston area; Irish Embassy,
Kendall Cafe (Cambridge) and Johnny D's in Sommerville.

However at the last 2 venues there was no more than 15-20 people there, which
is amazing, because 10 years ago he could pull crowds of 200+ at any venue.

In my opinion he is one of the best Blusey-Folk singers and guitar players
around and he has a great new CD out (Straight Up).

Anyway,I was wondering how come a guy with so much talent is not packing the
places out ?, is it because he is unknown ?, he is not a "typical" Irish
Country and Western or Traditional type ???.

He will be playing in Cambridge within the next few weeks; I really hope he
gets a huge crowd, because I think from once people hear him, they will
come back for more.

Just wondering what fellow Celts think and indeed had his popularity died down
in Ireland when he left (and why ?).

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1540.1	but he is from COrk	SIOG::KEYES	DECADMIRE Engineering DTN 827-5556	`Fri Jan 12 1996 06:00`	13
	..well he IS from cork -) Actually haven't heard a THING about Freddie White for the past few years..DIdn't know he went to Boston..that was kept pretty quite. He was hugely popular here about 8 years ago but then slid away... rgs, mick
1540.2	In the US a few years/ Boston since Summer '95	STOWOA::COADY		`Fri Jan 12 1996 06:45`	7
	I think he was on the West Coast San Fran (or mayeb Chicago) for a few years and came to Boston last summer. He plays and sings as good, if not better than ever, but its amazing and disappointing to see him play in small pubs to 15-20 people, when is talent deserves much greater following.
1540.3		XSTACY::JLUNDON	http://xagony.ilo.dec.com/~jlundon :-)	`Fri Jan 12 1996 07:12`	3
	Bad management? Personal problems? Corkman ;-)? Any one of those could be enough to finish him off!
1540.4	the best little country....	ESSB::BREE		`Mon Jan 15 1996 05:30`	13
	Freddie White deserved more recognition and reward while he was in Ireland. I've been to see him a couple of times live over the years and always enjoyed his range of songs (from "Down to Zero" back to the "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"). The Ireland of the late 80s and early 90s seems to like its artists better packaged and predictable. It's probably a sign of our success as a country that we can win 3 (or was it 4?) Eurovisions in that period and at the same time help make millions for the likes of Daniel O'Donnell and Boyzone. Anyway here's wishing Freddie a good run in Boston. Paul
1540.5	Freedie @Club Passim on 1/Feb	STOWOA::COADY		`Tue Jan 23 1996 03:07`	10
	Freddie plays at Club Passim in Cambridge, on 1/Feb - starting at 08:30, should be a great nite. I would highly recommend to fellow noters that are free that evening to give him a listen ... if you like blusey-folk, you won't be disapppointed. He is also on America Online; not sure his e-mail address.
1540.6	Freddie on-line	XSTACY::BDALTON		`Tue Jan 23 1996 09:10`	3
	He's [email protected]. He also has a web-page at http://members.aol.com/FreddieWht/homepage.htm no l