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American recording-artist, Dean Friedman, embarks on 40+ city tour
of UK/Ireland/France with CD and Book release
American recording artist, Dean Friedman,
best known to UK & Ireland audiences for his classic hits,
‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’, ‘McDonald’s Girl’, ‘Ariel’,
and
‘Woman of Mine’, embarks on a 40+ city concert tour, running 27 May
thru 9 October, 2016, and featuring appearances at the Brighton Fringe
Festival (27, 28 May), Great York Fringe Festival (22, 23
July), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (10-21 Aug), the Acoustic
Festival of Britain (4 June), and including a 2-night run at The
Pheasantry, London (2, 3 June).
Friedman’s tour coincides with the release of his first
compilation album, ‘Words & Music’ [Real Life Records] – a double
CD containing 30 hand-picked tracks off of Friedman’s last 6 studio
albums. Says Friedman, “‘Words & Music’ represents the songs
and recordings that, over the last four decades, I’m most proud of. It’s
not a greatest hits compilation, rather, it’s a collection of my finest
work. And to my great satisfaction, my loyal listening audience agrees.”
Simultaneously, Friedman has published a ‘how-to’ book on
songwriting titled, ‘The Songwriter’s Handbook’ [The Artists
League] - a
funny, informative, thoroughly practical and easy-to-follow course on how
to write your own songs. Using examples from well-known songs by top
songwriters, as well as his own catalog of international hits, Friedman
explains the basic structure of songs and explores the art and practical
craft of songwriting in clear, easy to understand language.
Friedman’s recent tours continue to garner rave reviews: “Every
song in this show is a classic.”
(London Theatre Guide),
“Songsmith
Extraordinaire” – (Music
Week), “Stunning Musicianship”
(HotPress) , “Dean
Friedman is entirely unique and utterly brilliant!” –
(ThreeWeeks)…
are just a few of the
superlatives used to describe his unique and original talent.
In addition to his familiar radio hits, album releases and touring,
Friedman composes and produces music soundtracks for TV and film,
including the music to the hit Central TV series BOON,
NBC’s
Eerie Indiana and Nickelodeon’s Nick Arcade.
Friedman has faced his share of controversy in recent years: The
Merseyside band, Half Man Half
Biscuit released a best-selling EP containing a track entitled,
‘The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman’, which went to #1 on the UK
Indie chart; a claim which Friedman vehemently denies,
‘I’ve never even met Nigel Blackwell’s mum!’. Friedman extracts his
revenge on his recent CD,
‘Submarine Races’, in the song, 'A Baker's Tale', the hitherto untold story
of Nigel Blackwell's dubious origins.
Though Friedman's single, ‘McDonald's
Girl’, was officially banned by the BBC for mentioning the name
of the well known fast food restaurant in its chorus, the irrepressible
pop song has been covered by a number of contemporary bands including
top-selling, Canadian group, Barenaked Ladies (WEA), and The
Blenders (Universal), whose version soared to #1 on the national
airplay charts in Norway. With the advent of YouTube, video versions have
gone viral and finally, last year, thirty five years after the song was
banned by the BBC, the McDonald’s corporation officially licensed the
song for a national TV/Radio campaign, confirming the song as a pure pop
phenomenon.
One of Friedman's recent tours was almost cancelled when it was announced
that his tour sponsor www.goldenseeds.co.uk would distribute packets of
cannabis seeds to the first ten people that purchased CD's at each of
Friedman's gigs. The controversy was only resolved after Friedman
promised not to distribute the seeds within 50 yards of the venue
premises. (click to see
Songwriter's Cannabis
Controversy).
Friedman will be performing solo, on guitar and keyboards, featuring
songs from throughout his 40 year recording career, including familiar
radio hits, ‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’, ‘McDonald’s Girl’, ‘Ariel’
and
‘Woman of Mine’, as well as selections from his more recent CD’s.
Discover what legions of devoted fans have known for years - the
sophisticated, funny and profound work of a master songsmith.
Concert Tickets, plus Friedman’s CD’s,
can be ordered via Friedman’s website at:
www.deanfriedman.com.
Go to:
www.deanfriedman.com FOR TOUR DATES and TICKET SALES.
For hi-res pics and bio go to media page:
http://www.deanfriedman.com/media/media_home.html
For more info contact: Steve Schwartz media@deanfriedman.com
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