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American recording-artist, Dean Friedman, announces a ‘40th
Anniversary, “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair’ tour, to mark
the 40th Anniversary of the 1978 release of his best-selling, critically
acclaimed, classic album, “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair’.
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’, announces his ‘40th Anniversary,
“Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair’ tour, a 40+ city UK/Ireland
tour, running April through August 2018, to mark the 40th
Anniversary of the 1978 release of his best-selling, critically
acclaimed, classic album, “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair’.
The “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair’ album contains
some of Friedman’s biggest chart hits, including ‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’
and the title track, ‘Rocking Chair’. Friedman will mark the
milestone by performing the entire album ‘live’, along with fan favorites
from his four decade career.
Tickets to all of Friedman’s tour dates, as well as his CD and
book catalog, can be purchased direct via
www.DeanFriedman.com .
Friedman’s ‘40th Anniversary, “Well, Well,” Said the
Rocking Chair’ tour follows on the heels of the release of his latest
studio album, ’12 Songs’. The critically acclaimed, fan-funded recording
further confirms Friedman’s status as one of the pre-eminent songwriters
of his generation.
Friedman’s recent tours and recordings 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
and NBC’s Eerie Indiana.
He’s also published a respected tome on the art and craft of songwriting
titled, ‘The Songwriter’s
Handbook’ (The Artists League), based on the ‘Songwriting Workshops’
and ‘Songwriting Masterclasses’ he’s conducted at universities and music
conservatories around the world, including L.I.P.A. (The Liverpool
Institute for Performing Arts).
This year marks Friedman’s 15th appearance at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where in addition to his regular concert runs,
he’s written and produced several hit children’s musicals, including ‘Smelly
Feet’ – a children’s musical that really stinks!
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, 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 4 decade recording career, including familiar
radio hits, ‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’, ‘McDonald’s Girl’, ‘Ariel’
and
‘Woman of Mine’, as well as selections from his newest album, ’12 Songs’.
Discover what legions of devoted fans have known for years - the
sophisticated, funny and profound work of a master songsmith.
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See Dean Friedman’s full Tour Itinerary at
www.deanfriedman.com
For hi-res pics and bio go to media
page:
www.deanfriedman.com/media/media_home.html
For more info contact Steve Schwartz: media@deanfriedman.com
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