Freddie White
Encyclopedia
Freddie White is an Irish singer/songwriter.
Together with Philip King
and Sonny Condell
he formed the popular folk-rock/Jazz fusion
group Scullion
in 1974. He afterwards formed his own band, The Freddie White Band.
White has been touring internationally since the 1980s, solo as well as with fellow musicians. He performs his own compositions, as well as jazz standards and interpretations of work of his favorite performers, such as Randy Newman
, Tom Waits
, John Hiatt
and Guy Clark
.
Life
White was born into a musical family. While a teenager he was playing gigs around Cork city and formed his own band at age 17. He went to London in 1971 to busk and perfect his unique style of singing and guitar accompaniment.Together with Philip King
Philip King (musician)
Philip King is a musician, film maker, and broadcaster. A founding member of the band Scullion, he is noted for his knowledge of the roots of Irish music and culture and its cross-fertilisation with those of the US in particular, he is a popular figure in Irish music circles...
and Sonny Condell
Sonny Condell
Sonny Condell is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and graphic artist. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish bands Tír na nÓg and Scullion. He released some hits in Ireland as a solo artist like "Down in the city" in 1977 that he covered later with the Belgian singer Micha...
he formed the popular folk-rock/Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
group Scullion
Scullion (group)
Scullion is an Irish folk rock band that came into being in the mid 1970s. They were quite popular in Ireland, and released several LPs, but only two CDs have been released to date - the compilation Ghosts And Heroes on the Kitten label in 1992 and another compilation Eyelids into Snow - A...
in 1974. He afterwards formed his own band, The Freddie White Band.
White has been touring internationally since the 1980s, solo as well as with fellow musicians. He performs his own compositions, as well as jazz standards and interpretations of work of his favorite performers, such as Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
, Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, John Hiatt
John Hiatt
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...
and Guy Clark
Guy Clark
Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
.
Discography
- Live on Tour (1979)
- Long Distance Runner (Tara Records, 1985)
- Do You Do (1981)
- Have a Nice Day (Tara Records, 1987)
- Close to You (1991)
- Straight Up (Little Don Records, 1994)
- My Country (Little Don Records, 1999)
- Lost and Found (Little Don Records, 2002)
- Four Days in May (Little Don Records, 2004)
- Stormy Lullaby (Little Don Records, 2008)