Freebo

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Freebo | image = Freebo 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg | caption = Freebo in Los Angeles California on July 3, 2019 | image_size = | birth_name = Daniel Friedberg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|03|05}} | birth_place = Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, U.S. | instruments = Bass guitar, tuba, guitar, vocals | occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, producer | website = http://www.freebomusic.com/ }}

'''Daniel Friedberg''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/music/freebo-coming-to-monterey-has-made-the-best-the-best/article_b3ccfd7a-9319-11e5-9ef9-b3c4d8885395.html|title=Freebo, coming to Monterey, has made the best the best|work=Monterey County Weekly|last=Kenoyer|first=Sarah|date=November 26, 2015|accessdate=September 30, 2016}}</ref> better known by the stage name '''Freebo''', is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer noted primarily for his fretless electric bass playing with Bonnie Raitt throughout the 1970s. He is also a session musician who has recorded and performed with Ringo Starr, John Mayall, John Hall, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Willy DeVille, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Chicky Hines, Diamond David Lee Roth and many others.

His nine-year collaboration with Raitt (1971–1979) began when he attracted Raitt's attention as a member of Philadelphia's Edison Electric Band<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001560722|tab=biography|label=Edison Electric|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> in the late 1960s. He played several instruments with Raitt, including electric bass, fretless bass, and tuba. Freebo was soon in great demand for studio work and touring.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/index.php?id=463 | title = A celebrated sideman steps to the front of the stage | work = Swarthmore College Bulletin | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061021161327/http://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/index.php?id=463 | archivedate = 21 October 2006 |accessdate=4 July 2016 }}</ref>

In recent years, he has recorded five solo albums: ''The End of the Beginning'' (2000), ''Dog People'' (2002), ''Before The Separation'' (2006), ''Something to Believe'' (2011), and ''If Not Now When'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/freebo-mn0000164140/discography|title=Freebo: Discography|website=allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.freebomusic.com/}} {{Authority control}}

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