{{Short description|American blues musician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Steve Freund | image = Steve Freund.jpg | caption = Freund performing in August 2006 | image_size = | landscape = yes | alias = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|20}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | death_place = | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Blues | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|bandleader|record producer}} | years_active = 1974–present | label = Delmark Records | website = {{URL|stevefreund.com}} }}
'''Steve Freund''' (born July 20, 1952, Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Greg Prato |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-freund-mn0000035630/biography |title=Steve Freund | Biography & History |website=AllMusic |date=July 20, 1952 |accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> is an American blues guitarist, singer, bandleader and record producer. He has toured throughout the US including performing in New York and Chicago. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is best known.<ref name="amg"/>
==Career== Freund came from a musical background and his mother played classical piano. He moved to Chicago in 1976.<ref name="amg"/> He appeared as a guest performer along with Rusty Zinn, on R.J. Mischo's 1999 album, ''West Wind Blowin: Mountain Top Productions, Vol. 3''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/west-wind-blowin-mountain-top-productions-vol-3-mountain-top-mw0000143411/credits |title=West Wind Blowin: Mountain Top Productions, Vol. 3 [Mountain Top] – R.J. Mischo | Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
Freund appeared at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 2005, the Chicago Blues Festival in 2007, and many other major festivals worldwide.
==Discography== * ''Set Me Free'' – (1984) * ''Romance without Finance'' – (1987) * ''"C" For Chicago'' – (1999) * ''I'll Be Your Mule'' – (2001) * ''Is What It Is'' (with Dave Specter) – (2004) * ''Lonesome Flight'' – (2010) * ''Come On in This House'' – (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-freund-mn0000035630/discography|title=Steve Freund | Album Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.stevefreund.com Official website]
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