# Steve Freund

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{{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
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| landscape         = yes
| alias             = 
| birth_name        = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|20}}
| birth_place       = [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), US
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| death_place       = 
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar
| genre             = [Blues](/source/Blues)
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|bandleader|record producer}}
| years_active      = 1974–present
| label             = [Delmark Records](/source/Delmark_Records)
| website           = {{URL|stevefreund.com}}
}}

'''Steve Freund''' (born July 20, 1952, [Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn](/source/Sheepshead_Bay%2C_Brooklyn), New York<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Greg Prato |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-freund-mn0000035630/biography |title=Steve Freund &#124; Biography & History |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |date=July 20, 1952 |accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> is an American [blues](/source/blues) guitarist, singer, bandleader and record producer. He has toured throughout the US including performing in [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) and [Chicago](/source/Chicago). He is based in the [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/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](/source/Rusty_Zinn), on [R.J. Mischo](/source/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&#93; – R.J. Mischo &#124; Credits |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>

Freund appeared at the [San Francisco Blues Festival](/source/San_Francisco_Blues_Festival) in 2005, the [Chicago Blues Festival](/source/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](/source/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 &#124; Album Discography|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.stevefreund.com Official website]

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Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:American blues guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:American blues singers
Category:American bandleaders
Category:Chicago blues musicians
Category:Record producers from New York (state)
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century American Jews

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