Welcome
Welcome to Fat Knuckle Freddy!
Fat Knuckle Freddy is a composer, guitarist and a bluesman. FKF composes and plays in many styles ie.Modern Classical, Ambient, American Primitive & Punk Blues. FKF at times utilizes 72 Equal Temperament when playing a fretless guitar or a fretted guitar with a slide. 72ET mimics nature's tuning (Just Intonation). The standard Western 12 notes are in 72ET too.
Fat Knuckle Freddy got his name when he broke and dislocated his fretboard pinkie at the middle knuckle. It's now the size of a thumb knuckle and points a few degrees outward. This gives FKF a little extra stretch on the fretboard but he mostly covers it with his stunning slide.
DIABULOUS AMBIENTIUM
New album Diabulous Ambientium is now available on Bandcamp.
Sonic soundscapes incorporating Frippertronics and Ligeti Sonic Nets.
What are Frippertronics? It's a delay style coined by Robert Fripp and was invented by composer Terry Riley. It originally had two tape decks linked together to create a record and playback delay of about 6-8seconds long. The original loops would fade away. I used a Pigtronix Infinity 2 Looper to mimic that kind of tape delay. The Infinity 2 has a decay knob in which loops fade away while recording. It's pretty awesome as the music constantly morphs and evolves.
Another big influence for this album is composer Gyorgy Ligeti. Ligeti created sonic nets with instruments playing note clusters at various rhythms and microtonal pitches. Check out his composition Atmospheres.
I used a fretless, sustainer guitar, specifically a Hamer Sustainiac from the 1990's. The music is composed in 72ET, 72 notes to an octave. The fretless guitar gives me the ability to play those notes and I also used a slide. The system of 72ET I used was invented by Boston composer Ezra Sims. It was taught to me by Joseph Gabriel Maneri at New England Conservatory in the late 1980"s.
Go to the link below to check out this wonderful new album.
FKF
https://fatknucklefreddy.bandcamp.com/album/diabulous-ambientium
The Dance Of The Capuchin Crypt
Check out a live video of "The Dance Of The Capuchin Crypt." It's tuned BF#BBF#B on a National M1 Tricone Baritone Resonator Guitar.
Review Of Corruption, Deceit, Murder by Aimsel Ponti
Check out this review in The Portland Press Herald!!
LIVESTREAM ALBUM RELEASE
Below is the video hosted by Blue of the album release of Corruption,Deceit, Murder. Available exclusively now on Bandcamp
CORRUPTION, DECEIT, MURDER: RELEASE & LIVESTREAM
Fat Knuckle Freddy is releasing a new album of solo, acoustic guitar instrumentals on 12/8/20 and exclusively via Bandcamp. The album is called Corruption, Deceit, Murder. It contains eight compositions which ends with the nineteen minute title track. The guitars used on the album are a Loar LH-300 Archtop and a National M1 Tricone Baritone Resonator. All tracks were recorded live and without overdubs.
Joe Sweeney from The Mainer reviewed and stated, "Corruption, Deceit, Murder is another showcase for his signature sound - rumbling bass lines anchoring intricate tenor melodies that wax and wane like a Harvest Moon, aglow with organic elegance. Fat Knuckle Freddy has slayed the misconception that one musician can only do so much."
There will be a livestream album release on 12/8/20 from 6-7pm EST hosted by Blue via Facebook . Please join or catch the post recording.
LIVESTREAM:
https://www.facebook.com/fatknucklefreddy
https://www.facebook.com/portcityblue
BANDCAMP REL;EASE:
https://fatknucklefreddy.bandcamp.com
New Release! Live At Amigos!
https://fatknucklefreddy.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-amigos
FKF released a 4 song EP on bandcamp. It's free! It was recorded and filmed at Amigos on 9/1/18. Since all shows were cancelled this year, FKF wanted to share what is was like to plays live on Amigos patio. Live music will be back but until then, enjoy some Amigos Demon Blues.
DEATH DON'T GET NO BLUES! CD RELEASE.
My latest recording, "Death Don't Get No Blues" is being released 11/16/19 at The Apohadion Theater in Portland, ME. This recording consists of 6 solo blues tunes for guitar and vocals. I used my national M1 Tricone Baritone for all 6 songs and recorded the vocals through a telephone microphone. The foot stomp was my foot stomping my old college theory book.
Topics include death, drug addiction, suicide and choking out the Devil. What more do you want in a blues record?
I will be joined by Samuel James, Jenny Lou Drew & D. Gross.
See you there. More information under shows.
-FKF
"Hitchcock," Mainer (The New Bollard) Review
Alfred Hitchcock Plays Guitar received a great and honest review in The Mainer.
"He shifts between the warmth of his finger-picking and the metallic wail of his slide, while using the baritone’s deep lows to frame every trip up the neck as a remarkably expressive journey. It’s just him, the whole time, yet Hitchcock is as rich and nuanced as a full-band effort.
Check out the full review below!!
LIVE ON 207, NBC!
"Sweet For Honey" live performance and interview on 207, WCSH6, Portland, ME. Copy link below into browser.
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-music/cop-by-day-musician-by-night-fat-knuckle-freddy/97-68e0cc00-1037-4937-916d-76edd1140860
Father's Day Weekend Blues! Normally the Naples Blues Festival is held on Father's Day Weekend but was cancelled for the second year. Rick's will be hosting us ate play some Graveyard Blues. Other bars in the area will be hosting bands as well. Come out to beautiful Naples in the Sebago Lake Region. Go to the lake for a swim or hike in the area then get your blues on. There's awesome hotels and B&B's too.