Whoop, now it is here! Well, tomorrow is Halloween. That must explain it maybe!?

David E.,
from my point of view, the 2-CD set of Freddy's music is a great reflection of the times and the man that he was. The three quarters of it that is great is Fred at his best!

But my friend, Fred, had flaws too--as we all do. We loved Fred in spite of his glitches--even because of them. His performances always had some bits of that "looseness"---even the studio recordings. (That was true of my recorded works as well. Sadly, I always hear my flaws. But, mostly, I never thought Freddy "heard" his glitches.)

These things I'm saying today are, if they seem too critical to some, honed, I think, by hindsight--and a reflective clarity only possible with the passage of time.

Art Thieme