Freddie Hart

David Reeves · Post by **David Reeves** » 13 Apr 2004 1:16 am

Did any of you guys ever play with Freddie? I have only met him once in my life when I was a kid. I really like his music but don't know much about him.

Gary Harris · Post by **Gary Harris** » 13 Apr 2004 11:03 am

In a radio interview I heard Freddie tell this story. It seems that Freddie's folk were in the aligator hide business. When Freddie was a little tot they would tie a rope aroung him and let him play at the edge of the water. If an aligator was in the area, the aligator would swim over to investigte this potenial meal. When the aligator exposed himself, he would be shot.

Dave Burr · Post by **Dave Burr** » 13 Apr 2004 11:22 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for aligator bait...
Tie a rope around his waste and throw him in the swamp...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sounds like he may be related to Amos Moses.

Dave Burr[This message was edited by Dave Burr on 13 April 2004 at 12:23 PM.]

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 13 Apr 2004 2:01 pm

Freddie Hart played a few gigs with us while I was with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys. He was a very, very witty guy -- kept us in stitches most of the time. We were flying to most of our gigs then in a 12-passenger Lockheed. The first time Freddie got on board and saw the instrument panel through the door to the pilot's compartment, he said, "Look at all of them clocks, and no two of 'em have the same time." It was a typical "Freddie" observation.

Steve Pacholl · Post by **Steve Pacholl** » 13 Apr 2004 6:10 pm

In recent years I have had the pleasure of being Freddie's driver when he has come up to Minnesota. What a wonderful person. Also very sincere.

One time after I had picked Freddie up at the airport and we were on our way to the venue, (1 1/2 drive), Freddie wanted to know if his set list was ok. He preceeded to sing every song to me that was on the set list (acapella). On the way back he sang several new songs he had just written and not yet recorded. Again acapella. I thought it to be unusual, but I loved it. He later sent me a CD demo of new material he written that no one had cut yet.

Freddie's a wonderful story teller and has plenty to tell.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 14 Apr 2004 12:31 pm

Great singer!

Lloyd Green tells the story of how he and the other musicians in the studio made up the intro Freddie's greatest hits during a break in the studio. The producer didn't seem to care too much about it, but they recorded it anyway. The record was "Easy Loving" and turned out to be the only song to be the No.1 song for two consecutive years!

Kind Regards, Walter
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

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Dale Bennett · Post by **Dale Bennett** » 14 Apr 2004 2:06 pm

Back in the 60's when I was in So Ca, We booked Freddy lots of times at Georges Roundup and The Red Barrel nite clubs and our tv show, Cals Corral.He was a Ca favorite.One of his biggies at that time was Keys In The Mail Box and lots of others, this was before Easy Lovin.He used to teach judo or one of those defense things in the army. Such a nice guy. One of his most noted lines was (Bless your Hearts, you treat me like a real human being) that was his trade mark. Carl West was playing seel with me then. We sure did enjoy ole Freddy. db