The Freddie Steady Revue

Texas Music Awards Hall-of-Famer Freddie Steady Krc comes by his name, honestly. This singer/songwriter/guitarist/drummer/renaissance Texan has plied his musical wares worldwide for the past few decades. A charismatic live performer, Krc wins over any audience with his captivating original songs and engaging stage presence. He also enjoys capturing the spirit of his favorite cover songs. Krc (rhymes with search) landed in Austin at the moment that a musical revolution was getting started at a styles-don’t-matter joint called the Armadillo. The kid and the town were a perfect match.

The Freddie Steady Revue celebrated a record release party & birthday bash for Freddie Steady Krc and his new CD, Dandy, on Saturday, April 16, 2022, at the Saxon Pub. On Saturday, November 5, 2022 the band will celebrate the Austin Vinyl Release Party at the Saxon Pub from 6-7:30pm. Players on the album include Freddie Steady Krc - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, drums & percussion, Cam King lead guitar - (“Girl Who Wore the Velvet Crown,” “Muchacho Borracho”), high strung guitar (“Bohemian Dandy”), David Hargraves - lead guitar (“Bohemian Dandy,” “Don’t Blow Out the Candle,” “A Place For Me,” “Train To Nowhere”), Bill Kirchen - lead guitar (Dear Delilah, Chopped Beef), John Inmon - lead guitar (Don’t Blow Out the Candle, Rustler’s Moon, A Place For Me), Layton DePenning - bass guitar, guitar (Bohemian Dandy), backing vocals, Floyd Domino - keyboards, John Mills - saxophone, horn arrangements (Girl Who Wore the Violet Crown, Rustler’s Moon), Adrian Ruiz - trumpet, horn arrangement (Muchacho Borracho.”)

"Most of the songs from my new record Dandy were written in 2020-21. I call the collection "prose from the pandemic" or "sonnets from the shutdown." The leadoff track "Bohemian Dandy" was a title given to me by a friend. I liked it and had been wanting to write a song that included experiences and images of my two trips to Prague. I wrote songs about people I knew, some I wish I knew, songs about self-doubt, having too much fun, not enough fun. Oh, and barbeque! I reimagined three of my old songs. "Walk Tall" came from my first album from my 1990s band, Shakin' Apostles. Since recording it with the full band in 1990, I started performing it acoustic solo or duo, which is the feel I gave it on the record. "Train to Nowhere" came from that era, too. "I've Been Framed" came from my first solo record, Freddie Steady's Wild Country Lucky 7, that I recorded in London years ago with some great musicians, including Geraint Watkins and BJ Cole. Produced by Wes McGhee and engineered by Dave Goodman, the Sex Pistols engineer. The song started as a blues feel, and I reimagined it as a jazzy sort of thing. It is a sparse production featuring vocals, a drum kit, bass, a little piano, and some recently acquired bongo drums. I tried to imagine playing to Kerouac, Cassidy, Ginsberg, and Ferlinghetti in a little jazz club near my old digs off-Broadway in North Beach, San Francisco. It may be the birth of a new genre I would call "Beatnik Rock." Since I was unable to work those years, the songwriting was therapeutic. I hope the feeling reaches others."      
-Freddie Steady Krc

His first love was rock and roll, which had first found its way into his native Southeast Texas by way of the Beatles. By the time Freddie hit Austin, he was also passionate about the Tex-Mex mix of the Sir Douglas Quintet (his first concert), the psychedelic sounds of rock innovators like the 13th Floor Elevators, and the soulful folk of singer/songwriters like B. W. Stevenson and Jerry Jeff Walker. Freddie Steady Krc would eventually work as a band member with each of these artists, fueling his own musical ideas.

Krc appeared on dozens of national and international television shows and films. He had a role as a session drummer in the movie Outlaw Blues, starring Peter Fonda and Susan Saint James. He also did a voice-over in the U.K. animated film, When the Wind Blows. Krc has appeared on Austin City Limits three times, the first of which was in its first season as B.W. Stevenson's drummer and he would soon begin a long run as the rhythmic foundation with Jerry Jeff Walker, with whom he would write songs, work on a dozen albums and log thousands of miles.

Session drumming includes studio work with everyone from Sir Douglas Quintet's Augie Meyers to Carole King, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, to Faces' Ronnie Lane. Freddie's greatest stage memories include performing for Presidents Clinton and Ford, "one-off" drumming gigs with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the ROT Motorcycle Rally in Austin, and legendary San Francisco's Charlatans at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He'll never forget performing with Jerry Jeff at Willie Nelson's 1985 Picnic when Neil Young joined in for a set. His dozens of credits as a record producer include Peter Lewis of Moby Grape, Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels, and Al Staehely of Spirit. His published original songs number over a hundred and have been recorded by artists around the globe. He also had a song featured in the film, Purpose and another that served as the theme for the television music series, All You Can Eat Café.

Freddie Steady Krc set his drums right up front next to his bandmates with his power-pop trio, The Explosives. In 2005, The Explosives helped bring Texas legend, Roky Erickson, out of retirement, serving as his band for several years, just as they had years earlier. Roky and the Explosives enjoyed great success with the release of the Freddie-produced Halloween on Freddie's own SteadyBoy Records label.

Krc took front and center on the guitar with his country band, Freddie Steady's Wild Country, and his Western folk-rock outfit, The Shakin' Apostles, but his earliest and purest rock and roll tendencies all come together in his latest and greatest incarnation: Freddie Steady Revue. He also performs solo and duo acoustic (with Cam King).

Whether playing electric or acoustic, large hall or house concert, Freddie's always rocking, always steady.

Freddie Steady Krc website:

www.freddiesteadykrc.com

Press Quotes:

“The Freddie Steady Revue, Dandy. Now here’s a Texan that has done it all, toured the world, started a band or two, bought the T-shirt and still is searching for new ways to spread the musical word. Freddie Steady Krc is like a comet in the universe, and when he hits on new ideas to play and sing about–well, look out. DANDY has enough inspirations and amalgamations to fill up a tour bus, and as the man progresses into his mature years, he sounds like he has hit on something profound, which is do it all and fly his freak flag high. So many musical gyrations are covered on the new album that sometimes it gets a bit dizzying, but in a good way. Maybe that’s because this is someone who has pretty much seen it all and is now in the process of siphoning it all into songs like “Muchacho Borracho,” “Don’t Blow Out the Candle,” “I’ve Been Framed” and “Train to Nowhere.” Each and every track on the album stands on its own and makes the singing-drummer-guitarist-etc. a true triple-plus threat. And then there’s the musicians that have been rounded up to spread the wealth on DANDY. It’s like a role call of all the best players in the Lone Star state and beyond, to the point where they’re too many to list. So when it comes for a shot of something different, but not so different that the neighbors will call the local mental health workers to the scene, give the Freddie Steady Revue a chance. There is something truly going on within these grooves, and there’s a good chance it is some styles that haven’t been heard before. Because if anything, this man is an original and those are the kind of artists not to be missed. Do the Freddie.”-Bill Bentley, Americana Highways

“Inspired by his trips to Prague, Bohemian Dandy unfolds melodically, tracing various musical phrases and themes through a sonic landscape that evokes bright or pensive memories, joyous contemplation, and searching playfulness. The exuberant Chopped Beef rings with both innocence and enthusiasm and sounds like a juke joint late at night after the band has drained the jug and is as ripped as the audience, all enjoying themselves immensely. An album that mixes his Texas roots with a storyteller’s perspective and sharp songwriting savvy, the vulnerable moments are also key to this record’s beating heart. He showcases a softer side with the shimmery Don’t Blow Out The Candle, a sad tale of loneliness and unrequited love. A delicate melody, atmospheric guitars, and Freddie’s sensitive vocal makes for a compelling listening experience.” -Alan Cackett

"From psychedelic rock to punk to country, this jack-of-all-genres plays it all with a panache reminiscent of the late, great Sir Doug." -Rob Patterson, -Texas Music Magazine

“Texas Music Hall of Famer Freddie Steady Krc never fails to impress wherever he's playing (and he's playing somewhere tonight - bet on it!). Whether providing the thump for Roku Erickson & The Explosives and Jerry Jeff Walker or as frontman for Power Pop heroes the Freddie Steady 5, the folk-rocking Shakin' Apostles, or the Cajun-tinged. U.K. pub-rock all-star growl of Wild Country, Krc's impeccable credentials."  -Prof. Jud Cost, Magnet

“Texan roots-pop at its best." -Nick Dalton, Maverick Magazine