Cry of Love News

Audley in John Waite's New Band Project?
From Melodicrock.com
"We'll start today's update off with some exclusive information that will clarify a rumor going around right now. In recent weeks there has been reports of singer John Waite talking about a new band project he has lined up for 2008 and hopeful fans being what they are - whispers about The Babys possibly reforming started up.
Unfortunately, there are no plans for The Babys to reform.
But John Waite has put a band project together. My source has delivered to me the proposed line-up, which I'll pass on right here:
Vocals - John Waite; Guitars - Audley Freed (ex-Cry Of Love, now touring with Peter Frampton); Drums - Simon Kirke (Bad Company); Bass - Tim Hogan (JW Touring Band); Organ - Ian Maclaglan (Ronnie Wood).
I'm told that the band has plans to write and record original material. There is no name for the project, but don't be surprised to see it reflect two past group names that the guys were involved with (ie. Bad English and Bad Company).
Stay tuned for more...sounds interesting!"

Audley at National Guitar Workshop Rock Summit
June 28-July 3 2008
Audley will be a guest artist at the National Guitar Workshop between June 28th - July 3rd at The Madeira School, VA. The Rock Summit is open to intermediate and advanced guitarists, bassists and drummers. Students choose one class from those listed below, and attend these classes each day. In addition to classroom time, all rock summit students attend master classes by the faculty, participate in faculty coached rock bands and attend the Guitar Artist Workshop. Other guest artists (at different venues) include Jennifer Batten, Paul Gilbert and Vernon Reid.

Audley in 6-part Gibson Instructional vid
What a treat! Audley in a 6-part video at Gibson.com talking guitars and guitar playing! I'm so excited that I'm typing up this news item before I've even watched it all! Just to share it with you lovely peeps. Thanks for the Heads up Ceboe! Click on the Picture to see Part One. 11th Feb 08

Audley to appear with Gov't Mule for Halloween Show

In the spirit of the holiday, this year's Halloween show at the O'Shaughnessy Theatre in St. Paul, MN will be entitled GOV'T MULE'S HOLY HAUNTED HOUSE. The band will be joined by longtime friend and collaborator Audley Freed for this very special night of music.

8th October 2007 - Kelly Holland Tracks Available!
Yup. Kelly has now made two tracks from a 1997 session available to download for a very small fee. It is hoped that money raised from these tracks will fund studio time so that our favourite vocalist can lay some more groovy toones down for us all. Buy Buy Buy!

Audley At Family Wash. 10th June '07
Audley will be playing at the Family Wash, Nashville, on Sun 10th June with
'The East Nashville Aristocrats', featuring guitarist Reeves Gabrels. The band are appearing along with Ted Drozdowski's blues-duo 'The Scissormen' to celebrate, what would've been, the 97th birthday of Howling Wolf.

Audley touring with Peter Frampton
Mar 2007: Looks like Audley has been named as touring guitarist for Peter Frampton's 2007 North American 'Footprints' tour. Also in the band will be Rob Arthur (keyboards, guitar and backing vocals) and John Regan (bass), as well as Noah Levy (drums). Tour dates begin in April 12th and can be found HERE

Audley at the Family Wash 1st and 2nd March 2007
Hey, hey, my, my—rock ’n’ roll will never die. Well, certainly not this weekend, anyway, as East Nashville’s Family Wash is awash in classic from yesteryear. This Thursday and Friday, a group billing themselves as the Sons of Zevon (a reference to a previous Warren Zevon tribute show) will dig deep into the catalog of Neil Young, fronted by local heroes such as Tommy Womack, Bob Delevante, Chuck Mead, Tim Carroll, Bill Lloyd, Dave Coleman and Brian Waldschlager. The Sons are no slouches themselves: guitarists Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie), Audley Freed (Dixie Chicks, Black Crowes), Pete Finney (Dixie Chicks) and Wash co-owner Jamie Rubin, bassist Jared Reynolds (Ben Folds), keyboardist Jen Gunderman (The Jayhawks) and drummer Marco Giovino. From 7 to 9 both nights, it will be “quiet Neil,” after which time the horse will get crazy, so to speak. —JACK SILVERMAN nashvillescence.com

Audley Freed and Robert Kearns play together as two Fossils! Dec 14th 2006

Kelly Holland emails cryoflove.co.uk!
Kelly responded to an email from the site recently. He wanted to pass on his love to all the fans. Kelly said I could pass on the following message to everyone:

"Thanks so much for your kind words.It has been such an honor for me to hear from so many people in regards to their appreciation for the music we made while Cry Of Love was together. It suprises me to this day, so many years after the fact, to see that people still remember & talk about a band that was only around for just a few short years.It's very touching. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to you & all the other fans over there in the U.K. for your continued support & "fandom". You guys are truly the best fans a band could ever wish for, bar none."

I also asked Kelly about the new track that he was recording with Custer at the beginning of the year but it seems that progress has stalled on this:

"I must say that I share in your disappointment over the lack of progress in completing the song, I was excited about it, too. Thanks again for the heart-warming love everyone has shown us, it truly is one of the most wonderful things I have ever seen... I love you guys too"

Audley to appear on Sass Jordon album
Sass Jordon has just finished mastering her new record, which was produced by Colin Linden. It was recorded over four days in Nashville. Musicians include Bob Babbitt from the Funk Bros, Garry Tallent from the E Street Band, Colin Linden, Ken Koomer, Audley Freed, Bryan Owings, and Richard Bell. It's called "Get What You Give" and it will be out in Canada in September.

Dixie Chicks/Audley Freed; Tom Petty
Dixie Chicks are booked to play the Greensboro Coliseum on Oct. 22, and over 1,000 tickets were sold via a special pre-sale. But tickets to the general public have not yet gone on sale. That's because the date will "almost definitely" be postponed, according to Greensboro Coliseum public relations manager Andrew Brown. With the Chicks having soft ticket sales in many cities, their tour is being reshuffled. Most likely, the Greensboro date will be rescheduled for 2007. So if you've got one of those pre-sale tickets, all you can do for now is sit tight and wait for the official announcement.

That will put off the homecoming performance of Burgaw native Audley Freed, the former Cry of Love guitarist. Freed is playing guitar in the Chicks' touring band behind John Mellencamp/Joe Ely guitarist David Grissom -- Freed's highest-profile gig since playing in the Black Crowes and backing up Jimmy Page. - David Menconi, On The Beat. July 7th 2006

Audley to appear on British TV program "Later...with Jools Holland" ?
On 16th June, BBC 2 at 11.35pm, the Dixie Chicks will be performing on this excellent weekly live music program. Presumably, Audley will be splapping his banjo with them so this might be a good opportunity to catch up on his latest hairstyle. I wonder if he'll just be strumming a few lovely chords or maybe even playing a few tasty country licks? For you 'across the pond'rs' and Europeans, you can catch the show online for up to seven days from when it was aired at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/

Audley to play with Dixie Chicks on '06 Summer Tour
As a follow-up to their latest Rick Rubin produced album 'Taking the Long Way', (released May 23rd) the Dixie Chicks will be touring with none other than Mr Freed on Geetar.

Robert Mason interview at sleazeroxx.com
Interview can be found HERE, originally from Jan 4th 2006. Gotta love this bit: "actually I spread a joke around years ago that if you wanted your band to break up, all you had to do was hire me as your second singer LMAO!"

Audley appearing on New Album
Steven Hall is a twenty-one year old singer/songwriter from Valdosta, GA. The Steven Hall debut album ("Country by the Grace of God") was recorded over a period of four months and includes twelve songs, all of which were written either by Steven himself or we’re co-written by Steven and veteran songwriter/producer, Mark Carman. The album’s credits read like a who’s-who in modern country music and features some of the greatest musicians on the planet. Session leader, Bruce Watkins appears on acoustic guitar, fiddle and banjo, Drums: Jerry Kroon and Keith Brogdon, Electric Guitar: Kelly Back and Audley Freed, Bass Guitar: Jimmy Carter and Justin Tockett, Piano: Pig Robins, Ron Oates, Jeff Armstrong, and Mark Carman, Synthesizer: Jeff Armstrong. Percussion: Jimmy Brown and Terry McMillan Steel Guitar: Mike Johnson and Scott Sanders, Background vocals: John Wesley Ryles and Joni Twitty, Engineers include: John Nicholson, Jim Stewart and Matt Johnson. The project was recorded at three different studios in Nashville; Stonewall, Hilltop Recording Studio and the world famous OceanWay Recording Studio. From: PRWEB

Audley Working on a New Album for Sony?
San Francisco rock band Train has some North Carolina content on its new album, "For Me, It's You," out Tuesday on Columbia Records. Burgaw native Audley Freed, former guitarist in Black Crowes and Cry of Love, co-wrote two of its songs -- the title track and "Am I Reaching You Now." The connection came via Train bassist Johnny Colt, who used to play in the Black Crowes before Freed joined.
"I'm not Townes Van Zandt or anything," Freed says with a laugh. "They didn't cut songs by me alone; the songs are co-writes. I'm looking forward to hearing how they turned out. I haven't even heard them yet." It's a potentially lucrative credit for Freed, given that all three of Train's albums have sold at least 1 million copies, with 2001's "Drops of Jupiter" cracking 2 million. This should be Freed's highest-profile exposure since he left Raleigh almost three years ago for Nashville, where he spends most of his time playing studio sessions. "They say it's a five-year town, so it's working out OK," Freed says. "Doing a lot of the studio stuff really suits me. You can stay at home and be creative. I'm also doing some writing, and I started making a record last week for Sony. Although there are so many hurdles as to whether or not that will ever even come out, so who knows? Most of the records I've worked on have been for new artists you've never heard of, who will have records out this year. It's pretty workmanlike, man."
From: News & Observer by David Menconi

Audley to contribute a track to a Frank Marino Tribute CD
"Secondhand Smoke - A Tribute to Frank Marino". Is to be released on December 7, 2005. The CD, avaliable ONLY from Wildmess Records features Audley performing "It's Begun to Rain". Other contributors to the CD are Jennifer Batten, Ronnie Montrose and George Lynch.

Audley to appear at Warren Haynes Xmas Jam
Even the hardest working man in show business isn’t too busy to give back this holiday season. On December 17th 2005 Warren Haynes will be putting on his annual Christmas Jam. The gathering of jamming musicians will take place in the Civic Centre Arena in Ashevill, North Carolina, and money raised will go to Habitat for Humanity. “The Christmas Jam started 17 years ago as an opportunity for local musicians to jam at the one time of year they were all in town at the same time,” Haynes said.Aside from Haynes’ band, Gov’t Mule, the Jam will feature Trey Anastasio, who is newly solo after Phish’s split, and indie rock guitarist Edwin McCain, who won some commercial success with his 1998 single “I’ll Be.” Also rocking the stage will be Electric Hot Tuna, Audley Freed, Kevn Kinney, Ray LaMontagne, John Medeski, Ivan Neville, Dave Schools, Jon Scofield, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Marty Stuart, and Paterson Hood and Jason Isbell from the Drive By Truckers. More performers may be added as they are confirmed. The festivities will begin the day before with local radio station WNCW doing a live pre-jam broadcast on December 16th.
From "www.soulshine.ca"

"Due to damage in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina we [COC] had to pull out of the UK and European Motorhead dates. There is serious talk about a co-headlining UK/Europe tour with Clutch as early as mid January.
There is a brilliant guitarist that I have worked with recently here in the US that I think most COL fans would enjoy. His name is Jason Leroy Christensen. His website address is www.scarletrunner.net Go check him out!
peace, Jason P."

OCT 5th 2005. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDLEY!!!
If my info is accurate, Mr Freed is 43 today. If you're reading this Audley, Happy Birthday from Cryoflove.co.uk!

Audley appearance at the Family Wash 1st October 2005?
Family Wash co-owner Jamie Rubin steps to the other side of the bar Saturday night, as he takes the stage with Circus Dog Serenade, a rollicking aggregation who split the difference between Crazy Horse and the Stones, finished off with a dollop of ambient soundscape à la Radiohead. Expect a parade of celebrities—including Audley Freed (Black Crowes) and Rich Gilbert (Frank Black)—to join Rubin & Co. Boston’s Scissormen, who play raucous juke-joint blues, round out the evening. SOURCE: Nashville Scene

Audley to play the Family Wash in East Nashville all November!
Audley will be appearing in his Nashville band 'Hey, Hey, Hey' every Wednesday in November.

Audley to appear at Nashville Scene Music Festival

The Nashville Scene Music Festival will be a free indoor/outdoor festival for all ages featuring a full day of local musical talent, as well as national and local sponsors. The event will be held on September 24, 2005 at “City Hall” on 12th Ave. in the Gulch. The Festival celebrates "the local talent who make up the city’s thriving, dynamic music community".

SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB, will play the closing set of the Nashville Scene Music Festival. SCSC is an alt-country supergroup assembled just for this festival, featuring Audley Freed, Ken Coomer, Hags Haggerty, Billy Mercer, Jen Gunderman and Jesse Alexander, who between them have played with The Black Crowes, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Josh Rouse and Ryan Adams. Bolstered by other SCSC regulars, the show will feature music by Neil Young, the Stones and The Flying Burrito Brothers, among others. But don’t expect the obvious—when making the set list, they’ll be digging deep into their LP collections.

CROWES READY FOUR LIVE ALBUM
Never a band to do things conventionally, the Black Crowes are to release four live albums similtaneously. They were all recorded during the re-united band's recent run of shows at The Fillmore in San F rancisco, and add up to 85 songs in total. To order copies, go to: HERE

COC: MORE BRITISH DATES
Corrosion Of Conformity have added yet more shows to their upcoming UK tour. The full list is now: Stoke Sugarmill September 25, Oxford Zodiac 26, Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 28, Nottingham Rock City 29, Glasgow King Tut's 30, Birmingham Academy II October 1, Liverpool University 3, Manchester University 4, London Islington Academy 6. Get tickets via the ticket link at www.totalrock.com

COC FOR UK
Corrosion Of Conformity are to play long overdue shows in Britain at the end of September/early October. Tickets are already on sale via the ticket link at www.totalrock.com for dates at Nottingham Rock City on September 29 and Liverpool Academy II October 3, with more gigs set to be confirmed.

People please, if someone spills your drink or steps on your foot or hurts your feelings, it might be better to laugh it off and walk away. If some one is really creating a dangerous situation, alert the security people at the show. They are professionals or at least they get paid to handle such situations without you putting yourself in legal or physical danger.

Many people will act as if you've insulted their alleged honor but will show no honor in settling a situation. They may produce a knife our gun and as in the case of our recent Tampa show, kill or injure unarmed individuals.

This tragedy is possible anywhere people gather and especially where alcohol is involved. It also is a possibility wherever nihilism sets in, as I'm afraid it has in the world of heavy metal, where we find ourselves categorized, for better, or more likely for worse. I'm not trying to espouse any lofty ideals or spirituality but could we at least aim as high as everyone coming together however briefly, to have a good time without hurting anyone?

As fans of rock'n'roll, it's up to us to show that we can have these events without violence or unnecessary tragedy. It is important to note that it takes only one wing nut or sociopath to ruin your whole day or end your whole life. Don't be that asshole and most importantly, point him out to security or club management.

Also an important afterthought: Don't be so quick to criticize media for "negative reporting" or stereotyping while reporting on this tragedy.
There IS a lot of negativity involved in the heavy metal crowd.
Of course the bad seeds are in the minority, but look how much damage one person on one night can do.

Of course there are some slight inaccuracies in reporting and reporters are prejudiced by the nihilistic and sometimes violence-glorifying images of some groups and some fans.
Show that you are above this destructive stereotype. Our band has been committed to a higher standard for some time but it is an uphill struggle to be sure.

Four people were stabbed, and one died, during an incident at The Masquerade Club in Tampa, Florida. This happened duirng Corrosion Of Conformity's set. The whole thing seems to have been sparked by a fight in the club.

BOTTLE ROCKETS TO TOUR!

June 11 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant - Twangfest
June 16 - Milwaukee, WI @ Points East Pub
June 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
June 18 - Manitowoc, WI @ Metro Jam Festival
June 19 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Park Festival
July 9 - Hellendoorn, Netherlands @ Lantaarn
July 11 - London, England @ Borderline
July 12 - Bristol, England @ St. Bonnaventura's Parish Club
July 13 - Leicester, England @ Musician
July 14 - Newcastle upon Tyne, England @ Cluny
July 15 - Badalona, Spain @ Teatre Zorilla
July 16 - Peer, Belgium @ Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival
July 17 - Heilbronn, Germany @ Burgerhaus Bockingen
July 18 - to be announced
July 19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
August 5 - St. Louis, MO @ Strassenfest
August 6 - Springfield, IL @ Underground City Tavern
August 9 - St. Louis, MO @ Harrah's Casino

Tickets go on sale April 18, 2005, at 10 AM EST
Tickets can be purchased here: TicketWeb
Concert will be held at Webster Hall, New York, New York.
Tickets will only cost: $1.04. All tickets are General Admission (Standing Room).

The live band:
Joe Perry -lead vocal, lead guitar
Audley Freed - rhythm guitar
Charlie Drayton - bass
Paul Caruso - drums

26.04.2005
Welcome to the Cry of Love and Audley Freed fansite. Over the coming months I hope to make this a central resource for all Cry of Love/ Audley Freed fans.

As a fan of Led Zeppelin, Free, Hendrix and Classic Rock in general, Cry of Love always sounded the sort of band that I wished I could be in. In particular, the guitar work of the, sorely under-rated, Audley Freed echoes that of my favorite guitar players from the 70's and it is criminal that this band were overlooked in the 90's, partly due to the exploding Seattle music scene at the time. Parts of this site are likely to be blindingly inaccurate and I am relying on you, the fans, to help me pool together all the knowledge on this classic band to make this site the number one resource for the band.

I also hope to have a Forum up in the next few weeks so that Audley/COL fans can talk 'till sundown about the ex-band members new projects, the music of the band and swap gear and playing tips for the muso's out there. I also hope that a bootleg section will develop for show trading and to share rare COL footage over their short life.

A section of the site will be devoted specifically to Audley Freed. I hope to cover the gear that Audley uses, and build a gallery of images showing Audley in the numerous jobs he seems to be holding down at the moment! Perhaps a section devoted to guitar tabs will develop.

Any help, suggestions or links are all greatly received. Please contact me using the button on the mainpage at www.cryoflove.co.uk