Freedy Johnston Biography
Freedy Johnston (born 1961) is a New York City-based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas. Johnston's first album, "The Trouble Tree" was released in 1990, and features the guitar playing of the roots musician and author, David Hamburger. Johnston sold some of his family's farmland to finance the recording of his second album, Can You Fly (an event he wrote about in a song on that album, "Trying to Tell You I Don't Know"). Johnston followed up with his 1994 major label debut This Perfect World, which received rave reviews and led to Rolling Stone Magazine naming him "songwriter of the year". That album also spawned a minor alternative hit with the song "Bad Reputation". Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation and disappointment. Known for the craftsmanship of his songs, he has sometimes been called a "
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Freedy Johnston Albums
Title | Release | ||
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1 | Can You Fly | 1992 | |
2 | This Perfect World | 1994 | |
3 | Never Home | 1997 | |
4 | Right Between The Promises | 2001 | |
5 | Unlucky | 1994 | |
6 | Freedy Johnston: Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop | ||
7 | Other Songs C - W | ||
8 | Rain on the City |
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