Finally, the long awaited debut of SETH FREEMAN on Soulful Gypsy Records has arrived. THE SONGS: Seth’s material is rich with story, whether his own, or collaborations and contributions from friends and family, including Josh and Zack Bramhall (nephews of Texas songwriter, Doyle), Hadden Sayers (Blue Corn Music), Danny Tate (Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s co-writer), Lucious Spiller (Arkansas’ best kept secret), Jeff Joslin, Rusty Knight (organist for The Doobie Brothers), Ronnie Wurst and his father, Jeff Freeman. 1. Rollin’ & Tumblin’ - He kicks off the record with one of two covers on the disc, a blazing version of Muddy Waters’ “Rollin’ & Tumblin’” which is already trending on Reverb Nation, and lasts for almost seven-an-a-half minutes yet, you don’t really notice because of Seth’s tasty and yet complex arrangement of the well known song, showcasing his incredible lap steel playing and arranging skills with a relentless disco beat that transforms into a John Lee Hooker like trance. 2. Love Won’t Let Me Go - Without hesitation, he opens a vein on track #2 in a heartfelt, mid-tempo ballad with great chord changes and worldly lyrics, co-written by Hadden Sayers & Danny Tate, “Love Won’t Let Me Go” about traveling the world, but still feeling alone. 3. Back At The Chicken Shack - With Hammond organ from longtime friend Chris Gulley, Seth turns Jimmy Smith’s “Back At The Chicken Shack” into an aggressive, nasty guitar-led melody. One of two instrumentals. 4. Good Love - Next is a ballad he wrote about a friend’s girlfriend, “Good Love” gone bad, with Seth on acoustic guitar and co-producer Rik Nielsen, on the resonator. This song Seth co-wrote with Ronnie Wurst, and is also found on Seth’s acoustic CD. 5. Put The Blame On Me featuring Lucious Spiller - The very talented & yet mysterious Lucious Spiller, wrote and shares the vocals on what most of Seth’s supporters agree is the first hit song on this debut. “Put The Blame On Me”, a minor blues with contemporary changes, may be sad but it’s very soulful & so truthful for so many—Lucious said it out loud and Seth got him to complete the lyrics and record Seth’s arrangement of the song. Lucious also recorded two more versions of it and Seth’s version has already reached #2 in the Seattle Reverb Nation Blues Charts! 6. Red Dress - What follows is one of the nastiest lap steel blues songs ever made, “Red Dress,” which delivers a mid tempo funky groove custom made for sexy dancing with Seth and his custom lap steel right up in yo’ face, adding Rik Nielsen on slide guitar for a climactic ending. These are Seth’s riff’s and Rusty & Seth’s lyrics. 7. Aurora (instrumental) – One of two instrumentals, it takes off quietly, and builds to a full sound that gives you just a peek at Seth’s jazzier side with stacked 4ths in a dreamy landscape that ‘takes you on a ride through the stars and galactic interstellar mad scientist changes’. This debut CD was almost called Aurora, because his inspiration came from seeing the infamous Aurora lights of Alaska, which he witnessed for the first time the night before he broke his back. He wrote it on the night of a going away party from Alaska to Arkansas and recorded it in one take with Alaska players, although laid in the Hammond track later. 8. A Dream Worth Livin’ In - A ballad he penned alone about his own heartbreak, yet it actually reveals his belief in his own dreams “Dream Worth Livin’ In.” It also features another unique instrument Seth has learned to play, the Weissenborn, which is actually played on the recording by Rik Nielsen, with Seth on acoustic and dobro guitars. He was in a deep state of mind when the muse hit and he wrote it out in nine minutes, translated the feelings with a little help from Rik, and then put it away. 9. In The Reins featuring Zack Bramhall - Next is “In The Reins,” a haunting and poetic melody with a horse reference and many more possible interpretations…the reins of love, or the reigns of government, of bills or of horses… features Zack Bramhall on vocals, who co-wrote the song with his brother Josh Bramhall and Seth. (Also called ‘In The Reigns’ on Zack’s CD). 10. Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby featuring Jeff Freeman - Seth’s dad, Jeff Freeman, is a powerful vocalist and formidable guitarist as you might imagine, and he is also an amazing songwriter. Jeff is featured on one he wrote that could easily end up being a hit song on Seth’s release, “Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby”. He wrote it about Seth’s ex-step mom, and promptly reported, “I wrote you a shuffle son!” Jeff wrote the lyrics and Seth wrote the music on this Chicago, big city, suits & hats style shuffle. 11. Pain & Agony - This last track is a contemporary rootsy ballad based on a poem his grandmother wrote for him after his accident, expressing Seth’s ongoing struggle with “Pain & Agony” and also the parallel pain of soldiers returning home from war. Produced by Darian Stribling, Seth Freeman & Rik Nielsen Written by Marlee Walker, Blues To Do, Seattle CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS INCLUDE: Zack Bramhall – Nephew to Doyle Bramhall, Zack delivers the perfect vocal for their co-written song, “In The Reins” aka “In The Reigns”. Lucious Spiller - Seth says Lucious is Arkansas’ well-loved and best-kept secret, Magic Sam’s nephew, an experienced performer with amazing talent and history. Jeff Freeman – Seth’s father, a formidable songwriter, strong vocalist and guitarist as well. Hadden Sayers – Blue Corn Music recording artist and longtime friend of Seth’s. John Seaberg – A member of Detroit’s Local 5 Union, he played in the band ‘Detroit’ with Rusty Day (Amboy Dukes and Cactus), and met Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Seaberg and Gaines founded Crawdad, and after Gaines died on the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in ’77, Seaberg played with Charlie Musselwhite, Big Brother & The Holding Co., and Max Schwensen, living in the Seattle area and then moving to Arkansas. MORE STORIES: -It was Hendrix’s Birthday, Seth was playing a special gig at his favorite hometown nightclub, The West End Smokehouse in Little Rock, Arkansas with the late great Michael Burks and some of his other guitar playin’ buddies. He was in the middle of tearin’ it up on “Hear My Train A Comin’” and he was really feelin’ it, and behind him, the voice-coil in the speaker in his Fender Deluxe Reverb amp started to fail and began to smoke, and soon it caught the paper of the cone and next the grill cloth on fire almost instantly. With the reactions on the faces in the crowd, Seth played even harder and then turned around to see Michael come runnin’ to unplug it and throw water on it, while everyone stood there absolutely amazed at what had just happened! Seth was using more than one amp so it wasn't quite so noticeable when the Deleuxe went. “Hell, they say an amp sounds best just before it goes!” – Seth Freeman