Jeffrey Frederick
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeffrey Sutton Frederick |
| Born | Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
| Origin | Vermont and Portland, United States |
| Died | Portland, Oregon |
| Genres | Alternative country, Americana, rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960s - 1990s |
| Labels | Frederick Productions, Rounder Records |
| Associated acts | The Clamtones Automatic Slim & the Fat Boys The Holy Modal Rounders Les Clams The Jeffrey Frederick Band |
| Website | www.jeffreyfrederick.com |
Jeffrey Sutton Frederick (1950–1997) was a songwriter, guitarist and performer specializing in good-time Americana music—an idiosyncratic blend of folk, country and rock and roll. He was a largely uncredited predecessor of today's alternative country music genre. Also notorious for his pranks, he was a prodigious songwriter, specializing in sly, hilarious and soulful pieces. Frederick's tightly crafted songs and intricate guitar work were praised by the likes of Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, and Dan Hicks. His songs are being featured in a series of tribute albums, starting with St. Jeffrey's Day: The Songs of Jeffrey Frederick, Volume I (2008). Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones (his best-known group) were inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on October 8, 2011.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, to highly religious parents, Harry and Edna Frederick, he spent most of his early years in rural Vermont. He went so far as to become an Eagle Scout, but quit the Scouts at age 14 to start his first band, the Renegades.
In the late 1960s Frederick, Jill Gross, Morgan Huber, John Raskin, and Robert Nickson (Froggy) established the original Clamtones band in Vermont. In the early 1970s, Frederick made some changes and started Automatic Slim & the Fat Boys (celebrated in Michael Hurley's song by the same name on his first Rounder Records album, Snockgrass). In addition to Frederick, the band consisted of his close friend, Michael Hurley (vocals, guitar, banjo), Doug Southworth (piano, guitar), and Melting Snow (Tom Hayes) (guitar).
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