Welcome to Michael Frey's website

Find links below to Michael's other music sites 

 

"Close To Home" 

   A travelogue of the spirit . . .


Michael's new CD is a musical journey across the open plains, through red rock canyons, inside the heart and out along the bayou...here lies the passage of time, beauty, loss, inspiration, and life’s universal quandaries.  Frailing banjo, saxophone, B3 organ  

and Cajun accordion drop in and out of the scenery behind 

Michael's resonant voice and masterful guitar.

 
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A Review of "Close To Home" from The Santa Barbara Independent

Michael Frey has been one of Santa Barbara's more predictably enjoyable and kindly songsters for years, and his new CD is a good primer in the range of his work. Folk may be his general purpose category, but Frey freely surfs other subcategories, from James Taylor-colored tunesmithing to easy-does-it New Orleans music sauce on "Chasin' That Dollar Down" and "The Bayou Teche." Romantic escapist instincts, and a nice chordal twist, prevail on "Way Out in the Desert" and a nice Band-ish twang shows up on "Nothing Love Wouldn't Cure" and "Late Bloomer." 

A fine guitar player who resists the temptation to overplay, Frey sings without pretense and colors these tracks with contributions from some of the finest players on the block, including Brian Mann on organ and Bill Flores on this and that.      

by Walt Rego

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      CLOSE TO HOME

  1. Makin' It Up 
  2. Way Out In The Desert 
  3. Nothing Love Wouldn't Cure
  4. Chasin' That Dollar Down
  5. Cupid & Pan 
  6. Old Soul
  7. Anymore
  8. Late Bloomer
  9. Take It Back 
  10. The Bayou Teche
  11. Not Too Sweet
  12. Light On The Valley

    To listen to song samples or buy the cd online, click here: www.cdbaby.com/frey.  You can also order by phone - just call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD.

 

Upcoming Shows

Most Friday nights in the heated patio at Aldo's Restaurant, with Marty Van Loan on percussion. Downtown Santa Barbara, 1031 State Street.  805-963-6687

                       Saturday, May 8, 2010 - the Mesa SpringFest. Michael plays at 11:00 AM.                     Cliff Dr. and Meigs Rd. on the Santa Barbara Mesa.

       Saturday, May 15, 2010 - Crawfish Boil at Buttonwood Winery, Solvang. Michael performs fun Louisiana dance music with JT & the Zydeco Zippers. Fine wine, cajun food. Noon till 4:00. Call 805-688-3032 for details.

New dates being added regularly . . . bookmark this site & visit again.

 Please call ahead to confirm shows in case of schedule changes.  

 

For booking or to purchase CD by mail ($17, s&h included) contact: 

Leslie Merical at Three Angels & A Saint Music, 
PO Box 476, Ventura, CA 93002

or email Michael Frey: mjf@dslextreme.com

 
 
Michael Frey is available to bring great music in a variety of styles to your private party, wedding or event - performing solo, in a duo, or with a larger group.

And Michael is an experienced and active music teacher, now accepting a limited number of new students on Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele, and Bass Guitar. 

Contact Michael by email: mjf@dslextreme.com

Please visit my page on the CDBaby site: www.cdbaby.com/frey

and on MySpace: www.myspace.com/michaelfreymusic

Look me up on Facebook, too! ~ Michael

mjf@dslextreme.com