Freddie & The Screamers - I Ain't Crazy (2010)

Twenty years ago Fred James had written a few songs recorded by Blues artists like Johnny Winter and The Kinsey Report. He met Richard Carpenter who shared a love of Roots Rock, Soul Music and the Blues. They wrote songs recorded by Koko Taylor, Sam Lay, Lonnie Brooks, Son Seals, and Charlie Musselwhite. Richard was a great drummer and Fred played guitar and sang. Needing a bass player, they settled on Jeff Davis, founding member of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, and put together a package show, spending the next few years touring relentlessly and recording four album. By the mid 90s, Fred retired the Screamers, did a few solo albums, played with Tommy Tutone and the reunited Amazing Rhythm Aces. He lost track of Richard Carpenter until 2007. What better excuse than a Screamers reunion? After a gig in 2008 at the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (aka The King Biscuit Blues Fest), they went into the studio to record new material. This is the result. It ain't nothin' fancy, just good, greasy, Tennessee R&B. Freddie & The Screamers are back with the back beat.