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band from Chicago, Illinois. Band members have cited as their influences

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. Despite the band's name, none of the bandmembers is named Freddy Jones; according to a 1992 interview, guitarist Wayne Healy stated it was "inspired by a big fat comic strip character named Freddy."

History

The ''

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'' stated that the band was founded in 1990. Wayne Healy and Marty Lloyd, who grew up together, began playing with high school classmate Jim Bonaccorsi while all three attended Holy Cross College near

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'', Marty Lloyd and Wayne Healy were also college students at Loyola University in Chicago.Freddy Jones Band Play the Name Game
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'', 5/8/99. Accessed May 12, 2007. Healy and Lloyd were the band's principal songwriters; by 1991, in addition to occasional songwriter Rob Bonaccorsi, the band had been filled out as a five-piece by the addition of Jim Bonaccorsi and Simon Horrocks. Their self-titled debut was released independently and then by

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followed by ''Waiting for the Night'' (1993), ''

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'' (1995), and ''Lucid'' (1997). Their song "In A Daydream" peaked at #27 on the Mainstream Rock Chart in September 1994. In 1998, bassist Jim Bonaccorsi and guitar/vocalist Rob Bonaccorsi left the band and were replaced by bassist Mark Murphy. Due to tensions between founding members Marty Lloyd and Wayne Healy, the group splintered in the winter of 2000, after having recorded an album with producer

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that was never issued.Not all is lost with breakup of Freddy Jones Band
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'', December 22, 2000. Lloyd toured as the Marty Lloyd Band in 2000 with a group of musicians drawn from previous iterations of the Freddy Jones Band as well as members of Chicago group

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. The original line up returned in 2005, doing shows in Chicago,

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'', 7/6/06. Accessed May 12, 2007. After two live albums and a compilation album, their next studio album, ''Never Change'', appeared in 2015.

Discography

* ''The Freddy Jones Band'' (Poor Boys, 1992; re-released with bonus material, 1994) * ''Waiting for the Night'' ( Capricorn, 1993) * ''

'' (Capricorn, 1995) US #186 * ''Lucid'' (

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, 1997) * ''Mile High Live'' (Capricorn, 1999) * ''High Spirits'' ( Sony Special Products, 2006; compilation 1993–1995) * ''Time Well Wasted'' (2009; live plus three new studio tracks) * ''The Freddy Jones Band'' (Volcano, 2011) eight studio and three live tracks * ''Never Change'' (Dustimmoff, 2015)

Band members

Current members

*Marty Lloyd – lead vocals, guitar * Rich Ross – bass, backing vocals * Goose Lapoint - Drums * Terry Goldstein – vocals, guitar

Former members

* Jim Bonaccorsi – bass * Rob Bonaccorsi – vocals, guitar * Simon Horrocks – drums * Wayne Healy – vocals, guitar * Jeff Duffy – drums * Mark Murphy – bass * Al Zorn – keyboards * Scott Larned -keyboards * John Sabey – bass * Dale Robin Tulk – drums * Ryan MacMillan – drums * Robert S. Miller – drums * Dave Preston – guitar * Matthew Moon – guitar, lap steel, vocals * Glen Kimberlin – bass, vocals * Renn Anderson – guitar, vocals * Jason Litwin - Percussion * Larry Beers - Drums

Notes and references

External links

Official Website
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