Freeloader

Freeloader's name was inspired by "Freddie Freeloader," one of the modal post-bop gems that jazz trumpeter Miles Davis wrote for his famous and highly influential Kind of Blue session of 1959. But Freeloader does not sound anything like any of Davis' groups; in fact, its music isn't jazz at all. Rather, the New York-based trio specializes in raw, gritty, earthy roots rock, and its main influences range from the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and the Band to Gram Parsons and Tom Petty. Other valid comparisons include John Cougar Mellencamp and Steve Earle. Although Freeloader didn'...