May 9, 2025 • 19 mins
Extraordinary talent meets unwavering determination in this captivating conversation with Miss Freddye, Pittsburgh's Lady of the Blues. From her roots singing in church to becoming a celebrated blues vocalist with two bands, Miss Freddye shares her remarkable journey with the authenticity that defines both her music and her approach to life.
Behind the powerful voice that graces stages across Pennsylvania lies an equally powerful story of resilience. Miss Freddye wears many hats with grace—full-time oncology nurse, two-time breast cancer survivor, mother, grandmother, bandleader, and soon-to-be barber. Her musical origin story captivates as she recounts her first band audition, performed from a bathroom with running water to mask her nervousness after her bass-player boyfriend discovered her singing talent.
The conversation delves into the evolution of her musical career, from winning a West Virginia Blues competition to her current projects including a Blues and Roots album titled "The Know How," a country single dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and an upcoming gospel album featuring her first self-written song. Listeners are treated to a stunning acapella performance of "Wade in the Water" that showcases the soulful voice that has earned her recognition as Pittsburgh's premier blues vocalist.
What resonates most throughout this episode is Miss Freddye's philosophy on authenticity and perseverance. "Be true to yourself. Don't sell your soul, because it really ain't worth it in the long run," she advises, emphasizing the importance of having multiple plans when facing life's inevitable obstacles. Her wisdom, drawn from real-life experiences balancing multiple careers and overcoming health challenges, offers inspiration for anyone pursuing their passions.
Whether you're a blues enthusiast, an aspiring musician, or someone seeking motivation to follow your dreams at any age, Miss Freddye's story will move you. Follow her journey on social media and discover her music on all major streaming platforms. As she says, "Keep it moving forward. Don't never take no two steps back, just go three steps forward and you'll be all right."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Living the Dream Podcast with
Curveball, if you believe youcan achieve.
Welcome to the Living the Dreamwith Curveball Podcast, a show
where I interview guests thatteach, motivate and inspire.
(00:24):
Today, I am joined byPittsburgh Lady of the Blues,
miss Freddie.
Miss Freddie is a bluessinger-songwriter.
She's been singing for a longtime and she has a beautiful
voice and hopefully she will,you know, grace us with that
beautiful voice sometime in theinterview.
But we're going to be talkingto her about everything that
(00:48):
she's up to and any new projectsthat she's working on and how
she got started.
So, ms Freddie, thank you somuch for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Oh, you're welcome.
Thank you for having me.
I am very, very blessed andglad that I'm here with you and
everybody out there too.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Why don't you start off by telling everybody a
little bit about yourself?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I wear many hats, which that's what I chose to do
in life.
I'm a mom and a grandma and I'ma nurse working full time,
still in the setting ofoutpatient.
We deal with pancreatic, colonand rectal cancers, and I'm a
(01:33):
two time breast cancer survivor.
I'm also musician.
I have two bands.
I'm the singer.
Miss Freddie's Blues Band isthe one and Miss Freddie's Home
Cooking Band is the other one,and a lot of people will not
believe this when I tell them,because there are a lot of
people that follow me and thenpeople know me personally.
(01:55):
I applied to Barber School herein my area and I got accepted.
I'm just waiting on when I canstart.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Man, that sounds like you're doing it big.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You know what I have to tell you.
I thought I was busy.
I guess I'm not busy enough,but I love what I do in life.
You know, I started out singingas a kid just with a
neighborhood friend and we wouldpretend we're singing in front
of thousands of people.
Then one Christmas my mombought me this pink microphone
(02:31):
little plastic thing attached tolike I guess what would be a
speaker.
But I really didn't get outthere singing in front of people
till I was 15 in the church.
I grew up in a church.
I was 15 in the church, I grewup in a church.
My first solo in the church at15 and it did not go well and
(02:58):
that's how I developed my stagefright.
But throughout the years, in my20s and 30s, I continued
singing in the church and thechoir but, you know, never out
front background until 96.
I was dating a bass player in aband.
I would go out and hear theband you're pretty good.
They did blues, um.
And then he heard me sing oneof my favorite holiday songs,
silent night.
I was singing it to my youngesthe was three at the time, I was
(03:18):
singing it acapella and he'slike I didn't know you could
sing and I said I didn't knoweither.
He said we're looking for asinger and I, you, I just, I
just kind of went to piecesinside and then he coached me
and I went to audition.
The band was in one room and Iwent in the bathroom the court
had to be 100 feet and turned onthe water and I just made up
(03:40):
something, had no idea aboutblues, even though my mom I grew
up with my mom listening toblues.
My dad listened to country, youknow, and I got in the band and
you know here I am over theyears.
And then I ended up I was anurse already Because I wanted
to be a pediatrician, I wantedto be a neurosurgeon, but it
(04:01):
didn't work out that way.
So I chose nursing, which I'mglad, you know, because I get to
actually interact with thepatients that I've taken care of
over the years and I love toteach.
So patient education is my bigthing.
I love, you know, teaching, youknow, especially patients that
are getting ready to havesurgery or they, you know,
they're going through a crisisbecause they've been diagnosed
(04:23):
with cancer.
I can relate to that duringthat diagnosis, because it's
terrifying, it truly is, becauseyour first thought is how long
am I going to have to live?
And oh my goodness, I got to dowhat I have to do.
So, um, that's me in a nutshell.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Okay, well, you said you had two bands.
You know, you know, kind of,tell us about your two bands,
how they got started, tell usabout the members and anything
else you want us to know aboutthe band.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Absolutely so.
96, I joined my first band, bmwBlues Music Works and Big Al
Leavitt he's a little four foot11 guy.
He was a psychologist but heloved blues.
I mean, he could play thatkeyboard like nobody's business.
And then after a while, about2002, 2003, I ventured off,
(05:12):
started my own thing called BluePhase, and a couple of the band
members from the band I was in,you know, helped me out with
play out.
I didn't play often because Ihad no clue about marketing
myself, my brand.
I had no clue with booking gigs.
So the way I would go out andyou know book gigs, shows is I
would take one of my favoritelove songs at last at a James
(05:35):
version and I would singacapella.
I would go to a venue and singacapella.
So that's how I got my gigs.
I would go to a venue and singacapella.
So that's how I got my gigs.
But fast forward, blue PhaseF-A-Z-E was my first band and we
played out.
Not a lot, but we played out.
We competed in some bluescompetitions and then we went to
(06:01):
West Virginia the now defunctWest Virginia Blues Society,
miss Freddie's Blues Band.
We were called Blue Phase andwe won.
That was 2008,.
And we went to Memphis torepresent West Virginia.
We didn't win or place but itwas a good experience.
Never been that part of theSouth and I loved going there.
But fast forward.
I have now Miss Freddie's BluesBand.
It's me the lead singer.
Then I have Greg Casill.
(06:23):
I dubbed him as G-Man, soeverybody knows him as G-Man.
He's my lead guitar player.
Then my bass player is GregSeiko and he also runs sound for
us.
He's a good sound man.
And then I have Bob Powers.
I've named him Bobby Deal onlap steel because he plays the
lap steel and it rhymes.
(06:43):
I like it.
And my drummer he's new to theband.
He just came last year aroundthis time this is his
anniversary year with me.
His name is Sean Tyler.
He's a great drummer and I justfound out not too long ago he
could sing.
Then my second band, me againsinging.
And then I have Mike Houston.
He plays guitar and he sings.
(07:07):
And Greg Seiko, the bass playerfrom the first band, is in this
band also.
And I have a percussionist.
His name is Bob DeCola.
He plays congas but lately he'sbeen bringing out his drums.
So I have the variety of bothworlds.
The blues band.
We play blues, a little bit ofR&B, soul clap.
You know rock, blues rock, thehome cooking band.
(07:29):
We do blues, classic rock,gospel, because every now and
then we get commissioned.
We're asked to you know, do ashow at a church, or I'll get
asked to do a duo show.
You know a church.
Do a couple of selections.
So that those are my guys in anutshell and I'm proud of both
bands.
There's such good guys to workwith I don't have to worry about
(07:51):
anything.
So all together combined hadboth bands and probably about
since 2008, 2009.
And it's been all uphill eversince.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Okay, well, congratulations on that.
Well, I know you do have abeautiful voice.
So, if you would, you know what?
Why don't you grace thelisteners with a bit of acapella
so they can hear what I'veheard?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know what?
How about if I do Wade in theWater?
Everybody knows that.
Well, not everybody, but a lotof people know that and I tell
people.
If you know the song wheneverI'm out, sing along with me.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, go ahead and tell it now, I will, I will.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Wade in the water.
Wade in the water.
Children Wade in the water.
You know God's gonna troublethe water.
See that host, all dressed inwhite.
(09:00):
He's gonna trouble the water.
Well, it looks like thechildren of the Israelites.
He's gonna trouble the water.
Well, wait in the water.
Wait in the water, children,wait in the water.
(09:25):
I said God's gonna trouble thewater.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Wow, there it is, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I love singing that song and I still do it.
I still play it out with bothbands.
Yeah, it's a cool song.
Yes, you are good, do it.
I still play it out with bothbands.
Yeah, it's a cool song.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yes, you are good at it, so tell us about, you know,
any upcoming projects that youguys are working on and you know
.
Tell us what inspired them andwhat we can expect when we
listen to them.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh my gosh, I have.
Well, I have several thingsgoing on musically.
I have several things going onmusically.
I'm still working on my Bluesand Roots album.
It's all original material andthe songwriter is Mike Sweeney.
He's a bass player but hewrites a lot of music for a lot
of musicians and he even has afolder for each musician and I
(10:18):
know my folder is thick becauseI've seen it.
He's like I've got this songand try this.
But all the songs on that album, um, are his and I love every
last one of them because theyit's a tribute to my parents.
Both my parents are from thesouth and, as I mentioned before
, my mom loved blues.
My dad, you know, loved country, but you they love R&B and the
(10:41):
soul thing.
But you know, it's really thatdeep down stuff that I'm doing
and the title of the album isgoing to be called the Know how.
So I'm excited about that andit's actually different local
musicians who have played on it,so it's a variety of everybody.
Then I'm working on a countrytune that is off of my very
(11:05):
first album back in 2010.
And the title of that song isPink Lemonade.
I'm going to release it as asingle next couple months or so
and it's a tribute, it's a greatsong.
Reminds you sitting outside thekids are playing, you know
people are cooking and heresomebody comes out with this
great big pitcher lemonade and Ialso want to dedicate it.
(11:27):
Rededicate it to October forBreast Cancer Awareness Month,
especially with me being abreast cancer survivor twice.
So that's my one project.
And then I have I'm going to beworking on a gospel album and I
actually wrote my very firstgospel song and I think that
song is going to.
(11:48):
I had an original song that theHome Cooking Band spins off
into the gospel band called theGlory B Band, and I was going to
title the album that.
But I think I'm going to titleit the gospel song that I wrote.
So stay tuned on that and it'sonly going to be like maybe
(12:08):
anywhere five to eight songs,you know, because I want people
to really listen and to reallyget into that.
So you know three, fourdifferent musicians to do some
background vocals on theiroriginal songs that they've
written.
(12:31):
So I'm excited about that, verybusy with the projects and you
know that's what's coming now,next year, coming Now next year.
I want to write, not write, butI think I want to produce an
album that has all love songs,all original.
So the love songs that I havedone throughout the years that
(12:51):
are original is going to redothem and then just put it on the
album and hopefully, hopefully,I can get it out by February
14th of next year.
So that's what I have going ontop of you know, when do I start
barber school?
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Absolutely, and so listeners can keep up with
everything that you're up to.
Throw out your contact info.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Absolutely.
You all can check me out onFacebook.
Just go to Miss Freddie, that'sM-I-S-S-F-R-E-D-D-Y-E and look
me up and like my page andfollow me.
I have a website, missfreddycom.
I'm on Instagram, freddieStover's Blues, and I'm on X
formerly Twitter, as atMissFreddy17.
(13:39):
So follow me there.
You can find my music onYouTube.
You can find it on iTunes,amazon, pretty much a majority
of the music platforms that areout there.
So I'm excited I've got, I'mdoing a lot of different new
shows not going out of town,though, because I don't know
when I'm going to start school,so I don't want to be away.
(14:00):
You know touring or doing ashow, and I get a call oh,
you've got to start school onthis Monday or whatever.
So I'm staying close to homethis year and that's how they
can find me, and it's excitingtimes.
I might be busy, but not really.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Absolutely.
It's never work when you'redoing something that you love.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
That is very true.
That is very true and I'm verygrateful for that.
And I'm teaching myself to playbass.
Oh, there you go, I got my bass.
I've had her for two years.
I had to let it go for a couplemonths because you know, doing
things, and then with work andfamily, but I'm going to pick it
up again in a couple of weeksand just keep practicing.
(14:45):
I don't want to play it out thereason why I'm taking up the
bass.
I want to know the mechanicsbehind the rhythm section.
That's important because Iadmire the rhythm section of any
band.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Absolutely.
We'll close this out with somefinal thoughts.
Maybe, if that was something Iforgot to talk about, that you
would like to touch on, or anyfinal thoughts you have for the
listeners, and throw out yourwebsite again as well.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Oh yeah, absolutely what I want to say to everybody
out there I love what I do and Ilove that you all love what I
do, and it's very, veryimportant.
I tell people I'm, I'm not fake.
I don't act like you know somediva, you know from outer space.
However you want to look at it,I try to be very, very down to
(15:31):
earth.
Because that's important,because I want you all, if you
ever listen to my music, I wantyou to remember me.
You know, hey, I heard her talkor I heard her do this or she
did that, and that's important.
And even for those of you whoare starting out in music, no
matter if you play an instrumentyou sing, do both.
That, for those of you who arestarting out in music, no matter
if you play an instrument yousing, do both.
That's great.
(15:51):
Always remember to be true toyourself.
Always remember I don't carewhat your religious background
is believe in yourself andbelieve that you can move
forward.
Yes, you're going to faceobstacles, of course.
If there's anybody out therethat has never faced obstacles,
please let me know.
I want to know how you bypassall that.
But you are.
You're going to face hurdlesand unfortunately, that's the
(16:15):
normal part of life.
The trick of it is to make sureyou have a plan A, b and C.
A works Okay, then somethingmight happen.
And you got plan B Okay,something might happen.
You got plan C.
Plan C is for you to go back toA and B and combine them and
(16:35):
then you've got what you need todo.
So stick to yourself.
Be true to yourself, no matterif you.
You know you want to writepoetry, you want to write books,
you know you want to be ascientist.
Whatever you want to be be trueto yourself.
Stay that way to yourself.
Don't sell your soul, becauseit really ain't worth it in the
long run, because you know, onceyou're done, you know you're
kind of tossed aside and it'slike moving on to the next
person or the next best thing inlife.
(16:57):
That's why you can go to mywebsite, missfreddycom, and find
out where I'm at, find outwhat's going on, what I've been
doing.
You know I'm excited about, youknow, life period and I know a
lot of people are down.
But you know what.
You can control how you reactto situations and issues,
(17:17):
because at the end of the day,when you lay your head down to
go to sleep unless you worknight term.
You know it's all about you andit's all about your comfort
zone.
So those are my you know wordsfor people out there and I stand
by those.
Sometimes I might slip a littlebit, but then I have to remind
myself wait, I'm telling peopleabout you know, such and such a
(17:39):
thing I need to follow.
You know what I'm trying totell people and it works.
You know, I've run into peoplewho see me on the street, know
that I'm a nerd, but they'vecome hear me sing and they're
like oh, you know you're.
You know they tell theirfriends I've been telling my
friend to come out and see youand blah, blah, blah and they
don't like blues and they don'tlike this.
But then when the friends comeout, they have a good time and
(17:59):
say I'm gonna start followingyou.
Think about yourself becauseyou, you know your heart.
You know if you got a goodheart, this is going to slide on
out there to other people.
You know, surround yourselfwith good people, people that
have intention, that are selfrespecting, and that
(18:22):
self-respect will spin off torespecting you.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Absolutely.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is agreat message.
Please check out missfreddycom.
Check her out on all the socialmedias and streaming platforms.
Follow, rate, review, sharethis episode to as many people
as possible.
Let them hear Miss Freddy'sbeautiful music.
Follow us on your favoritepodcast platform.
(18:48):
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the Dream with Curveball podcast.
Thank you for listening andsupporting the show and Miss
Freddie.
Thank you for all that you'redoing and congratulations on
everything, and thank you forjoining me me.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Oh, you're very welcome and thank you for
supporting, you know, us artistsout there.
We really appreciate you andthat's the gospel truth.
And you know, many blessings toeverybody out there.
You know, keep it movingforward.
Don't never take no two stepsback, just go three steps
forward and you'll be allrightcom.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Until next time, keep living the dream.
Welcome to the Living the Dream Podcast with
Curveball, if you believe youcan achieve.
Welcome to the Living the Dreamwith Curveball Podcast, a show
where I interview guests thatteach, motivate and inspire.
(00:24):
Today, I am joined byPittsburgh Lady of the Blues,
miss Freddie.
Miss Freddie is a bluessinger-songwriter.
She's been singing for a longtime and she has a beautiful
voice and hopefully she will,you know, grace us with that
beautiful voice sometime in theinterview.
But we're going to be talkingto her about everything that
(00:48):
she's up to and any new projectsthat she's working on and how
she got started.
So, ms Freddie, thank you somuch for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Oh, you're welcome.
Thank you for having me.
I am very, very blessed andglad that I'm here with you and
everybody out there too.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Why don't you start off by telling everybody a
little bit about yourself?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I wear many hats, which that's what I chose to do
in life.
I'm a mom and a grandma and I'ma nurse working full time,
still in the setting ofoutpatient.
We deal with pancreatic, colonand rectal cancers, and I'm a
(01:33):
two time breast cancer survivor.
I'm also musician.
I have two bands.
I'm the singer.
Miss Freddie's Blues Band isthe one and Miss Freddie's Home
Cooking Band is the other one,and a lot of people will not
believe this when I tell them,because there are a lot of
people that follow me and thenpeople know me personally.
(01:55):
I applied to Barber School herein my area and I got accepted.
I'm just waiting on when I canstart.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Man, that sounds like you're doing it big.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You know what I have to tell you.
I thought I was busy.
I guess I'm not busy enough,but I love what I do in life.
You know, I started out singingas a kid just with a
neighborhood friend and we wouldpretend we're singing in front
of thousands of people.
Then one Christmas my mombought me this pink microphone
(02:31):
little plastic thing attached tolike I guess what would be a
speaker.
But I really didn't get outthere singing in front of people
till I was 15 in the church.
I grew up in a church.
I was 15 in the church, I grewup in a church.
My first solo in the church at15 and it did not go well and
(02:58):
that's how I developed my stagefright.
But throughout the years, in my20s and 30s, I continued
singing in the church and thechoir but, you know, never out
front background until 96.
I was dating a bass player in aband.
I would go out and hear theband you're pretty good.
They did blues, um.
And then he heard me sing oneof my favorite holiday songs,
silent night.
I was singing it to my youngesthe was three at the time, I was
(03:18):
singing it acapella and he'slike I didn't know you could
sing and I said I didn't knoweither.
He said we're looking for asinger and I, you, I just, I
just kind of went to piecesinside and then he coached me
and I went to audition.
The band was in one room and Iwent in the bathroom the court
had to be 100 feet and turned onthe water and I just made up
(03:40):
something, had no idea aboutblues, even though my mom I grew
up with my mom listening toblues.
My dad listened to country, youknow, and I got in the band and
you know here I am over theyears.
And then I ended up I was anurse already Because I wanted
to be a pediatrician, I wantedto be a neurosurgeon, but it
(04:01):
didn't work out that way.
So I chose nursing, which I'mglad, you know, because I get to
actually interact with thepatients that I've taken care of
over the years and I love toteach.
So patient education is my bigthing.
I love, you know, teaching, youknow, especially patients that
are getting ready to havesurgery or they, you know,
they're going through a crisisbecause they've been diagnosed
(04:23):
with cancer.
I can relate to that duringthat diagnosis, because it's
terrifying, it truly is, becauseyour first thought is how long
am I going to have to live?
And oh my goodness, I got to dowhat I have to do.
So, um, that's me in a nutshell.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Okay, well, you said you had two bands.
You know, you know, kind of,tell us about your two bands,
how they got started, tell usabout the members and anything
else you want us to know aboutthe band.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Absolutely so.
96, I joined my first band, bmwBlues Music Works and Big Al
Leavitt he's a little four foot11 guy.
He was a psychologist but heloved blues.
I mean, he could play thatkeyboard like nobody's business.
And then after a while, about2002, 2003, I ventured off,
(05:12):
started my own thing called BluePhase, and a couple of the band
members from the band I was in,you know, helped me out with
play out.
I didn't play often because Ihad no clue about marketing
myself, my brand.
I had no clue with booking gigs.
So the way I would go out andyou know book gigs, shows is I
would take one of my favoritelove songs at last at a James
(05:35):
version and I would singacapella.
I would go to a venue and singacapella.
So that's how I got my gigs.
I would go to a venue and singacapella.
So that's how I got my gigs.
But fast forward, blue PhaseF-A-Z-E was my first band and we
played out.
Not a lot, but we played out.
We competed in some bluescompetitions and then we went to
(06:01):
West Virginia the now defunctWest Virginia Blues Society,
miss Freddie's Blues Band.
We were called Blue Phase andwe won.
That was 2008,.
And we went to Memphis torepresent West Virginia.
We didn't win or place but itwas a good experience.
Never been that part of theSouth and I loved going there.
But fast forward.
I have now Miss Freddie's BluesBand.
It's me the lead singer.
Then I have Greg Casill.
(06:23):
I dubbed him as G-Man, soeverybody knows him as G-Man.
He's my lead guitar player.
Then my bass player is GregSeiko and he also runs sound for
us.
He's a good sound man.
And then I have Bob Powers.
I've named him Bobby Deal onlap steel because he plays the
lap steel and it rhymes.
(06:43):
I like it.
And my drummer he's new to theband.
He just came last year aroundthis time this is his
anniversary year with me.
His name is Sean Tyler.
He's a great drummer and I justfound out not too long ago he
could sing.
Then my second band, me againsinging.
And then I have Mike Houston.
He plays guitar and he sings.
(07:07):
And Greg Seiko, the bass playerfrom the first band, is in this
band also.
And I have a percussionist.
His name is Bob DeCola.
He plays congas but lately he'sbeen bringing out his drums.
So I have the variety of bothworlds.
The blues band.
We play blues, a little bit ofR&B, soul clap.
You know rock, blues rock, thehome cooking band.
(07:29):
We do blues, classic rock,gospel, because every now and
then we get commissioned.
We're asked to you know, do ashow at a church, or I'll get
asked to do a duo show.
You know a church.
Do a couple of selections.
So that those are my guys in anutshell and I'm proud of both
bands.
There's such good guys to workwith I don't have to worry about
(07:51):
anything.
So all together combined hadboth bands and probably about
since 2008, 2009.
And it's been all uphill eversince.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Okay, well, congratulations on that.
Well, I know you do have abeautiful voice.
So, if you would, you know what?
Why don't you grace thelisteners with a bit of acapella
so they can hear what I'veheard?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know what?
How about if I do Wade in theWater?
Everybody knows that.
Well, not everybody, but a lotof people know that and I tell
people.
If you know the song wheneverI'm out, sing along with me.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, go ahead and tell it now, I will, I will.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Wade in the water.
Wade in the water.
Children Wade in the water.
You know God's gonna troublethe water.
See that host, all dressed inwhite.
(09:00):
He's gonna trouble the water.
Well, it looks like thechildren of the Israelites.
He's gonna trouble the water.
Well, wait in the water.
Wait in the water, children,wait in the water.
(09:25):
I said God's gonna trouble thewater.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Wow, there it is, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I love singing that song and I still do it.
I still play it out with bothbands.
Yeah, it's a cool song.
Yes, you are good, do it.
I still play it out with bothbands.
Yeah, it's a cool song.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yes, you are good at it, so tell us about, you know,
any upcoming projects that youguys are working on and you know
.
Tell us what inspired them andwhat we can expect when we
listen to them.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh my gosh, I have.
Well, I have several thingsgoing on musically.
I have several things going onmusically.
I'm still working on my Bluesand Roots album.
It's all original material andthe songwriter is Mike Sweeney.
He's a bass player but hewrites a lot of music for a lot
of musicians and he even has afolder for each musician and I
(10:18):
know my folder is thick becauseI've seen it.
He's like I've got this songand try this.
But all the songs on that album, um, are his and I love every
last one of them because theyit's a tribute to my parents.
Both my parents are from thesouth and, as I mentioned before
, my mom loved blues.
My dad, you know, loved country, but you they love R&B and the
(10:41):
soul thing.
But you know, it's really thatdeep down stuff that I'm doing
and the title of the album isgoing to be called the Know how.
So I'm excited about that andit's actually different local
musicians who have played on it,so it's a variety of everybody.
Then I'm working on a countrytune that is off of my very
(11:05):
first album back in 2010.
And the title of that song isPink Lemonade.
I'm going to release it as asingle next couple months or so
and it's a tribute, it's a greatsong.
Reminds you sitting outside thekids are playing, you know
people are cooking and heresomebody comes out with this
great big pitcher lemonade and Ialso want to dedicate it.
(11:27):
Rededicate it to October forBreast Cancer Awareness Month,
especially with me being abreast cancer survivor twice.
So that's my one project.
And then I have I'm going to beworking on a gospel album and I
actually wrote my very firstgospel song and I think that
song is going to.
(11:48):
I had an original song that theHome Cooking Band spins off
into the gospel band called theGlory B Band, and I was going to
title the album that.
But I think I'm going to titleit the gospel song that I wrote.
So stay tuned on that and it'sonly going to be like maybe
(12:08):
anywhere five to eight songs,you know, because I want people
to really listen and to reallyget into that.
So you know three, fourdifferent musicians to do some
background vocals on theiroriginal songs that they've
written.
(12:31):
So I'm excited about that, verybusy with the projects and you
know that's what's coming now,next year, coming Now next year.
I want to write, not write, butI think I want to produce an
album that has all love songs,all original.
So the love songs that I havedone throughout the years that
(12:51):
are original is going to redothem and then just put it on the
album and hopefully, hopefully,I can get it out by February
14th of next year.
So that's what I have going ontop of you know, when do I start
barber school?
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Absolutely, and so listeners can keep up with
everything that you're up to.
Throw out your contact info.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Absolutely.
You all can check me out onFacebook.
Just go to Miss Freddie, that'sM-I-S-S-F-R-E-D-D-Y-E and look
me up and like my page andfollow me.
I have a website, missfreddycom.
I'm on Instagram, freddieStover's Blues, and I'm on X
formerly Twitter, as atMissFreddy17.
(13:39):
So follow me there.
You can find my music onYouTube.
You can find it on iTunes,amazon, pretty much a majority
of the music platforms that areout there.
So I'm excited I've got, I'mdoing a lot of different new
shows not going out of town,though, because I don't know
when I'm going to start school,so I don't want to be away.
(14:00):
You know touring or doing ashow, and I get a call oh,
you've got to start school onthis Monday or whatever.
So I'm staying close to homethis year and that's how they
can find me, and it's excitingtimes.
I might be busy, but not really.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Absolutely.
It's never work when you'redoing something that you love.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
That is very true.
That is very true and I'm verygrateful for that.
And I'm teaching myself to playbass.
Oh, there you go, I got my bass.
I've had her for two years.
I had to let it go for a couplemonths because you know, doing
things, and then with work andfamily, but I'm going to pick it
up again in a couple of weeksand just keep practicing.
(14:45):
I don't want to play it out thereason why I'm taking up the
bass.
I want to know the mechanicsbehind the rhythm section.
That's important because Iadmire the rhythm section of any
band.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Absolutely.
We'll close this out with somefinal thoughts.
Maybe, if that was something Iforgot to talk about, that you
would like to touch on, or anyfinal thoughts you have for the
listeners, and throw out yourwebsite again as well.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Oh yeah, absolutely what I want to say to everybody
out there I love what I do and Ilove that you all love what I
do, and it's very, veryimportant.
I tell people I'm, I'm not fake.
I don't act like you know somediva, you know from outer space.
However you want to look at it,I try to be very, very down to
(15:31):
earth.
Because that's important,because I want you all, if you
ever listen to my music, I wantyou to remember me.
You know, hey, I heard her talkor I heard her do this or she
did that, and that's important.
And even for those of you whoare starting out in music, no
matter if you play an instrumentyou sing, do both.
That, for those of you who arestarting out in music, no matter
if you play an instrument yousing, do both.
That's great.
(15:51):
Always remember to be true toyourself.
Always remember I don't carewhat your religious background
is believe in yourself andbelieve that you can move
forward.
Yes, you're going to faceobstacles, of course.
If there's anybody out therethat has never faced obstacles,
please let me know.
I want to know how you bypassall that.
But you are.
You're going to face hurdlesand unfortunately, that's the
(16:15):
normal part of life.
The trick of it is to make sureyou have a plan A, b and C.
A works Okay, then somethingmight happen.
And you got plan B Okay,something might happen.
You got plan C.
Plan C is for you to go back toA and B and combine them and
(16:35):
then you've got what you need todo.
So stick to yourself.
Be true to yourself, no matterif you.
You know you want to writepoetry, you want to write books,
you know you want to be ascientist.
Whatever you want to be be trueto yourself.
Stay that way to yourself.
Don't sell your soul, becauseit really ain't worth it in the
long run, because you know, onceyou're done, you know you're
kind of tossed aside and it'slike moving on to the next
person or the next best thing inlife.
(16:57):
That's why you can go to mywebsite, missfreddycom, and find
out where I'm at, find outwhat's going on, what I've been
doing.
You know I'm excited about, youknow, life period and I know a
lot of people are down.
But you know what.
You can control how you reactto situations and issues,
(17:17):
because at the end of the day,when you lay your head down to
go to sleep unless you worknight term.
You know it's all about you andit's all about your comfort
zone.
So those are my you know wordsfor people out there and I stand
by those.
Sometimes I might slip a littlebit, but then I have to remind
myself wait, I'm telling peopleabout you know, such and such a
(17:39):
thing I need to follow.
You know what I'm trying totell people and it works.
You know, I've run into peoplewho see me on the street, know
that I'm a nerd, but they'vecome hear me sing and they're
like oh, you know you're.
You know they tell theirfriends I've been telling my
friend to come out and see youand blah, blah, blah and they
don't like blues and they don'tlike this.
But then when the friends comeout, they have a good time and
(17:59):
say I'm gonna start followingyou.
Think about yourself becauseyou, you know your heart.
You know if you got a goodheart, this is going to slide on
out there to other people.
You know, surround yourselfwith good people, people that
have intention, that are selfrespecting, and that
(18:22):
self-respect will spin off torespecting you.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Absolutely.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is agreat message.
Please check out missfreddycom.
Check her out on all the socialmedias and streaming platforms.
Follow, rate, review, sharethis episode to as many people
as possible.
Let them hear Miss Freddy'sbeautiful music.
Follow us on your favoritepodcast platform.
(18:48):
Go to wwwcurveball337.com formore information on the Living
the Dream with Curveball podcast.
Thank you for listening andsupporting the show and Miss
Freddie.
Thank you for all that you'redoing and congratulations on
everything, and thank you forjoining me me.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Oh, you're very welcome and thank you for
supporting, you know, us artistsout there.
We really appreciate you andthat's the gospel truth.
And you know, many blessings toeverybody out there.
You know, keep it movingforward.
Don't never take no two stepsback, just go three steps
forward and you'll be allrightcom.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Until next time, keep living the dream.
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