Happy Birthday Fred Anderson

[jimi089]

Happy birthday Fred! And many many more to come. He is 79 today and playing as strong as ever.

[robviti]

here here! happy birthday fred! potete in tensione altri cento anni!

[Guest Bill Barton]

Happy Birthday to one of the true giants!!!!!

[JSngry]

Much love!

[srellek]

Fred forever! Happy B-day to a true master. One of the greatest concerts I've ever seen was Fred with Hamid and Peter Kowald at the Empty Bottle, I think it was '99 or 2000, not long after the Velvet Lounge recording on Okka. What a motherf-er of a show. Much love indeed...

[sheldonm]

...one of the last photos I took of Fred at the "old" Velvet before the demolition! ..........playing with Hamid and Harrison.

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[sheldonm]

...and one other.

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[jimi089]

I remember that show Mark. I see Darius Savage in the corner there.

Good time last night at the Velvet - cake for Fred, candles, a festive atmosphere.

[clifford_thornton]

He's a giant that I'm glad is still with us.

I had some fine times at the old Velvet ca. 2001-2003 when I lived in Chicago. Great to see him play, but somehow I always got a kick out of him watching from the bar when it was somebody else's turn to raise the bandstand that night.

[paul secor]

Belated birthday wishes to one of the finest saxophonists on the planet.

[sheldonm]

I remember that show Mark. I see Darius Savage in the corner there.

Good time last night at the Velvet - cake for Fred, candles, a festive atmosphere.

Man, those were the days.....over the last few weeks of it's existance...toxic sludge coming down the walls . I really loved the old place but glad the new Velvet is in place and doing well! As someone said to me about the new location....it's nice, they just need to rub a litte dirt on it!

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