Freedy Johnston

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Freedy Johnston is a singer-songwriter, originally from Kansas. He moved to New York in the 1980’s, & worked as an office temp for a few years before landing a deal with Bar None Records in Hoboken. His second record for them in 1992 was his breakthrough album “Can You Fly”. He then signed to Elektra Records, & in 1994 worked with producer Butch Vig on the record “This Perfect World,” which featured the radio hit “Bad Reputation,” & earned him Rolling Stones’s Songwriter of the Year award for 1994. His songs were featured in the movies “Kingpin,” “Kicking & Screaming”, &“Heavy.” His most recent album is On the Road to You, released in 2022 on 40 Below Records. He lives in New Jersey.

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