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Fred Hostetler — singer, songwriter, musician, producer (affiliated with ASCAP)
Fred Hostetler has been a blue spruce in a forest of music sequoias, journeying through blues, folk and the rock era cycling through many aspects of the music business and playing a supporting role to other musicians. He has worked with Jeff Beck, Billy Squier, Graham Parker, Johnny Winters, The Knack, been on stage with Buddy Guy, Mick Taylor, Jeff Healy, and recorded with the Grammy winning producer Jack Douglas. For 9 years he was the manager, rhythm guitarist, and co-writer for the popular southern California blues band Blue By Nature with Karen Lawrence and Rick Dufay formerly of Aerosmith. Transitioning to his move to India he entertained in hospitals and senior centers with 'Fred's Folk and Blues Revival', a solo acoustic set of old-time music, 50's favorites and blues, all filled with plenty of fun, finger-picking, strumming and banter.
After 15 years of voluntary service in an ashram in Tamil Nadu, India, Fred returns to the USA. 'Heart Radio' marks his first solo effort. The eight song CD is a genre-jumping romp of all original tunes, recorded and produced in the spartan seclusion of rural India and an island in the Pacific Northwest. The tracks reflect the threads of his years abroad and in the 'swamplands'.
Heart Radio is all about introspection and self-examination while walking the inner path of self-discovery in the outer world. Hiding beneath the 'genre jumping' tunes on this CD is a unity that holds its diversity gracefully together like different colored beads attractively strung on the same thread. To catch just a glimpse of this underlying unity is to experience totality in a split second. The beads themselves are glimpses into an unfolding life, moments in time given form and permanence through feelings. It is the artist's desire that any who listens, will receive a glimmer of the sustaining light.
Discography
1966 Backdoor Men -Fujimo Records: single - artist, musician
1967 Colours - Dot Records (as Bass player prior to album release)
1974 Jonathan Dawson Winters III (1974) Backing vocals 'Raised on Rock', Columbia Records
1975 Toys in Attic - Aerosmith - Columbia Records - percussion
1975 Artful Dodger - Columbia Records - Backing vocals
1977 Lance -Max's Kansas City Vol.II artist, writer, musician
1979 Harlequin - Victim of Song (1979) Epic Records 'Who Knows What a Love Can Do? (songwriter)
1979 1994: Please Standby - A&M Records - songwriter,
1980 Billy Squier - Tale of the Tape (1980) - Capital Records 'Who Knows What a Love Can Do? (songwriter)
1981 The Knack - Round Trip 'Pay The Devil', Capitol Records (1981) backing vocals
1981 Karen Lawrence and the Pinz - Girls Night Out (1981) RCA Afl1 4006- artist, writer, musician
1982 Women In Rock - Label: RCA Victor – PL 37571 France Vinyl LP-Compilation- Girls Night Out
1982 Another Grey Area - 1982 album by Graham Parker - Arista Records (his first solo album)
Jack Douglas Producer/percussion; Eric Troyer, Fred Hostetler – backing vocals.
1985 Jeff Beck And Rod Stewart single - People Get Ready/Back on the Street (co-writer P. Hostetler) EPIC 1985
1985 Jeff Beck - Flash - Back on the Street EPIC 1985 (co-writer) and Beckology (box set).
1986 Karen Lawrence - Rip and Tear (1986) Revolver REVLP 75 - artist, writer, musician
1989 Heavy Metal Forever! - The Ultimate Collection FM Records 1989 'What A Lovely Way To Go' (writer, vocals, guitars, co-producer)
1995 Blue By Nature - Blue to the Bone (1995) SRD 8, Shattered 9(Hostel) - artist, writer, co producer, musician
1998 Blue By Nature - Live at the Lake (1998) Hostel 55 - artist, writer, producer, musician
2000 Blue By Nature - Hard Daze (2000) Hostel 57 - artist, writer, producer, muscian
2006 Vasantha Sai Mantra - Mukthiland Records - India (producer, engineer, writer, artist, musician)
2011 Vasanthamayam - Mukthiland Records - India (producer, engineer, writer, artist, musician)
2017 Heart Radio - Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2018 Karen Lawrence and Blue By Nature -Best of Live Album - artist, writer, producer, musician
2018 Taming the Wolf - Single - Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2019 I'm a New Man Single Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2019 You Don't Know What You Don't Know Single Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2019 Gayatri Mantra (Americana) Single Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2019 He's Gone Rogue Single Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2020 Shelter from the Storm Single Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2020 River of Hope Single - Mukthiland Records - artist, co-writer, musician
2020 Ain't No Sunshine - Single - Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2020 Fred's Blue Chair Blues: album Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, producer, musician
2021 Fortuna Redux: MP3 album -Mukthiland Records - artist, writer, co-producer, musician
2022 Wall of Dreams - Ep album
Film Music Credits:
1985 Perfect - John Travolta & Jaime Lee Curtis - song: 'When the Lights go Down' Karen Lawrence/Fred Hostetler. writer, vocals, musician, producer
Wave Warriors - 'What a Lovely Way to Go' and 'Out of the Blue' Astrodek stars of surfing film. Musician, writer, co-producer.
Soultaker - A film by Michael Rissi 1999: 'What a Lovely Way to Go' By Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler Copyright 1986 Girls Night Out Music, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP
Up Against Amanda - 2000 movie by Michael Rissi, "I Couldn't Help But Love You," Karen Lawrence/ Fred Hostetler - featured over the end credits of the movie.
Original songs in the movie:
"Blue By Nature" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 1995, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music , ASCAP"
"Goodbye Mr. Jones" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 1995, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music , ASCAP"
"One of These Days" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 1995, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP"
"I Couldn't Help But Love You" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 2000, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP"
"Hard Lesson" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 2000, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP"
"Love Me All Night" Written by Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 2000, Girls Night Out, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP"
'Somewhere in Paradise' By Karen Lawrence and Fred Hostetler
Copyright 1990 Girls Night Out Music, BMI/Hostel Music, ASCAP
Guitar Technician, and Sound and Lights:
1978 Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Touring guitar tech
1978-9 1994: Band signed to A&M Records, Road manager, co-wrote title track for second album Please Stand By and other songs on that album.
1979 Billy Squier - co-writer, touring stage tech and played slide guitar on 13 demos recorded in Todd Rundgrens NYC Secret Sound studio.
1982-3 TFA Electro sound & stage technician:
-Tom Petty at the Forum, LA
- Spinal Tap, the movie. All concert scenes…LA area
- Bryan Ferry at Santa Barbara, CA, and others.
- Spirit Reunion video at A&M studios
*An amusing ironic anecdote: I lent Jimmy Iovine, the rare Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart 'Truth' cassette, which he never returned. Jimmy went on to be a super famous multi millionaire, producing U2, Patti Smith, Dire Straights, and many others. Co-founded Interscope Records, the mega label of rap. He was an assistant engineer at the Record Plant in NYC at the time I knew him. Now he runs with Cupertino moguls… congrats to Mr Iovine, but where is my Jeff Beck 'Truth' cassette?
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