Interview with Fred Riedel, Gresham, Oregon

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Date
2020-10-06
Main contributor
Fred Riedel
Summary
Fred Riedel (Gresham, Oregon)

A retired schoolteacher, Fred Riedel is the bandleader, guitar player, and singer for the blues band—swing style—Blues Battalion. The group plays cover tunes as well as original tunes mostly written by Fred. Blues Battalion is John Johnston (keyboard), John McKenney (bass), Shelley Lenz (vocals), Cardo Bonjourno (drums), and Fred Riedel (guitar & vocals).

Interviewed by Raquel Paraíso, 10/06/2020.
Contributor
Raquel Paraíso
Subjects
Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic
Location
Gresham, Oregon
Collection
Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unit
Society for Ethnomusicology

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