Album Notes

BEN BACH
Lead guitar, piano, organ, bass, drums, saxiphone, harmonica and vocals. Ben is from Rochester NY and was a piano student of Maestro Bernard Falcoff of the Rochester Philharmonic. He’s played in a variety of bands since 1972, mostly in the Rochester area. Ben has several acoustic and instrumental albums and records local artists at his studio, Rivershack Records.. He has opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (Eddie & the Cruisers), The Good Rats and Benny Mardones, to name a few. In 1982, he realized a dream when he played with Les Paul at his New Jersey studio. Ben has worked as a sound engineer mixing monitors for over 30 national acts.

CHRIS BACH
Bass guitar, fretless upright bass, vocals , classical piano and accordion. Chris is from Omaha, NE and studied voice at Hochstien School, Eastman School of Music . Although her first instrument is classical piano, in Fred & the EDs she plays bass. Chris has been playing bass professionally for almost two decades. Her amazing vocal range extends from Pat Benetar to Nora Jones. Her beautiful lead vocals and harmonies constitute one of the best things about Fred & the EDs. Ben and his wife Chris, also perform acoustically as “Benny & the Bluebird.” They have an album on Rivershack Records titled “When the Yellow’s on the Bloom”.