Feel free to:

• download it
• ipod it
• rip it
• burn it
• pod-cast it
• limewire it
• spam it
• napster it
• or re-record it (especially if you're name is Bono, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney, etc.).

I hope you like it...if so, pass it on to your friends. If you don't like it... please pass it on to your enemies and tell them to pass it on to their friends.

Thanks again for checking back. I plan on posting another song very soon. In the meantime, keep in touch.

Sincerely,
Fred

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As always, feel free to drop me a line. I read every word.

(April 2004) Yes, you really DID hear that. If you've seen the Jessica Simpson version of "Driven" that VH-1 has been airing for the past couple months, one of the music clips used in the early part of the show is, in fact, Fred's song, "Tremont, Illinois, Christmas", from This Grand Parade. Thanks to Fred's guitarist, Andy Harrison, for noticing it and letting us know!

(Fall 2003) Well, it's been a while since we've updated the site. But, Fred sent a personal note along with a new song (well, actually it's from the This Grand Parade sessions) but read on...

"Thanks again for coming to my site. Sorry, the updates have been few and far between but things have been a bit slow as of late. I am posting an MP3 of a song called "You Got to the Top. (see the Listen page)" I recorded it back in 1999 with Dan Baird producing and we planned to include it on This Grand Parade. However, when it was all said and done it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the album...I think you'll see what I mean once you listen to it. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun to record and the band played it live several times in '98 and '99. But, when it didn't go on the album we scrapped it from the set list. Enjoy!!!

By the way, I've had a lot of fun lately writing new songs and digging up some of my old lyrics and demos. I plan to post things from time to time so check back often. Write when you get a chance. I look forward to hearing from you."

~Fred~

(Dec 2002) Sorry about the delay between updates. It's been a busy time. Fred's new album, "Every Reason That Doesn't Matter", is getting great reveiws worldwide. Unfortunately for us, many of them are in languages we can't read! However, here are a couple we were able to get translated for you:
Glitterhouse.com: "Exceedingly pleasant, catchy Roots-Pop is what Fred Haring offers us with his second Blue Rose Album. Somewhere between Ron Sexsmith and Freedy Johnston lay the ear-friendly arranged songs, which get better as they get slower. Not that such good rocking tracks like 'I just had the worst day of my life' is bad, as a song in itself and as a way to deviate from the usual. But the ballads catch Haring's heartfelt, deep voice, making you forget everything and think, 'Damn that's good.'
Hinter-Net!: "In the Blue Rose Porfolio we can hear the American songwriter Fred Haring give us poignant personal tips. 'Every Reason Doesn't Matter' is his third ablum and his performance climbs slow but steady. Good to the core and mischievious are two attributes that are connected with Fred Haring and his previous work. There are two jampacked rocking songs and this album, and then he returns to his original field with fine mid-tempo pieces. Kitsch free violins and horn arrangements make the entire collection noble as well as the old Church classic 'Under the Milky Way,' which plays wonderful in context. Although Fred Haring has not made anything truly new in the large field of folk-rock, you should not wait for an old hero to regain his form, but lend an ear to this young man."

(Aug 2002) We told you it was coming...and now it's here! Fred Haring's brand new album, "Every Reason That Doesn't Matter", is now on sale...right here on this site! Oh...you want to hear a sample? Check out Carousel, the first cut from the disc. You can also download the song in MP3 right here.

(July 2002) Fred's third album is done and will be released in August by Blue Rose Records. If you'd like to see what the cover looks like, check it out!

(March 2002) Fred's song "There's A Song in My Head" from This Grand Parade was recently selected for inclusion on Sound Asleep Records yearly compilation, due out in October 2002. Sound Asleep is an indie label located in Sweden. Meanwhile, Fred tells us he's in the mixing stage on his new album "Every Reason That Doesn't Matter". The European Release date is NOW officially set for August 5, 2002 on Blue Rose Records.

(Winter '01-'02) Fred is still hard at work on the new as-yet-untitled album scheduled for release on Blue Rose Records in 2002. He and the band have taken some time off to see that it gets finished the right way. But never fear...live shows and recorded product will be returning with a vengeance in a few months!

(6/14/01) Just posted for your listening pleasure: Some streaming audio of a recent solo coffeehouse date in Holland. Click on the Songs button at left.

(3/20/00) Fred is hard at work writing for his third album, with a hoped-for release date of this fall. He'll no doubt be debuting some of this new material at upcoming shows.

(1/24/00) Week 2 of the new radio promotion campaign for This Grand Parade has wrapped up, and here's the current rundown of stations playing the album: E. Orland, ME (WERU), W. Hartford, CT (WWUH), Charlottesville, VA (WNRN), Farmville, VA (WVHL), Martinsville, VA (WHEE), Monterey, VA (WVLS), Commerce, GA (WJJC), Lexington, KY (WRFL), Whitley City, KY (WHAY), Columbus, OH (WCBE), Bowling Green, OH (WBGU), Cincinnati, OH (WVXU), Cedar Falls, IA (KUNI), Ely, MN (WELY), Grand Rapids, MN (KAXE), Bozeman, MT (KGLT), Charleston, IL (WEIU), Dallas, TX (KNON), Burnet, TX (KBLK), Austin, TX (KUT-FM), Durango, CO (KRSJ), Gallup, NM (KGLP) DMX (Nationally Syndicated), Northridge, CA (KCSN), Pacific Grove, CA (KAZU), Point Reyes, CA (KWMR), San Jose, CA (KFJC), Forest Grove, OR (KPUR), Eugene, OR (KRVM), Twisp, AK (KVLR). Kodiak, AK (KMXT), Bowling Green, KY (WCVK) and Rochester, NY (WITR).

(11/21/00) Following Friday morning's in-studio appearance on radiou's "Riot" with Nikki and Ace, WTTE's Newscenter at 7 featured news of the end of the Superfriends tour in Fred's hometown and showed portions of the "Grand Parade" video, along with a live in-studio performance of "Tremont, Illinois Christmas". If you have Windows Media Player and a broadband connection, check it out!