Micki Free - Dreamcatcher (six-song EP)

Artiest/Band: Micki Free Album:  Dreamcatcher Release: Juni 2024 Label: Bungalo Records/Universal Music Group Micki Free, Grammy winner and Native American Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has released Dreamcatcher, an innovative six-song EP featuring a cast of brilliant accompanists. To make this album, which features Free’s incendiary guitar work, velvet-smooth vocals, and styles from funk to Native American flute, he enlisted members of his friend Carlos Santana’s band. On the album are Cindy Blackman Santana (drums), Benny Rietveld (bass), and Ray Green (vocals).......

Micki Free, Grammy winner and Native American Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has released Dreamcatcher, an innovative six-song EP featuring a cast of brilliant accompanists. To make this album, which features Free’s incendiary guitar work, velvet-smooth vocals, and styles from funk to Native American flute, he enlisted members of his friend Carlos Santana’s band. On the album are Cindy Blackman Santana (drums), Benny Rietveld (bass), and Ray Green (vocals). The EP also includes guest appearances from bassist Rhonda Smith (Prince, Jeff Beck) and Mark “Muggie Doo” Leach (Buddy Miles) on Hammond organ and piano. Micki Free, Grammy winner and Native American Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has released Dreamcatcher, an innovative five-song EP featuring a cast of brilliant accompanists. To make this album, which features Free’s incendiary guitar work, velvet-smooth vocals, and styles from funk to Native American flute, he enlisted members of his friend Carlos Santana’s band. On the album are Cindy Blackman Santana (drums), Benny Rietveld (bass), Benny Rietveld (bass), and Ray Green (vocals). The EP also includes guest appearances from bassist Rhonda Smith (Prince, Jeff Beck) and Mark “Muggie Doo” Leach (Buddy Miles) on Hammond organ and piano.

Free has been on the cutting edge of the music industry from the start of his career. Having been signed to a management deal with Gene Simmons and Diana Ross that launched his career, Free joined the legendary R&B group Shalamar, when he became friends with Prince. After his departure in the early ‘90s, Free continued his solo career, appearing on both the stage and in the studio with iconic artists including Carlos Santana, Janet Jackson, KISS, Little Steven Van Zandt, Aerosmith, Neil Young, and Bill Wyman.His most recent album, “Turquoise Blue,” also featured high-level artists, including Gary Clark Jr., Steve Stevens, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Free has been on the cutting edge of the music industry from the start of his career. Having been signed to a management deal with Gene Simmons and Diana Ross that launched his career, Free joined the legendary R&B group Shalamar, when he became friends with Prince. After his departure in the early ‘90s, Free continued his solo career, appearing on both the stage and in the studio with iconic artists including Carlos Santana, Janet Jackson, KISS, Little Steven Van Zandt, Aerosmith, Neil Young, and Bill Wyman.His most recent album, “Turquoise Blue,” also
featured high-level artists, including Gary Clark Jr., Steve Stevens, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Cindy Blackman Santana.

Guests: SANTANA BAND MEMBERS Drums: Cindy Blackman Santana Bass: Benny Rietveid Vocalist: Ray Greene

Tracklist: 1. When The Devil’s At Your Door 5:04 2. My Sweet Honey 3:54 3. Dreamcatcher 5:59 4. Night Crawler 3:20 5. We Are One 3:18 6. Bonus Track: Dreamcatcher Live 3:42

Frank Roszak
KBA Recipient 2014 PUBLICIST