FreeWorld has been an independent, regionally touring, ever-evolving Memphis-based musical ensemble since 1987, and recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2012. Drawing from influences as broad-based as Booker T. & the MG's, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, Steely Dan and The Meters, these brothers under one multicultural groove have remained a consistently entertaining and informed voice on the Memphis music scene since the group's inception.

 

  Featuring 82-year-old jazz saxophone legend Dr. Herman Green (who has performed &/or recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, B.B. King, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Phineas & Calvin Newborn, Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Stephen Perkins and a host of others during his 68 year professional music career), FreeWorld is literally 'new school meets old school', and has been variously described as "The best of Memphis, New Orleans, & San Francisco - all rolled into one fresh & excitingly unique musical experience!"

 

  They've also had the privilege of sharing the stage with a wide variety of musical legends over the years, such as Levon Helm, The Memphis Horns, Billy Preston, Richie Havens, Blues Traveler, Derek Trucks, Hot Tuna, Los Lobos, Merl Saunders, Dr. John, Timothy Leary, John Sinclair, The Bar-Kays, Ann Peebles, Steve Cropper, James Cotton, Mojo Buford, Jimmie Vaughan & Double Trouble, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, and Widespread Panic just to name a few.

 

  Their recent Brass Note Induction Ceremony on Beale Street consisted of the unveiling of both their & their long-time trumpet man, William "Nokie" Taylor's, new Brass Notes on the Beale Street Walk of Fame by the Beale Street Brass Note Committee, as well as several short speeches given by current & former band members and closely associated partners from their 25 year history of playing Memphis Music on Beale Street.

 

  “Eventually Everything Will Happen”, FreeWorld’s brand new 25th Anniversary Documentary DVD (produced and directed by Jonathan Pekar at Ardent Films), celebrates their longevity and accomplishments on film for the first time and allows the viewer to meet the band up close and personal and hear their story through a wide variety of both inside sources (including current & former band members Richard Cushing, Dr. Herman Green, Ross Rice, Willie Waldman, Dave Aron & Hope Clayburn, among many others), as well as closely associated outside perspectives (including Luther & Cody Dickinson from the North Mississippi Allstars/Black Crowes, Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Jim Gaines, & "Jim Dandy" Mangrum from Black Oak Arkansas) that span the broad spectrum of the band’s 25 year history.

 

  “Yesterday, Today… Tomorrow”, their 6th full length release, is a retrospective companion CD to their brand new 25th Anniversary DVD documentary, and includes thirteen tracks culled from their five previously released albums, as well as three additional bonus tracks never before released on any official FreeWorld CD. (Featured guest performers include Luther & Cody Dickinson, James Govan, & The Masqueraders).

 

  “Eventually Everything Will Happen” and “Yesterday, Today… Tomorrow” serve as proud milestones in a musical career that now spans more than a quarter of a century. We can only wonder what the next 25 years will bring for FreeWorld, but one thing is for certain: “Eventually Everything Will Happen"!

 

  In addition, both releases also proudly feature original paintings on both the front & back covers (and on the discs themselves) by prominent Memphis-based artist John Lind with HairFarmer Studios.