Devery Freeman

Devery Freeman, born Feb. 13, 1913 in Brooklyn, died Oct 07, 2005 in Los Angeles was a screen writer, novelist and union activist who helped to establish the Writers Guild of America. His negotiations with studios resulted in the guild's right to determine film writing credits. He was the brother of writer/producer Everett Freeman.

Youth and World War II

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1913 to Jewish parents, Freeman attended Brooklyn College and began his career writing short stories for the Saturday Evening Post, the New Yorker and the British magazine Punch. After Pearl Harbor, he volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy, went through officer training and then was assigned to Armed Forces Radio, becoming one of the co-founding members of the Navy unit of Armed Forces Radio, where he wrote training films and entertainment programs for sailors and marines.

Career

Freeman

Freeman, free men, or variant, may refer to:

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Freeman (Freeman album)

Freeman is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band Freeman.

Background

Aaron Freeman left Ween in May 2012. He played shows both solo and accompanied by Joe Young from 2012-2014. After moving to Woodstock, New York and teaching at Paul Green's School of Rock, Freeman began working on material for a new album. He assembled musicians from the Brooklyn, New York area as well as North Carolina to record the album for Partisan Records. The new band, "Freeman" hit the road in July 2014 in support of the album. The live version of Freeman featured Joe Young on bass and Zach Tenorio-Miller on keyboards, along with Chris Boerner and Kyle Keegan, who played on the album. Freeman was produced by Chris Shaw who had previously produced Ween's White Pepper album.

Reception

Freeman received generally favorable reviews from critics. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "If anything, Freeman is a tighter record than McCartney -- it's not homemade, it's all complete songs -- but there's no denying it shares the same spirit; that it is the sound of breaking dawn of a new day."

Freeman (band)

Freeman is an American alternative rock band centered upon former Ween singer/guitarist Aaron Freeman.

History

Aaron Freeman quit Ween in May 2012, citing his desire to stop his long-time drug and alcohol addiction. He played shows accompanied by Joe Young from 2012 until 2014, when he formed a new band, "Freeman," featuring Chris Boerner on guitar, Brad Cook on bass, Dave Godowsky on keyboards and Kyle Keegan on drums. The band's self-titled debut was released July 22, 2014 on Partisan Records. The band spent the second half of 2014 on the road (although with Young on bass) with Arc Iris. Arc Iris keyboardist Zach Tenorio-Miller also played with Freeman for most of these shows.

Discography

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