BORN AND RAISED ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF CURACAO, FRED GREW UP IN

A MUSICALLY RICH ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCED BY LATIN, FRENCH CREOLE,

WEST INDIES, AND AMERICAN SOULMUSIC.AT A YOUNG AGE FRED TOOK

GUITAR LESSONS AND SOON JOINED A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH CHOIR, ACCOMPANYING THE GROUP WITH

ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND UKULELE. FRED JOINED A BAND IN HIS MID TEENS AND QUICKLY DEVELOPED AN INTEREST FOR PLAYING DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AND SINGING BACKUP VOCALS.IN ADDITION

TO HIS BACKGROUND AND MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE ISLAND’S DIFFERENT

RHYTHMIC STYLES HELPED FRED BECOME THE VERSATILE MUSICIAN HE IS

TODAY.

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