Freebo

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Freebo

| image = Freebo 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg

| caption = Freebo in Los Angeles California on July 3, 2019

| image_size =

| birth_name = Daniel Friedberg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|03|05}}

| birth_place = Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| instruments = Bass guitar, tuba, guitar, vocals

| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, producer

| website = http://www.freebomusic.com/

}}

Daniel Friedberg,{{Cite web|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/music/freebo-coming-to-monterey-has-made-the-best-the-best/article_b3ccfd7a-9319-11e5-9ef9-b3c4d8885395.html|title=Freebo, coming to Monterey, has made the best the best|work=Monterey County Weekly|last=Kenoyer|first=Sarah|date=November 26, 2015|accessdate=September 30, 2016}} better known by the stage name Freebo, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer noted primarily for his work with Diamond David Lee Roth, Bonnie Raitt. He is also a session musician who has recorded and performed with Ringo Starr, John Mayall, John Hall, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Willy DeVille, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle and many others.

His nine-year collaboration with Raitt (1971-1979) began when he attracted Raitt's attention as a member of Philadelphia's Edison Electric Band{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001560722|tab=biography|label=Edison Electric|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|accessdate=4 July 2016}} in the late 1960s. Freebo was soon in great demand for studio work and touring.{{cite web | url = http://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/index.php?id=463 | title = A celebrated sideman steps to the front of the stage | work = Swarthmore College Bulletin | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061021161327/http://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/index.php?id=463 | archivedate = 21 October 2006 |accessdate=4 July 2016 }}

In recent years, he has recorded five solo albums: The End Of The Beginning (2000), Dog People (2002), Before The Separation (2006), Something to Believe (2011), and If Not Now When (2015).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/freebo-mn0000164140/discography|title=Freebo: Discography|website=allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 21, 2019}}