Fred Rundquist in action

[deacon Mark]

I found this video of Fred he was Art Van Damme's guitarist and one of the top players in Chicago. Fred had chops and taste he was really nice to me and showed me many things in a short time that stuck as a young player. One was to think in terms of 4 and 8 bar phrases and know the fingerboard sound and otherwise.

[sgcim]

I found this video of Fred he was Art Van Damme's guitarist and one of the top players in Chicago. Fred had chops and taste he was really nice to me and showed me many things in a short time that stuck as a young player. One was to think in terms of 4 and 8 bar phrases and know the fingerboard sound and otherwise.

I don't know why he never made any albums as a leader; he was a great player. Everything he did was with damn Van Damme!

[wintermoon]

I don't know why he never made any albums as a leader; he was a great player. Everything he did was with damn Van Damme!

Hah, don't make me laugh!
A friend and I drove up to NY once, he was going to buy an early 60s L-5 from some guy. When we were there we found out he was Rundquist's son in law so he was full of stories.
I have a bunch of Art's Columbia records, it was the only way to hear F.R., I even bought one for $2 from a thrift store a couple weeks ago cause FR was on it and there's a beautiful chick on the cover
But as great as AVD plays I can only take accordian in very small doses.
I have some cool Ernie Felice records though, like this one.....

[paulkogut]

So many great Chicago guitarists of that generation, Freddie, Jack Cecchini, Stu Pearce, Reggie Boyd, Frank Dawson, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many others.

Thanks for sharing that video!

PK

[jmgalich]

To my knowledge, the only top Chicago studio guitarists of that era (40s-60s) that recorded under their own names were George Barnes, Earl Backus and Remo Biondi, but I could be wrong.

BTW, is that fellow Swede (to Fred) Bert Dahlinger on drums?

John Galich

[sgcim]

To my knowledge, the only top Chicago studio guitarists of that era (40s-60s) that recorded under their own names were George Barnes, Earl Backus and Remo Biondi, but I could be wrong.

BTW, is that fellow Swede (to Fred) Bert Dahlinger on drums?

John Galich

Yes, they play "Cute" somewhere in the middle, and Van Damme introduces him.

[wintermoon]

Dahlander, but close enough for jazz....