Friday's Child (band)

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Friday's Child
Origin New Jersey, United States
Genre(s) Alternative, Rock
Years active 1997–present
Label(s) Honeybee Records
Website www.frichild.com
Members
Tom Walker
Rich Haddad
Don "The Professor" Regen
Kevin Jahoda

Friday's Child is an American acoustic rock band, originally formed in northern/central New Jersey area in the late 1990s by founding members Tom Walker (lead vocals, guitar), and Rick Ippolito (bass, backing vocals). The band now exists as Tom Walker (lead vocals, guitar), Rich Haddad (bass, backing vocals), Don "The Professor" Regan (guitar, backing vocals) and Kevin Jahoda (percussion).

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[edit] History

During its early years, Friday's Child cycled between several drummers including Joe Bergamini and Dave Drzewiecki. Walker, Ippolitio, and Drzewiecki became the stable three members of the band, recording and touring throughout the northeastern US through the late 1990s and 2000-2003. The majority of the song writing was performed by Walker. Walker also formed his own record company, Honeybee Records, that released his own album and the albums of other up and coming artists in the New Jersey area. The band's first album, Boy Without A Name, was released in 1997 through Honeybee records. Their second album, 13, was released in 2000 and the band's first live album, Live at the Goldhawk (recorded in Hoboken, NJ), was released in 2002. Throughout this time period, Friday's Child toured extensively in the New York and Boston areas, playing clubs, musical festivals, and other small venues such as Border's bookstores.

In early 2003, Rick Ippolitio left the band. This, combined with a serious bout of CNS Lyme Disease to Tom Walker, lead to the band's break-up. Tom Walker began work on a solo album, "In a Word", in late 2003. In late 2005, Walker revived the Friday's Child trademark and a new version of "In a Word" with Rich Haddad, Rob Grosso, and Walker's long-time mentor Don Regen. The new Friday's Child decided to turn to broadband media in order to spread their music and attract new listeners. Friday's Child launched the Digital Cafe Tour (DCT) in June 2006 with a performance at the Luna Stage in Montclair, NJ. A series of concerts running under the Digital Cafe Tour took place throughout the summer of 2006, which included artists Friday's Child, Laura Dodd, the Audibles, and Secret Gossip among others. (The Digital Cafe Tour continued the following year with their 2007 Live Concert Series, which began on July 22, 2007.) Friday's Child released a new studio/live album in 2007 called Democracy: Live at the Luna Stage. They recently performed several shows in late 2006 and 2007 at the Cutting Room in New York City and officially announced percussionist Kevin Jahoda would be the fifth member of the band. Friday's Child returned to a foursome in June, 2007 when percussionist Rob Grosso decided to resign. Their first gig with the new line up was performed on August 23, 2007 at The Baggot Inn, as part of the first "DCT All-Stars" series. Keyboardist Keith Pied guest starred with the band for DCT's 2007 "Christmas in October" concert, with videos recorded live that the Gibson Hit Factory Showroom.

[edit] Discography

  • Boy Without A Name (1997)
  1. The Path
  2. Border Town
  3. Attention
  4. Oasis
  5. Boy Without a Name
  6. The Chasing Game
  7. Only Star
  8. Shades of Blue
  9. Shadows in the House
  10. Road to the River
  11. Icon
  12. North by Northeast
  • 13 (2000)
  1. Wonderland
  2. Rory Brady
  3. Connection
  4. Pay Day Ray
  5. Lavender
  6. Thirteen
  • Live at the Goldhawk (2002)
  1. Boy Without a Name
  2. The Connection
  3. Coyote
  4. Tiny Murders
  5. Wonderland
  6. Empty Sky
  7. Remember Me
  8. The Chasing Game
  9. Goodbye to a Friend
  10. Thirteen
  11. North by Northeast
  12. Anges
  13. I'm Not Here
  • In a Word (2005) (released under Tom Walker)
  1. Man is Island
  2. Blood Moon
  3. Coyote
  4. Red Lights
  5. Falling Star
  6. Chasing Game
  7. Fly Paper
  8. Flightless Bird
  9. Goodbye to a Friend
  10. Lions Fall
  11. In a Word


  • Democracy: Live at the Luna Stage (2006)
  1. Chasing Game
  2. The Story of You
  3. Red Lights
  4. Everything She Said (Black Cat/White Cat)
  5. Rory Brady
  6. Why Not
  7. Fly Paper
  8. Agnes
  9. Thirteen
  10. North by Northeast
  11. Coyote
  12. Man is Island
  13. Goodbye to a Friend
  14. Lions Fall

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