Welcome to my second record. If you enjoyed 1999's"The Importance of Sauce" then you'll REALLY enjoy"FRED". It's a little bit less silly and quite a bit more polished. Like a shiny red apple without a worm wearing a top hat sticking out of it.Why"FRED"? You'll know when you hear it.I wrote and performed every song except for"I Wish I Was a Kid Again" which was co-written by the legendary Andy Partridge of XTC. My words and his music. Needless to say I hope you are as thrilled by the results as I was by his offer to collaborate. And if that's not enough, the prolific genius godfather of home recording Mr. R. Stevie Moore chimes in with some background vocals and electric twanging on the tune too. Once again the incredible Dave Gregory (ex-XTC) provides some extraordinary intricate psychedelic janglage on a song of mine ("Brother Nature") written during a 1998 songwriting course I attended taught by Ray Davies of The Kinks.While we're on the subject of Ray Davies, some 3 1/2 years after writing th