{"id":43464,"date":"2019-07-17T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/?p=43464"},"modified":"2020-12-08T13:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:02:18","slug":"fred-mandel-touring-session-musician-for-queen-alice-cooper-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/fred-mandel-touring-session-musician-for-queen-alice-cooper-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Mandel: Touring &#038; Session Musician for Queen, Alice Cooper, &#038; More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"produ-549452548\" class=\"produ-leaderboard-placement produ-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px!important;\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-2548665033731-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/21927241144\/728x90-Leaderboard', [728,90], 'gpt-ad-2548665033731-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads());\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-2548665033731-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-2548665033731-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-2548665033731-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredmandelmusic.com\">Fred Mandel<\/a> is a keyboard player, guitarist, and touring\/session musician. Entirely self-taught, he started piano at just age 4, and guitar a few years later at age 8! After moving to Toronto from his hometown in Saskatchewan as a teenager, Fred took to the stage gigging with local bands to start off his career in music.<\/p>\n<p>Fred has performed keyboards, guitars, and other duties with an incredible collection of artists, including <strong>Queen<\/strong> (as well as Freddie Mercury and Brian May solo projects), <strong>Alice Cooper<\/strong>, <strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>, <strong>Elton John<\/strong>, <strong>Supertramp<\/strong>, and <strong>Anthrax<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Fred&#8217;s professional career started as a touring musician for Canadian bands Grant Smith &amp; The Power and Lighthouse.\u00a0His first time as a session musician was with rock guitarist Domenic Troiano\u2019s band on <em>Burning at the Stake<\/em>\u00a0in 1977. This was followed closely\u00a0by playing on the Dick Wagner album, <em>Richard Wagner<\/em> (produced by Bob Ezrin).<\/p>\n<h5>With Alice Cooper<\/h5>\n<p>Recording with Wagner led to Fred getting his gig with <strong>Alice Cooper<\/strong>. Wagner was a fan of Fred&#8217;s rock and roll piano playing and invited him to play on Alice Cooper&#8217;s solo record around the <em>Lace and Whiskey\u00a0<\/em>era.\u00a0This naturally led to Cooper inviting Fred to join his live band. Fred let Troiano know about the opportunity, and he was supportive of Fred&#8217;s move to LA to pursue it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43471 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-18x18.jpg 18w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-16x16.jpg 16w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-14x14.jpg 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-10x10.jpg 10w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-20x20.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-9x9.jpg 9w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/58852e0517a0c87353fb79a3bbaca180c086a0a0-385x385.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fred toured and recorded with Alice Cooper for four years on keyboards, lead guitar, and finally as the musical director for the band. He co-wrote many of the songs on\u00a0<em>Flush the Fashion<\/em>\u00a0and several of the tracks on the follow-up,\u00a0<em>Special Forces<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fred&#8217;s next big session appearance came just two years after pairing up with Alice Cooper. In 1979 he had the pleasure of playing on\u00a0<em>The Wall<\/em>\u00a0with <strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>. He contributed Hammond B3 organ on \u201cIn the Flesh\u201d and \u201cThe Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>With Queen, Freddie Mercury, and Brian May<\/h5>\n<p>In 1982, Fred went on tours of America and Japan with Queen for the\u00a0<em>Hot Space <\/em>album.\u00a0He would work closely with the band over the course of several years.<\/p>\n<p>For 1984&#8217;s The<em> Works<\/em>, Fred played keyboards, <a href=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/what-is-a-synthesizer\/\">synthesizer<\/a>, and worked as a synth arranger and programmer. The year before, he played keyboards on Brian May\u2019s side project <em>Star Fleet. <\/em>He also worked on\u00a0Freddie Mercury&#8217;s solo album,\u00a0<em>Mr. Bad Guy<\/em>, playing guitars, keyboards, and synthesizer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43469\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43469 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982.jpg 500w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-256x170.jpg 256w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-40x27.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-160x106.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-15x10.jpg 15w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-452x300.jpg 452w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-14x9.jpg 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/queen-with-fred-mandel-performing-on-saturday-night-live-in-the-usa-25-09-1982-385x256.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Mandel, sat left on keyboards, with Queen on SNL, 1982.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fred even joined the band as keyboardist on\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>in 1982, performing the songs \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love\u201d and \u201cUnder Pressure.\u201d\u00a0He&#8217;s also featured in the 2004 live DVD,\u00a0<i>Queen on Fire:\u00a0Live\u00a0at the Bowl,\u00a0<\/i>from a performance recorded the same year.<\/p>\n<h5>The &#8217;80s and Beyond: Supertramp, Elton John, and More<\/h5>\n<p>In 1983, after touring with Queen, Fred had the chance to play sold-out stadium shows across North America and Europe with <strong>Supertramp<\/strong> on the <em>Famous Last Words <\/em>Tour. These were the final concerts with the band&#8217;s original lineup. He would also play on Supertramp&#8217;s 1997 album, <em>Some Things Never Change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following year, he joined the <strong>Elton John<\/strong> band with whom he would play for 6 years until 1990. Fred recorded 5 albums with Elton John (from <em>Ice on Fire\u00a0<\/em>through\u00a0<em>Sleeping with the Past<\/em>).\u00a0His 6-year touring stint with Elton included performing at \u201cLive Aid\u201d in 1985.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43474\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43474 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-255x170.jpg 255w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-40x27.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-909x606.jpg 909w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-15x10.jpg 15w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-13x9.jpg 13w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PA-12157549-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Mandel played with Elton John at Live Aid in 1985. Image code: PA-12157549<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From 1990 until now, Fred has toured and been in the studio with many incredible artists.\u00a0In 2010, he played on Jamey Johnson\u2019s album, <em>The Guitar Song<\/em>, which reached #1 on the country charts and was later named #5 of the top albums of that year by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, he worked with thrash metal legends Anthrax on their cover of &#8220;Smokin'&#8221; by Boston. He again joined Anthrax in the studio for their cover of &#8220;Carry On Wayward Son&#8221; by Kansas in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Fred continues to share his talents on many different projects! He recently worked with Lady Gaga for her remake of the film\u00a0<em>A Star is Born<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently working on his first solo album,\u00a0<em>Part-Time Rebel<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredmandelmusic.com\">You can follow Fred Mendel to keep up to date on developments regarding the project<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FCBQ8HAN1U\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Fred Mandel: Touring &amp; Session Musician for Queen, Alice Cooper, &amp; More! -  Produce Like A Pro\" title=\"Play video &quot;Fred Mandel: Touring &amp; Session Musician for Queen, Alice Cooper, &amp; More! -  Produce Like A Pro&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FCBQ8HAN1U<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FCBQ8HAN1U\" title=\"Fred Mandel: Touring &amp; Session Musician for Queen, Alice Cooper, &amp; More! -  Produce Like A Pro\">Fred Mandel: Touring &amp; Session Musician for Queen, Alice Cooper, &amp; More! &#8211;  Produce Like A Pro (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FCBQ8HAN1U)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Mandel is a keyboard player, guitarist, and touring\/session musician. 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