Tom Freund is a singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 and multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

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 from the U.S.A.

United States

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. Freund met Ben Harper

Ben Harper

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 when he was attending Pitzer College

Pitzer College

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 in Claremont

Claremont, California

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, California

California

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. In 1992 the duo released an album, Pleasure and Pain. Not long after, he joined the alternative country group The Silos

Silos (band)

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 as their bassist, and moved to Austin

Austin

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, Texas

Texas

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. He has also contributed to albums by artists including Graham Parker

Graham Parker

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, Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

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, and Josh Kelley

Josh Kelley

Joshua Bishop "Josh" Kelley is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Kelley has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records and DNK Records as a pop rock artist, and has had four hit singles on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart...

.

He released his debut solo album in 1998 on Red Ant Records. He has released albums on his own Surf Road Records since his 2000 EP, L.A. Fundamentalist Music. In 2007, he released an album of children's music with artists including Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams

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 and Abra Moore

Abra Moore

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, called Hug Trees.

Some of his work, including "Can't Cry Hard Enough

Can't Cry Hard Enough

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" and "Copper Moon", appeared on the TV program One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (TV series)

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Studio albums

• Pleasure and Pain (as Ben Harper and Tom Freund) (1992, Cardas)
• North American Long Weekend (1998, Red Ant)
• Sympatico (1999, Freund)
• Copper Moon (2004, Surf Road)
• Sweet Affection (2005, Surf Road)
• Hug Trees (as Tom Freund and His Friends) (2007, Tom Freund)
• Collapsible Plans (2008, Surf Road)

Compilation appearances

• A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd (2003, Stanley) (song: "Fearless")

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