Fred's heading home to Mobile, Alabama

Fred's longtime friends, fans and even family in his hometown of Mobile (pronounced mo-beel') are getting ready for Sunday, when he'll bring his special brand of funk and jazz to the hearMobile.net series at the Holiday Inn Downtown Mobile. The series is organized by Karl Hill, Fred's dear "brother by another mother."

Click here to read the preview article written by Lawrence F. Speckler for the Mobile Press-Register.

Stay tuned for more info about other upcoming excitement for Fred and for the New JBs, including the Long Beach Funk Fest on Aug. 20, La Villette in early September, and the long awaited reunion show, "Pee Wee, Fred & Maceo: A Funky Good Time," on Oct. 6, at Town Hall in New York City.