{"id":3313,"date":"2019-04-24T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2019-04-24T18:18:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:18:12","slug":"dot-ep87-nat-freedberg-from-the-upper-crust-to-better-late-than-never-plus-new-comedy-from-jim-breuer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2019\/04\/24\/dot-ep87-nat-freedberg-from-the-upper-crust-to-better-late-than-never-plus-new-comedy-from-jim-breuer\/","title":{"rendered":"DoT EP87: Nat Freedberg from The Upper Crust to Better Late Than Never, plus New Comedy from Jim Breuer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Nat Freedberg\u2019s voice sounds familiar, it may be because you\u2019ve heard him on this podcast way back on EP32, when I interviewed his band, The Upper Crust<\/a>. Of course, back then, he wasn\u2019t speaking as Nat, he was speaking as his character, Lord Bendover, the snarling 18th century aristocrat in a powdered wig and finery that wielded his Gibson SG like a rocque n\u2019 roll weapon. That band got some national exposure on the late night talk show circuit, opened for Tenacious D, and, as Nat mentions here, nearly had their own reality show. <\/p>\n

Freedberg was somewhat relieved when that didn\u2019t work out, and he\u2019s very happy to talk as himself here, avoiding the pressure of having to improvise as a character that was a lot more fun to play onstage than off. Unfortunately, The Upper Crust is no longer a going concern, on a kind of permanent hiatus. The good news is, that means we get Freedberg\u2019s first solo album after almost forty years rocking in bands like the Satanics and the Titanics in the Boston scene. And it\u2019s worth the wait. <\/p>\n