Freekbass

Freekbass has his own project, Freekbass & The Bump Assembly, touring since 2016 - lead by Freekbass on bass and vocals, featuring drummer, Rico Lewis (previously with George Clinton), Sky White on keys (Foxy Shazam) and vocalists, Sammi Garett (formerly Turkuaz) and Riley Comisar, and guitarist Nate Lewis. Known for their infectious grooves, this show is nonstop energy. Freekbass also tours solo, recently performing at the final Sacred Rose festival. As "Freekbass Solo Grooves", he essentially performs as a DJ creating beats and grooves live and plays bass, guitar, keys and percussion, building music on stage using a loop station. And occasionally, Freekbass hits the road as bass player for other touring bands or can be seen as Artist at Large for festivals. 
 Freekbass has released nine albums to date, including his 2019 release on Eddie Robert’s label (‪The New Mastersounds‬), Color Red . Grammy Award winning songwriter, ‪Itaal Shur‬, co-wrote several of the new tracks on the album, which also features Roberts, Garett, Lonnie “Meganut” Marshall, and the late, great, “Razor Sharp” Johnson. The album is a blend of the origins of funk with the new, and also a mix of regional influences under the guidance of Roberts as co-producer. In Cincinnati, one of the original hotbeds for funk music and home to ‪James Brown‬ label, King Records, Freekbass won the 2019 “Best Funk/R&B Band” at The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, his fifth time winning the award and ninth time nominated.