Admiral Freebee
Admiral Freebee is Tom Van Laere, born in 1974, a singer-songwriter from Br… Read Full Bio ↴Admiral Freebee is Tom Van Laere, born in 1974, a singer-songwriter from Brasschaat, Belgium.

Van Laere began his career as quite a reasonable tennis player. The story goes that he was standing in front of the mirror one day and turned his racket around into a guitar. Van Laere withdrew into the oeuvre of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Hank Williams and taught himself to play the guitar and the piano. As a musician, he took the name of Admiral Freebee, from On the Road, the novel by Jack Kerouac.

Belgium got its first extensive taste of Admiral Freebee during Humo’s Rock Rally 2000, the most important rock competition in the Low Countries. Backed by a bass player and a drummer, The Admiral won the silver medal and the price awarded by the public. When performing live, Admiral Freebee is versatility itself. Whether he performs solo and acoustically or with a well-oiled rock machine, the audience can only do one thing - according to fans: listen, see and be silent, only to shout out in admiration in the end.

In 2003 his debut album Admiral Freebee appeared, a record that met the high expectations. In the 12 songs Van Laere shows that he can just as easily come up with a moving country/pop ballad (see for instance the phenomenal single Rags 'n' Run) as a stadium rocker (Ever Present), and that he can just as effortlessly melt the two together into one song (There's a Road (Noorderlaan)) without turning it into a gimmick.

March 2005 Admiral Freebee’s second album was released. It was called Songs and it included 13 of them. Two of them were released as a single: Oh Darkness and Carry On – more to follow. The album was recorded live over the course of five days at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. John Hanlon (famous for his work with Neil Young & Crazy Horse) sat at the mixing board. The sparing overdubs – backings and solos – took place in the Shangri-La Studio a bit further down the road. The Admiral was called 'The Talent'; whenever he was ready to record, the band recorded.

Studio lineup :
* Guitar/vocals/’Songs’: Tom Van Laere
* Guitar: Jesse Tobias (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Morrissey, Alanis Morissette, The Twilight Singers)
* Bass: Ric Markmann (Chris Cornell)
* Drums and backing vocals: Dean Butterworth (Morrissey, Ben Harper)
* Backing vocals: Tommy Funderburk (Toto)
* Production and technique: John Hanlon (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

His latest album, Wild Dreams of New Beginnings, has been released to positive critical acclaim in November 2006.
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Admiral Freebee Lyrics


Admiral For President Thousand lonely women Gathering on my lawn And the cops W…
Afterglow Sometimes when I'm awful low I don't think about the blue…
Alibies You know Dean Rodeo was always saying what he thinks And…
All Through The Night Hey (?) I'm gonna teach you how to dance Hey (?) I'm gonn…
Always on the Run Always on the run Always on the run Bye bye, baby Baby, good…
Baby's Chest This is where I want to be This is where I…
Bad Year For Rock 'n' Roll I was at the kind of party where I said…
Blue Eyes Goodbye blue eyes Blue eyes goodbye For so long I have tried…
Blues For A Hypochondriac All of yesterday′s weirdness is tomorrow's reason why, I lik…
Boy You Never Found To all the golden Sundowns I spent alone My spirit grows Whe…
Buddy Sometimes you pretend that you don′t care But you care more…
Carry On Bullet holes in the tv set And there's nothing on the…
Coming Of The Knight Here I am Searching for Another meaningful embrace But …



Devil In The Details (?) Sitting like newborn baby's in the sun And I can be…
Einstein Brain She gave me a six month sentence For not being charming…
Ever Present You know Norm de Palma? A local grocery clerk With an opinio…
Faithful to the Night Sun shines brightly On my soul Whenever I Think of you I'm …
Fools Like Us Fools like us Fools like us Fools like us Lo-fi angel All i…
Framing The Agony See the big stars falling Leaning in all day I reached for…
Get Out Of Town I was born in the Hollywood part of town School teacher…
Hope Alone Love gone wrong Under an ashfall moon Frankly I don't think …
I Got Love Split up lovers Oilin' the wheels of friendship But a 6 A.…
I'd Much Rather Go Out With The Boys Marcha, Marcha, if you're lucky enough Then you will kill …
Last Song About You Get your sneakers on And get behind the wheel Don't ask me…
Let It Shine My soul is dancing And my heart it is singing About the…
Living for the Weekend Marcha, Marcha If your lucky Then you will kill karaoke A…
Look at What Love Has Done Everybody in this town is Falling apart Sensational demands …
Lucky One It was summer's first spark Felt like finding the switch in…
Mediterranean Sea I was trying but the sweet girl was not buying I…
Murder of the Sun (Yeah, let's rock baby Do it, tell them Are you ready to…
My Hippie Ain't Hip My hippie ain't hip My house ain't no crib My chicken ain't…
Nobody Knows You Nobody knows you Nobody knows you like I do And I know…
Nothing Else To Do And I fell in love with you cause there was nothing…
Oh Darkness The first time I saw your face There was a fire…
Perfect Town I knocked at you door at dawn And I dragged you,…
Rags 'n' Run Times like these when the temperatures freeze And the little…
Rebound Love Get her soul Put it in your song If you don't like…
Recipe for Disaster Well I ain't gonna make The same mistake twice I'm gonna jum…
Sad Rebel (One, two, three, four) Once, in a full moon I see twent…
Serenity Now! The admiral was still fighting Though he had pistol shots i…
The Longing Never Stops Sometimes I feel like an unwelcome guest Making his request …
The Worst Is Yet to Come I'm gonna do you in I'm gonna do you in I'm gonna…
There's A Road First they teach you how to walk but do you…
Under My Secret Skin She feels surrounded By junkie flat boys And sex refugees, c…
Waiting For Nothing Nothing will ever be the same Since the day you've gone…
Wild Dreams of New Beginnings We all have our wild dreams Of new beginnings Of taking th…


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