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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Fred Mandel | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Estevan]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]] | origin = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | occupation = Session musician | instrument = [[keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], [[guitar]] | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = [https://myspace.com/fredmandel Fred Mandel] on [[Myspace]] | notable_instruments = }} '''Frederick Lawrence "Fred" Mandel''' (born c. 1953 [[Estevan]], [[Saskatchewan]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Mandel.html|title=Mandel, Fred|last=Canoe.com|website=canoe.com|access-date=2016-06-09}}</ref> is a [[Canadian]] session musician, [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] player and [[guitarist]].<ref name="Bernardin 1996 p">{{harvtxt|Bernardin|Stanton|1996|p=}}</ref> == Career == Mandel became involved in music from an early age. He started playing the piano at 4 and picked up the guitar aged 8. In 1964, at the age of 11, his family moved to [[Toronto]] where he became immersed in the local music scene. Mandel made his first appearance on record courtesy of [[Domenic Troiano]] (whose band he was in at the time). Troiano was invited to record on [[Alice Cooper]]'s first solo record and got Mandel to play keyboards on the record.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-mandel-mn0000151814/credits|title=Fred Mandel {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-06-09}}</ref> This led to Alice Cooper inviting Mandel to join his live band. Mandel did this for four years (1977-1980) progressing from keyboards to lead guitar and finally ending up working as the musical director.<ref name="Bernardin 1996 p" /> During his work with Alice Cooper, Mandel was invited to play keyboards on the [[Pink Floyd]] album ''[[The Wall]]'' and this was followed up by some recordings with [[Cheap Trick]].<ref name="Bernardin 1996 p"/> In the 1980s Mandel was asked to perform with [[Queen (band)|Queen]] on their 1982 tour supporting their album ''[[Hot Space]]'' (the [[Hot Space Tour]]). He struck up a good working relationship with the band and was later invited to be a contributing musician on their 1984 album ''[[The Works (Queen album)|The Works]]'' (thus becoming the first significant guest performer on a Queen record). Mandel performed on 'Man on the Prowl' and three of the album's singles, "[[Radio Ga Ga]]", "[[Hammer to Fall]]", and "[[I Want to Break Free]]" (the famous synthesizer solo on the latter, often mistaken for guitar, is played by Mandel on a Roland Jupiter 8 keyboard). Mandel also played on two Queen spinoffs: [[Brian May]]'s 1983 mini album ''[[Star Fleet Project]]'' and [[Freddie Mercury]]'s 1985 album ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Following this relationship Mandel went on tour with [[Supertramp]] who were performing their last gigs with their original line up on a tour named [[...Famous Last Words...|Famous Last Words]]. Later on Mandel was offered the chance play with his teen idol [[Elton John]],<ref>{{harvtxt|Bernardin|Stanton|1996|p=159}}</ref> whom Mandel states as being "...to this day, one of the most bad-ass rock and roll piano players around!" In 2013 Mandel worked with legendary thrash band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] on the track Smokin', originally by [[Boston (band)|Boston]], ultimately released on Anthrax's album [[Anthems (Anthrax album)|Anthems]], an EP principally featuring covers from some of the band's favorite acts of the 1970s, along with two versions of "Crawl", a song from their previous studio album.<ref name=":0" /> ==Selected discography== * The [[Domenic Troiano]] Band: ''[[Burnin' at the Stake]]'' (1977) * Alice Cooper: ''[[The Alice Cooper Show]]'' (1977, live album) * Alice Cooper: ''[[From the Inside (Alice Cooper album)|From the Inside]]'' (1978) * Pink Floyd: ''[[The Wall]]'' (1979) * Alice Cooper: ''[[Flush the Fashion]]'' (1980) * Brian May + Friends: ''[[Star Fleet Project]]'' (1983) * Queen: ''[[The Works (Queen album)|The Works]]'' (1984) * Freddie Mercury: ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]'' (1985) * Elton John: ''[[Ice on Fire]]'' (1985) * Elton John: ''[[Leather Jackets (album)|Leather Jackets]]'' (1986) * Bernie Taupin: ''[[Tribe (Bernie Taupin album)|Tribe]]'' (1987) * Elton John: ''[[Reg Strikes Back]]'' (1988) * Elton John: ''[[Sleeping with the Past]]'' (1989) * Supertramp: ''[[Some Things Never Change]]'' (1997) * Queen: ''[[Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl]]'' (2004; DVD bonus material) * [[Philip Sayce]]: ''[[Peace Machine]]'' (2009) * [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]: ''[[Anthems (Anthrax album)|Anthems]]'' (2013) Film: * ''[[Roadie (film)|Roadie]]'' (1980) ==References== {{Reflist}} ;Bibliography {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |first = Claude |last = Bernardin |author-link = |first2 = Tom |last2 = Stanton |author2-link = Tom Stanton |title = Rocket man: Elton John from A-Z |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eJGcZSyBflwC&pg=PA159 |date = |year = 1996 |publisher = Praeger |location = New York |isbn = 0-275-95698-9 |oclc = |ref = harv |lastauthoramp = y }} *{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C&pg=PA92&dq=fred+mandel+music&hl=en&ei=vCdCTLSaFcP68AbJjuWdDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fred%20mandel%20music&f=false |title=Freddie Mercury: an intimate memoir |publisher=Omnibus Press|year= 2001|page=92|accessdate=17 July 2010}} {{refend}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandel, Fred}} [[Category:1950s births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Estevan]] [[Category:Canadian rock keyboardists]] [[Category:Canadian rock guitarists]] [[Category:Canadian session musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Saskatchewan]] [[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]'