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Rapillo, Alfred “Fast Freddy”

Guitarist who performed with Rick James and Spyro Gyra in the mid-to-late ‘70s and appeared on the albums, Spyro Gyra and Bottom Line NY, 1978.

In the 1980s, he went through a midlife crisis of sorts—at least, he was a member of Midlife Crisis, an L.A.-based cover band that entertained at concert halls and dance clubs.  The group was featured on the America Swings radio show in 2004 and an ABC 7 TV special.  He also gave guitar lessons to Married With Children alumnus Shane Sweet.

In 2009, he appeared in the straight-to-video horror film, Kelton’s Dark Corner:  Trilogy One.

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  1. http://www.americaswings.net/guests04.htm
  2. http://video.google.com
  3. http://thesmoothjazzride.com/Spyro_Gyra_profile.html
  4. http://cgi.ebay.com
  5. http://jazzbootexperiment.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
  6. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027702/combined
  7. http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Rick_James
  8. http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling3/johnnymik/Sweet
  9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_Gyra