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David Freeman (born May 22, 1939) is a collector, historian, and authority on old-time and bluegrass music. Freeman started the County Records label in 1963 in his native New York to focus on Southern string band music, and began the companion mail-order record retail company County Sales in 1965.〔 〕 He moved both businesses to Floyd, Virginia in 1974. In 1977, Freeman started the Record Depot wholesale distribution company in Roanoke, Virginia, specializing in bluegrass and old-time music. In 1978 he helped his graphic artist Barry Poss start a bluegrass music record label, Sugar Hill Records, in Durham, North Carolina.〔 〕 In 1980, Freeman bought Charlottesville-based Rebel Records, a pioneering bluegrass label, from Charles Freeland, one of the label's founders.〔 〕 Freeman was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 2002.〔(Biography ) on website of the International Bluegrass Music Museum (accessed February 22, 2007).〕 ==See also== *County Records *Rebel Records *Sugar Hill Records 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Freeman (music historian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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