There is some misinfomation out there about the Sons of Fred – such as the caption on the above photograph – and I found a letter from Pete Sears that was reprinted on the Radio London website at:
www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/65fabs/jun65/fab130665/fab130665.html . Much of what I am presenting in this post is based on this letter. Contrary to what Allmusic says, the Sons of Fred are not from the coastal town of Great Yarmouth. The band was actually based in Dulwich and Beckenham, where Ray Redway and Alan Bohling were from. Mick Hutchinson and Tim Boyle were from Chislehurst, while Pete Sears grew up in Hayes, near Bromley. However, Sears does not know where the band name the Sons of Fred came from. Also, the Sons of Fred are not at all related to another band called Odyssey, despite what is shown on Allmusic, along with plenty of other Internet sites.
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Alan Bohling is currently playing with a 1960’s cover band called On the Rocks, which is based in Hampshire, U.K. A man named Alan Bohling is credited with writing and performing several Christian contemporary songs, but he is evidently not the former bandmember in the Sons of Fred. A recent photograph of Alan Bohling is given above.
(March 2014/2)
