He married long-time girlfriend Sarah Poten in 1996 they have one daughter together, born around 1999. I’m just not that kind of dude, and I don’t think Mickey is either.'įreeman is from a Jewish family. Freeman told Now magazine: 'I like Trey as a person, but as far as the music goes, all that jam band shit makes me want to puke. Around 2008, Freeman launched the Gene Ween Band, where he plays alongside Ween bassist Dave Dreiwitz, guitarist Scott Metzger and drummer Joe Russo.įreeman has been public with his disdain of the jam band music scene, which Ween is associated with after playing several large festivals in addition, Phish has often covered the Ween song 'Roses Are Free' in concert since 1998. Freeman has performed solo concerts with artists such as Jon Anderson of Yes. In addition to his work with Ween, Gene keeps up a solo career. Ween's music slowly progressed from a bedroom-style recording project, eventually signing to a major record label and transformed into a full live band. Soon, they hung out and began jamming, recording most of what they put together. Gene had a bunch of tapes he recorded of himself that he traded with Dean.

Both of them talked about bands they liked and playing their own music. Gene and Dean met in an eighth grade typing class in 1984, in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where they both grew up.

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