Peter Freestone: Freddie Mercury's Personal Assistant
Artwell7 Jun 2023

Peter Freestone: Freddie Mercury's Personal Assistant

first learned of Peter Freestone when I was studying Freddie Mercury. What does it mean when I studied Freddie Mercury? It meant for two months, all I did was read books about Freddie Mercury, watched documentaries about Freddie Mercury, listened to Freddie Mercury interviews, and listened to Queen music. Once I’d finished that I wrote two essays about what I’d learned.

Studying great artists was born out of my frustration of consuming all kinds of information with nothing to show for it and nothing to retain. The idea was if I consume as much about someone for a couple of months and then create something based on what I learned it would help me to retain things better.

I wasn’t necessarily planning on starting with Freddie Mercury but I started reading “Freddie Mercury in His Own Words” and was hooked. What he was talking about back in the 1970s and 1980s was still just as relevant to artists of today. He was way ahead of his time so I decided to go all in and consume as much as a I could.

As I scoured the internet for Freddie Mercury content, I stumbled upon an interview with Peter. Knowing I’d planned on launching this show, I decided to ask him to be one of my early guests.

I got in touch with his manager Milan, and we set up a time. Milan also offered to record Peter with his camera and microphone which really elevated the end product of the interview.

We had to postpone our first scheduled time as Peter had an unplanned trip to the hospital. Less then a week after he was back home he made time to do this interview. I remember on the day him telling me how tired he was but he still pushed through for over 40 minutes.

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