# Fredo Viola | Hiper Musicas

> Machine-readable artist reference for HiperMusicas crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola
Full AI reference: https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-09-19 18:42 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola
- Compact AI file: https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Fredo Viola
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: HiperMusicas live database for artist `fredo-viola`.
- Generated on request: 2026-09-19 18:42 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-73b6bf5f44e72cf0
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with HiperMusicas editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1235
- All-time HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Monthly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Weekly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time HiperMusicas signals: Red States
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Fredo Viola is a musician known for his song "Red States," which came out in 2008. The track sparked conversation about political divisions in the U.S., drawing both praise and criticism for its direct lyrics. He has worked with artists like Emmylou Harris and John Prine. His band includes guitarist Jim Carter, bassist Dave Keller, and drummer Mark Phillips. They create arrangements that support Viola's vocal style, which tends toward...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Red States — https://hipermusicas.com/fredo-viola/red-states