I am unbelievably excited and proud to announce that Undefeated has been nominated by the Academy for Documentary Feature of the Year. Miles and I wrote and recorded a lot of music for the film, which will be released in theaters February 17th in NY and LA and March 3rd in many other markets.
A few of us have slowly and quietly been building a studio space in a farm house. Now, it’s pretty much complete. We are calling it The Midwest Sound.
As usual there is a lot going. First off, back in August Darren Garvey and I recorded some tunes for fun one night and now they have surfaced in the public forum under the name “Francis Goes Solo” Read more and listen here. Undefeated is continuing to gain momentum. It has won numerous awards in …
Busy fall so far. Working on recordings with Hayward Williams, Archie Powell and The Exports, Ron Rawhoof and Trapper Schoepp and The Shades. Last night we played the first of two gigs this month with the Bun E. Carlos Monday Night Band. We had a really great time and are playing another show at The …