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Robert Francis- A Bay Area Music Collective Exclusive from Hyde St. Studios
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Bay Area Music Collective is honored to have the amazingly talented Robert Francis join the BAMC roster with an intimate set recorded in a circle in one take at the historic Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco. Robert Francis began taking piano lessons before his toes could reach the foot pedals. When he was seven years old, his mother encouraged him to learn guitar so he could play the traditional ranchera songs she'd grown up singing with her sisters. Two years later, Ry Cooder gave him his first guitar, a vintage National Steel. In his teens Red Hot Chili Pepper's John Frusciante took him on as his only student and a few years later, he released his first album One by One -- at nineteen. His second album Before Nightfall, included the song 'Junebug' which became a commercial success in Europe. Strangers in the First Place, his new release and first for Vanguard Records, represents a breathtaking artistic leap for the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Francis and his band—drummer Richard Gowen, bassist Rob Douglas, guitarist Benji Lysaght and keyboardist Ben Oginz—later joined by special guests Mike Campbell, Jim Keltner, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Blake Mills and sisters Juliette and Carla Commagere —recorded his new record "Strangers In The First Place" set up in a circle and playing live while the sun played hide-and-seek with the marine layer in Malibu. Producer Martin Pradler (Ronnie Wood, Ry Cooder, The Pretenders) manned the console as the music unfolded. The result was an evocative, richly detailed work of vaulting musical and literary sophistication, all within the excitement of musicians playing as one. http://fb.bandpage.com/robertfrancis #BandPage www.bayareamusiccollective.com
Ryland Peter Cooder is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.
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