Frank De Franceschi

"Nómada" (2008)

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 cover "Kilometers & Miles"
Track list:

1. La puerta sol -

(De Franceschi)

2. Jig Rag -

(De Franceschi)

3. La caricia perdida - audio

 (De Franceschi)

4. Al Shifa - audio

 (De Franceschi)

5. Shahida -

(De Franceschi)

6. Seguirilla -

(De Franceschi)

7. Hong Kong Rush Hour - audio

 (De Franceschi)

8. Adioses - audio

 (De Franceschi)

9. Train to Marrakesh - audio

 (De Franceschi)

10. Nana del caballo grande -

(F. G. Lorca)

11. Café Cortito -

(De Franceschi)

12. Madrugada - audio

 (De Franceschi)

Description: This work tries to fuse Flamenco with elements of Afro-American and North African music, using the resophonic guitar played with a slide percussions. The music has been created while touring Spain and Hong Kong and visiting Morocco.
All instruments played by F. De Franceschi except "Nana del Caballo Grande" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Cante Flamneco: Carmen Amor
"La Caricia Perdida" was inspired by the poem of Alfonsina Storni
"Seguirilla" was written for flamenco dancer Israel Galvan

Frank De Franceschi

"Kilometers & Miles"

(2000)

 cover "Kilometers & Miles"
Track list:

1. London Tales - lyric - audio

 (De Franceschi)

2. I've Been Around - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

3. The President Job - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

4. Full Moon In Tarifa - audio

 (De Franceschi)

5. Eviction Blues - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

6. Three Times Dead Blues - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

7. That Will Never Happen No More

 (Blake)

8. Suroeste

 (De Franceschi)

9. Mission Str. Rag - lyric - audio

 (De Franceschi)

10. Giggin'  - lyric - audio

 (De Franceschi)

11. Chocolate Jesus

 (Waits)

12. Me Melican Man (A Pigtail Rag)

 (Weidt)

Description: This work reflects years of incessantly giggin', especially as a solo acoustic act, constantly travellin' (read DRIVING and DRIVING and more DRIVING) in the so called «Old Continent» and the States, collecting hundreds of gigs, kilometers and miles. Thanks to my mechanic.
Musicians

Frank De Franceschi

 Acoustic Guitars, Dobro, Vocals, Assorted Junk & Percussions

Dario Duso

 Tuba Bass

Beppe Pilotto

 Double Bass

Marco Pandolfi

 Harmonica

Engineered, produced
and mixed by:

 Aldo Menti - Inter Sound Music

Frank De Franceschi

"This is it"

(2000)

 cover "This is it"
Track list:

1. Stop What You Are Doing - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

2. Mother T.V.  - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

3. Early In The Morning

 (Jordan)

4. I Can't Stand This Rain - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

5. Elvis Chronicles # 2 - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

6. What A Mess - lyric 

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

7. Los Caños / The Stumble

 (De Franceschi / King-Thompson)

8. Not Before Coffee - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

9. Get Me While You Can - lyric 

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

10. This Is It - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

11. Gotta Tell Me - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

12. Eviction Blues - lyric 

 (De Franceschi)

Description: CD cut almost entirely live in the studio in '97, with the help of american and italian musicians. Almost all tracks are originals, the majority of them recorded as an "organ trio" format (guitar-vocal, hammond organ, drums).

Musicians

Frank De Franceschi

 Electric Guitars, Vocal

Beppe Pilotto

 Double Bass

Bruno Marini

 C3 Hammond Organ

Gabriele Grotto

 Drums

Roberto Rampazzo

 Drums

Peter Glaser

 Harmonica

Jan Marra

 Backing Vocals

Production:

 Inter Sound Music
Reviews: «He's not only an excellent guitarist, but under a certain way an illusionist. A magician. It makes the Blues levitating and he carries it from Mississippi to wherever he plays. Without mystery, without any distortion whatsover».
«There are only a few people, expecially among whites, who can touch the strings of a guitar with the same intensity of people who were born and plunge their roots in the Blues. Its a genre that needs a lot of soul and truth, and De Franceschi incarnates this theory».
«Very long solos and rightly raw sounds».
«Absolutely original guitarist».

Honky Tonk Duo

"Ragtime"

(1999)

Available
only in
Japan
!!!
Track list:

1. Honky Tonk Train Blues

 (M. L. lewis)

2. Clementine Rag

 (Castellani)

3. Are We Ready? - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

4. Sweet Honey Hole

 (B. B. Fuller)

5. John Hardy

 (Traditional)

6. Mama, Let Me Lay It On You

 (B. B. Fuller)

7. Stop Time Rag

 (S. Joplin)

8. Piccolo Rag

 (B. B. Fuller)

9. Untrue Blues

 (B. B. Fuller)

10. That Will Never Happen No More

 (B. Blake)

11. Picnic Rag

 (Ronzani)

12. She's Hot - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

13. Wabash Rag

 (B. Blake)

14. He's In The Jailhouse Now

 (B. Blake)

15. Mardi Gras

 (Ronzani)

16. Loony Rag - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

Description:  A ragtime Cd recorded with pianist Alcide Ronzani, issued only in Japan in 40,000 copies. Almost all tracks of the era, with a few originals.
Musicians

Alcide Ronzani

 Piano

Frank De Franceschi

 Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Vocal, Percussions

Production:

 Tring Records

Frank De Franceschi Group

"Get a band
and go places"

(1994)

 cover "Get a band and go places"
Track list:

1. Too Drunk To Fuck - lyric

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

2. Nothin' Ever Changes

 (Glaser)

3. The Seventh Son

 (Dixon)

4. Special Brew - lyric

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

5. King's Cross Blues - lyric

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

6. Hic-Cup Boogie - audio

 (De Franceschi)

7. Wonderful Time

 (Williamson)

8. Frankie & Johnnie - audio

 (Traditional)

9. Young, White and Stupid - lyric

 (De Franceschi-Glaser)

10. Meet You There - lyric - audio

 (De Franceschi)

11. Elvis Is Alive - lyric

 (De Franceschi)

12. Big Yard

 (Brown)

Description: Debut CD of the electric trio. Recorded almost entirely live in the studio, with the help of a couple of guests (harmonica and trumpet).
Musicians

Frank De Franceschi

 Electric Guitar, Vocals

Gabriele Grotto

 Drums

Stefano Navone

 Electric & Acoustic Bass

Peter Glaser

 Harmonica, vocal

Gastone Bortoloso

 Trumpet

Production:

 Self Produced...

Reviews: «Electrifying blues».
«It could very well be defined as a "made in Italy" blues that you won't certainly expect; 12 tracks veined with blues, with rhythms goin' from swing to shuffle and traditional rock 'n' roll: an hour of enthrallin' fun».
«A well made Cd which will be appreciated a lot by lovers of early rock 'n' roll as well as swingin' blues».
«Extremely pleasant».

Peter Glaser Trio
"Live"

(1992)

 cover "Live"
Track list:

1. Wonderful Time

 (J. Lee Williamson)

2. Kansas City

 (Leiber-Stoller)

3. Tell Me Why - lyric - audio

 (Thygesen-Glaser)

4. Bummertime

 (Gershwin)

5. Think Fit

 (De Franceschi)

6. Plankton Boogie - lyric - audio

 (Thygesen-Glaser-De Franceschi)

7. Midnight Sun (Pianissimo)

 (Thygesen)

8. Late Cookin'

 (De Franceschi)

9. You Say You Love Me

 (Thygesen-Glaser-De Franceschi)

10. Brother & Sister Blues - audio

 (Thygesen-Glaser-De Franceschi)

Description: A live acoustic gig of the american harmonicist's trio in Italy, in which I play with the danish guitarist Hans Thygesen. The gig, lasting an hour, was interrupted by the police (ev'rything on tape).
Musicians

Peter Glaser

 Harmonica, vocal

Hans Thygesen

 Semiacoustic guitar

Frank De Franceschi

 Semiacoustic guitar

Production:

 DBR Records

Reviews: «Three street virtuosos give new lymph to metropolitan blues».
«Little compact mobile combat unit».
«They were originally born as buskers, and from this it derives the particular relation the trio establishes with the public, and at the same time they are the spokesmen for all it happens in the streets, the dissatisfaction, desolation, rage and poverty of people livin' in a big city such as London».
«Their concert is all an insignia of the people's honesty who believe in music as a way of artistic and civil expression».
«Pure urban blues or maybe, by this time, cosmopolitan or megalopolitan; in this context Glaser and partners know how to convey a brand new vitality to an old tradition».


All Songs Copyrighted at A.M. Songs & Music-International Copyright Secured
© Frank De Franceschi 1994-2000. All rights reserved in all countries.

The above listed records (with the exception of "Ragtime") are available for sale at a special price; just drop me a mail!