Ron Franklin Discography of CDs

Ron Franklin music CDs With a distinctive roots style that borrows from all the greats (Buddy Holly, Neil Young, the Boss, and especially Bob Dylan, to name but a few), singer-songwriter Ron Franklin fires off 12 comfortingly familiar-sounding folk-blues ditties on his self-titled 2008 album for Alive. The songs have a grittiness, though, that gives the album a lo-fi DIY attitude, setting Franklin apart from the multitude ...

Ron Franklin discography Track Listing of songs: Warming by the Devil's Fire; Little Suzie; What Is This Present Moment; Lula Wall; Black Lightnin'; How Free Will I Be This Morning; Thirty Days; That'll Never Happen No More; Beyond the River; Let the Rodeo Begin; Gloryland; City Lights;

Ron Franklin CD discography Ross Johnson is a legend on the Memphis music scene, but he's not really known for his music. He served as a sideman to acknowledged legends, like Alex Chilton and Tav Falco, and was often seen on the microphone between songs and after gigs delivering soulful sermons (or drunken rants, depending on your own state of inebriation) to the patrons and fellow bandmembers. ...

Ron Franklin albums While recuperating from major heart surgery in 2009 (paid for in part by loyal fans who organized benefit shows on his behalf and remastering some old Plimsouls, Nerves, and Breakaways albums for re-release) Peter Case was inspired to assemble a makeshift band, craft a new batch of songs, play some life-affirming gigs, and record the resulting new work. Raise your hand if you ...

Ron Franklin music CDs Dead Rock West -- a duo comprised of singers Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen -- has a deep line in West coast roots rock that taps into country, blues, R&B, and classic rock & roll. And on Bright Morning Stars, they cut out the musical middleman by directly embracing those roots. The pair's second outing, Bright Morning Stars is an album full of spiritually oriented tunes, mostly of trad provenance. The songs Wasserman and Drennen tackle here are most commonly associated with such legends of American music as Blind Willie Johnson and Mississippi Fred McDowell, but DRW also dips into rock, borrowing ...

Ron Franklin discography Personnel: Robby Grant (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Alicja Trout (vocals, guitar); Jonathan Kirkscey (cello); Ron Franklin (organ); Robert Barnett (drums). Recording information: Memphis, TN. Mouse Rocket includes: Alicja Trout. Mouserocket: Hemant Gupta (bass guitar); Robby Grant (tom tom); Jonathan Kirkscey, Robert Barnett , Alicja Trout.