So They Say, by Pete Francis

So They Say

by Pete Francis

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1.	Burning the River 04:17	buy track
2.	Father Rose 04:33	buy track
3.	During the Storm 04:32	buy track
4.	If I May 03:26	buy track
5.	Train Window 03:43	buy track
6.	I Don't Wanna Fight 05:26	buy track
7.	Auburndale 04:06	buy track
8.	Carry You 03:54	buy track
9.	Go Ridin' 03:30	buy track
10.	So They Say 02:54	buy track

credits

released October 5, 2001

"So They Say is my first solo record. I recorded it in the Summer of 2000 with Jack Gauthier at Lakewest Recording Studio
in Rhode Island. Lakewest is a cool studio. Totally unassuming - it could be mistaken for a military barracks.
Inside those cinder block walls and windowless rooms is a magical temple of sound. Jack is the studio owner and musical guru.
Many of the amazing blues recordings by Duke Robillard were done at Lakewest. He's recorded countless bands - Dispatch's
Bang Bang and Four-Day Trials were recorded there. Jack recruited Marty Ballou on bass and Marty Richards on drums. They were a superlative rhythm section. I wanted this recording to be sparse like a John Lee Hooker album. So many of the lyrics came out of my poetry notebooks. At the time, I was very influenced by the poetry of
Seamus Heaney, Wallace Stevens, EE Cummings, William Carlos Williams, and Emily Dickinson to name a few. To me, artists like Charles Mingus and Miles Davis captured the musical aura I felt most aligned with at the time. In many ways, I wanted the instrumentation to sound similar to a Rudy Van Gelder record - dry and pure- while my voice could be upfront in the mix playing the role of what a Coltrane horn might sound like. I was interested in my form of expressionism both lyrically and instrumentally. I worked with artist William Quigley on the album art. Quigley painted a portrait of me for the cover. My brother, Eric Heimbold, took the photo out of the train window that is on the back of the album." – Pete Francis

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Pete Francis New York, New York

Producer, Songwriter, Collaborator, Dad, Dragoncrest Collective, Original 1/3 of DISPATCH

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May 14

Park City Music Hall

Bridgeport, CT
Jun 14

Park City Music Hall

Bridgeport, CT
Sep 14

The Haymarket Lounge at City Winery - Boston

Boston, MA

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