STEWART FRANCKE
''LOVE IMPLIED''
JANUARY 5 2013
55:32
1. Love Is Bliss/3:36
2. Leave A Light On/3:21
3. Drive North/5:35
4. Far Away Nearby/3:41
5. By Your Side/3:29
6. Looking Forward To The Past/3:30
7. Breaking Under It All/3:11
8. Dancing On The Killing Floor/4:23
9. Dirty Old Town/3:32
10. Love Is The Only Law/3:39
11. The Longing/4:03
12. Band Of Gold/3:47
13. My Wasted Heart/4:02
14. Big Man/2:04
15. Higher Than The World/3:39
Chuck Bartels /Bass
Greg C. Brown /Vocals
Carl Cafagna /Horn
Ben Dubrul /Vocals
Stewart Francke /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals
Beth Griffith /Vocals
Matthew Groth /Vocals
Rich Hughes /Vocals
Velda Kelly /Violin
Connie Markwick /Viola
Bob Mervak /Clavinet, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Steve Mostyn /Organ
John Nixon /Arranger, Organ, Piano, String Arrangements
Barbara Payton /Vocals
Pete Peltier /Guitar, Soloist
Chris Plansker /Fender Rhodes, Piano, String Arrangements
Bryan Reilly /Drums, Percussion, Vocals
James Simonson /Bass
Jimmy Smith /Horn, Horn Arrangements
Maria Smith /Violin
Jeanne Staels /Vocals
Bobby Streng /Horn, Horn Arrangements
Chester Thompson /Drums, Percussion
Jon Tiven /Guitars, Organ, Piano, Saxophone
Sally Tiven /Bass
Gia Warner /Vocals
Devon Whitehead /Drums
Jim Wilpula /Horn
Karen Wingert /Cello
BIOGRAPHY
by Zac Johnson
Detroit-area musician Stewart Francke - a blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter and guitarist whose inspirations include classic R&B, garage rock, roots rock, and folk - has been releasing albums since the early '90s, but was performing long before then. At the age of 19, while the rest of his age group was experimenting with the punk and new wave sounds of the late '70s, the Saginaw-born Francke joined a local blues band as its bassist. The next ten years were spent in bar bands, highlighted by opening gigs for Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Luther Allison. The musician settled down, got married, and worked as a journalist until, in 1995, he released an independent CD called Where the River Meets the Bay, featuring the soulful "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which was featured in an episode of Melrose Place. Francke continued to release an album each year: Expecting Heroes (1996), House of Lights (1997), and Sunflower Soul Serenade (1998). After he was diagnosed with leukemia, he was encouraged to lend his talents to raising cancer awareness - a thread that ran through Swimming in Mercury (1999) and What We Talk of...When We Talk (2000). This productive phase of Francke's career was capped off with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Best of Stewart Franke (2001).
As Francke fought leukemia, he continued to write and record; in 2002, he released his seventh studio album, Wheel of Life, and followed it in 2005 with Motor City Serenade, a set backed by Motown's Funk Brothers with a guest appearance from personal hero Mitch Ryder. He beat his disease, but his energy quickly shifted toward his ailing parents, mother-in-law, and father-in-law - all of whom passed within a four-year period. He also spent time raising his children. His first live album, Alive & Unplugged, was issued in 2008. Heartless World, boasting an appearance from Bruce Springsteen - as well as assists from Ryder and almost 40 other Detroit musicians - followed in 2011.
''LOVE IMPLIED''
JANUARY 5 2013
55:32
1. Love Is Bliss/3:36
2. Leave A Light On/3:21
3. Drive North/5:35
4. Far Away Nearby/3:41
5. By Your Side/3:29
6. Looking Forward To The Past/3:30
7. Breaking Under It All/3:11
8. Dancing On The Killing Floor/4:23
9. Dirty Old Town/3:32
10. Love Is The Only Law/3:39
11. The Longing/4:03
12. Band Of Gold/3:47
13. My Wasted Heart/4:02
14. Big Man/2:04
15. Higher Than The World/3:39
Chuck Bartels /Bass
Greg C. Brown /Vocals
Carl Cafagna /Horn
Ben Dubrul /Vocals
Stewart Francke /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals
Beth Griffith /Vocals
Matthew Groth /Vocals
Rich Hughes /Vocals
Velda Kelly /Violin
Connie Markwick /Viola
Bob Mervak /Clavinet, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Steve Mostyn /Organ
John Nixon /Arranger, Organ, Piano, String Arrangements
Barbara Payton /Vocals
Pete Peltier /Guitar, Soloist
Chris Plansker /Fender Rhodes, Piano, String Arrangements
Bryan Reilly /Drums, Percussion, Vocals
James Simonson /Bass
Jimmy Smith /Horn, Horn Arrangements
Maria Smith /Violin
Jeanne Staels /Vocals
Bobby Streng /Horn, Horn Arrangements
Chester Thompson /Drums, Percussion
Jon Tiven /Guitars, Organ, Piano, Saxophone
Sally Tiven /Bass
Gia Warner /Vocals
Devon Whitehead /Drums
Jim Wilpula /Horn
Karen Wingert /Cello
BIOGRAPHY
by Zac Johnson
Detroit-area musician Stewart Francke - a blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter and guitarist whose inspirations include classic R&B, garage rock, roots rock, and folk - has been releasing albums since the early '90s, but was performing long before then. At the age of 19, while the rest of his age group was experimenting with the punk and new wave sounds of the late '70s, the Saginaw-born Francke joined a local blues band as its bassist. The next ten years were spent in bar bands, highlighted by opening gigs for Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Luther Allison. The musician settled down, got married, and worked as a journalist until, in 1995, he released an independent CD called Where the River Meets the Bay, featuring the soulful "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which was featured in an episode of Melrose Place. Francke continued to release an album each year: Expecting Heroes (1996), House of Lights (1997), and Sunflower Soul Serenade (1998). After he was diagnosed with leukemia, he was encouraged to lend his talents to raising cancer awareness - a thread that ran through Swimming in Mercury (1999) and What We Talk of...When We Talk (2000). This productive phase of Francke's career was capped off with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Best of Stewart Franke (2001).
As Francke fought leukemia, he continued to write and record; in 2002, he released his seventh studio album, Wheel of Life, and followed it in 2005 with Motor City Serenade, a set backed by Motown's Funk Brothers with a guest appearance from personal hero Mitch Ryder. He beat his disease, but his energy quickly shifted toward his ailing parents, mother-in-law, and father-in-law - all of whom passed within a four-year period. He also spent time raising his children. His first live album, Alive & Unplugged, was issued in 2008. Heartless World, boasting an appearance from Bruce Springsteen - as well as assists from Ryder and almost 40 other Detroit musicians - followed in 2011.
