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Patrick Francis

About Me

FIONN!! ^_^ The short version: My music is a fusion of the many styles of music I have explored over the last 28 years: rock, jazz, latin, and classical. I'm a member of the San Francisco Guitar Quartet, and currently, my focus is composing new music for solo and chamber music featuring guitar.

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Member Since: 12/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.francisguitar.com
Band Members: Patrick Francis
Influences: Pat Metheny, Joaquin Rodrigo, Astor Piazzolla, Andres Segovia, Christopher Parkening, Miles Davis, Joe Pass, Aerosmith, Manuel Ponce, Joaquin Turina, Isaac Albeniz, Led Zeppelin, Eric Johnson, Bill Evans, Egberto Gismonti, Keith Jarrett, Carlo Domeniconi, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoades, Paco de Lucia, AC/DC, Pepe Romero, Laurindo Almeida, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Paulo Bellinati, Luiz Bonfa, Tom Jobim, Paulinho Noguiera, Chick Corea, all my teachers; Michael Taylor, Pauline Cormier, Manley Mallard, Saul Gropman, Frank Koonce, Chinary Ung, Henry Onderdonk, David Leisner and Manuel Barrueco for the some great lessons in masterclasses . . . my buds in the San Francisco Guitar Quartet; Patrick O'Connell, David Dueñas, Mark Simons . . . other classical guitarists and composers; John Williams, Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, the LAGQ; Scott Tenant, Bill Kanengeiser, John Dearman, and Andrew York - Dusan Bogdanovic, Chuck Hulihan, Teja Gerken, Michael Hedges, and a lot more.
Sounds Like: Classical meets Jazz on vacation in Europe.
Record Label: Indie, Distributed by CDBaby, Itunes, and Vgo

My Blog

First blog: About....

About me.......The long version: I started playing guitar at age 12, strumming chords on a Takemine steel string that my older sister had to tune for me. She'd tune it up for me whenever I asked her t...
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