The JOHN FRANCIS

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Member Since: 08/07/2005
Band Website: www.thejohnfrancis.com
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THE JOHN FRANCIS

Jack Francis plays guitar and sings;

Ilk Koskelo ( We Be The Echo ) has played drums;
Andrew Kitchen ( Painted Cakes , This Union Standard ) has played drums;
Paul Slack ( Planets , Swims ) has played bass.
Myke Tokarz ( We Be The Echo ) has played bass;
Nigel Pavao ( Last of the Blacksmiths ) has played keys;
Matt Bauer has played banjo;
Jason Kocol ( Impaled ) has played bandoneon and piano;
Michael Murphy has played mandolin and singing saw;
Brian Small has played clarinet and bass clarinet;
John Vanderslice has provided foley and voice.

Sunkfrancisco Frankenstance
from Rerum Novarum Records

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Epilogue Prologue
from Rerum Novarum Records

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On the Moments We Share
from Rerum Novarum Records

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Charles Dickens , The Who , Paul McCartney , Frank Sinatra , Alice In Chains , Edward Lear , The Kinks , U2 , Phiz , Jethro Tull , Nick Carraway , Willie Nelson , Ken and Roberta Williams , Radiohead , Elliott Smith , George Cruickshank , Mark Lanegan , Mary Shelley , Mad Season , Deerhoof , Neil Young , Luke Skywalker , The Beatles , Nirvana , Roger Miller , Mr. Bungle , William Morris , Syd Barrett

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"Deep deep male vocals and slow creeping tempo...."
—Aquarius Records, San Francisco

"Songs written in the theme of Victorian twilight, delivered discerningly with real person emotion, TJF is art."
— SCTAS

"....Something like a cross between John Vanderslice and Ian Anderson."
—Babysue ( link )

"It's much like The Decemberists' Tain EP, only it sounds nothing like it."
—Treble Zine, on The JOHN FRANCIS's The Earnest Manboy Suite in E Major ( link )

"The John Francis, whose ambitious CD The Unspoken Rules of Frontier Justice comes complete with a booklet that's like a cross between McSweeney's and a Dada manifesto, turn out acoustic music that's part Neil Young, part Bauhaus."
—Flavorpill SF ( link )

"....Pavement....Jon Spencer....Divine Comedy...."
—Benzine ( link ) ~

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Record Label: Rerum Novarum
rerumnovarumrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie