These Are The Days, by Neal Francis

These Are The Days

by Neal Francis

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	These are the days When your good graces have left and gone You’re left counting the ways That I’ve done you wrong They’re gonna hang me high For my crimes I’ve got nothing to lose now But these tears I’m crying It’s high time that I paid the price So that the next time maybe I’ll think twice Does it matter to you, girl To know that I’m in misery? These are the days When your good graces have left and gone You’re left counting the ways That I’ve done you wrong It’s five o’clock in the morning And I’m not home I’m surrounded by people But I’m really alone I know I’m keeping you waiting, girl But I don’t care I’d come running to you If I weren’t tied to this chair I’m so tired of hiding, baby And getting wrapped up in lies These are the days When your good graces have left and gone You’re left counting the ways That I’ve done you wrong

about

“I just wanted to be honest about everything, from my musical influences to my story,” muses Neal Francis. After years of dishonest living—consumed by drugs, alcohol, and addiction—such sincerity is jarring from the 30-year-old Chicago-based musician. Liberated from a self-destructive past and born anew in sobriety, Francis has captured an inspired collection of songs steeped in New Orleans rhythms and Chicago blues. His music evokes a bygone era of R&B’s heyday while simultaneously forging a new path on the musical landscape. Ohio-based Karma Chief Records (a subsidiary of Colemine Records) will release two songs, “These Are The Days” and “Changes, Pt. 1,” in early 2019.

There is a deep connection between Francis’s childhood—his obsession with boogie woogie piano, his father’s gift of a dusty Dr. John LP—and the songs he’s created. The influences are unmistakable: the vocal stylings of Allen Toussaint and Leon Russell; the second line rhythms of The Meters and Dr. John; the barroom rock ‘n’ roll of The Rolling Stones; the gospel soul of Billy Preston. Francis pays tribute to the masters but has his own story to tell: “It’s the life I’ve lived so far.”

credits

released January 16, 2019

Neal Francis: vocals, Hammond A100, acoustic piano, RMI Electra Piano, Hohner Clavinet D6
Sergio Rios: guitar
Mike Starr: bass
PJ Howard: drums, percussion

Additional Musicians:
Lucas Ellman- tenor saxophone
Ricky Lucchese- trombone
JJ Kirkpatrick- trumpet

All songs written and arranged by Neal Francis (ASCAP)

Horns arranged by Neal Francis

Album Design by Leroi Conroy
Front cover photography by Nicolette Nunez
Engineered, mixed, and produced by Sergio Rios at Killion Sound (North Hollywood, CA)
Associate Producer: David Vandenburg
Additional recording by Mike Novak at Chicago Electric Piano Company (Chicago, IL)
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering

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Neal Francis Chicago, Illinois

Neal Francis’ sophomore album ‘In Plain Sight’ offers up a body of work both enchanting and painfully self-aware, recorded entirely on tape with his bandmates. Mixed by Grammy Award-winner Dave Fridmann (Spoon, Tame Impala, Flaming Lips), the album spotlights Francis’s refined yet free-spirited performance on piano, an instrument he took up at the age of four. ... more

shows

May 3

Tipitina's

New Orleans, LA
May 4

Tipitina's

New Orleans, LA
May 4

Tipitina's

New Orleans, LA
May 4

Tipitina's

New Orleans, LA
May 17

Blues Peer Festival

Peer, Belgium
May 22

TivoliVredenburg

Utrecht, Netherlands
May 23

LantarenVenster

Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 25

Dust Brighton

Brighton, UK
May 26

Brockwell Park

Herne Hill, UK
Jun 13

Bonnaroo Farms

Manchester, TN
Jun 16

The Rooftop at Pier 17

New York (NYC), NY
Jun 19

Petco Park

San Diego, CA
Jun 20

Stevenson Ranch

Bend, OR
Jun 20

The Wiltern

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jun 23

The Masonic

San Francisco, CA
Jul 4

Salt Shed at Morton Salt

Chicago, IL
Jul 4

The Salt Shed Outdoors (fairgrounds)

Chicago, IL
Jul 5

Marshfield Fairgrounds

Marshfield, MA
Jul 6

Ridgefield Playhouse

Ridgefield, CT
Aug 13

The Stephen Talkhouse

Amagansett, NY
Aug 14

The Stephen Talkhouse

Amagansett, NY
Aug 31

McMenamin's Grand Lodge

Forest Grove, OR
Sep 11

Aggie Theater

Fort Collins, CO
Sep 12

Fox Theatre

Boulder, CO
Sep 19

Kentucky State Fair & Exposition Center

Louisville, KY

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