fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News http://franmckendree.com/news.html Fran McKendree: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:08:49 -0700 McKendree Spring Recording http://franmckendree.com/news.html#44 We did it!!  Spent a great week in Nashville recording with my old band mates.  We did 5 songs;


'River Song' by Tom Rush [the last song of his we did, 'No Regrets,' was one of our most requested], 'One Word' by the Subdudes, one of Marty's and my favorite bands, 'I Got Everything I Need' by Keb Mo, another of my favs, 'Ellis Island' by Marc Cohn [a masterpiece of writing] and an instrumental featuring Mike on the viola called 'The Jig's Up.'  They're being mixed by Casey Wood, who also engineered the sessions.  Joining us to round out the sound were Alan Stoker on drums [who helped out with our live show last time 'round] and Paul Hollowell on keys.


The plan is to release these as singles on CDBaby, and then on iTunes.  We should have the first of them up in mid September.  Below are some pics from the sessions, please visit the McKendree Spring's facebook page for more info.


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]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#44 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News McKendree Spring in the studio soon http://franmckendree.com/news.html#43 We've been in the process of choosing songs, and it's feeling like we're almost there.  Two selections for certain at this point are 'River Song' by Tom Rush, and 'One Word' by the Subdudes.  Both are great songs and will give us the chance to explore some new territory.  One of McK'Springs most requested and well known songs has been 'No Regrets,' another from Tom's library.  'River Song' has a beautiful theme, gorgeous melody and chords...will be great fun.  The Subdudes have been one of my favorite bands for a long time, and 'One Word' is, I think, one of their best.  Stay tuned for more!

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#43 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News McKendree Spring set to record http://franmckendree.com/news.html#42 McKendree Spring will be back in the studio in Nashville soon.  Fran, Mike Dreyfuss, Marty Slutsky, and Chris Bishop are booked in for a few days with Fran's favorite recording engineer, Casey Wood, at the console.  Will have photos soon.

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#42 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News The Red Wellies CD - top 10 of 2009! http://franmckendree.com/news.html#41 The wonderful Asheville/Irish band, The Red Wellies, whom I recorded and co-produced at my Teerivane Studios, has won a great honor - in the top 10 of  Folkworld's  Alex Monaghan's top ten cds of 2009.  They're all great folks, and incredibly talented.  Duncan Wickel, who plays violin in this band, also contributed superbly to my new cd, 'Awake.'  Here's the link to read more about the 'Wellies' recording and award; /41/e/hl2009.html      and their site;  http://www.myspace.com/redwelliesirish


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]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#41 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News Sawyerville Day Camp http://franmckendree.com/news.html#40 What an incredible week!  This is truly an amazing thing that the folks from the Diocese of AL are doing...please visit the Sawyerville web site for lots of information and tons of pictures of the campers and staff.  Life changing stuff!!

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#40 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News National Happening gathering http://franmckendree.com/news.html#39 Had a great time with the folks from the National Happening Committee held at Montreat, NC. Lots of singing and fun.  Will add some pix.

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#39 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News Cara and the copperhead http://franmckendree.com/news.html#38 Our sweet Ms. Cara got bitten by a copperhead last week...no fun at all.  She's mending well, 'tho and being a trooper.


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]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#38 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News Awake arrives! http://franmckendree.com/news.html#37 I'm expecting to take delivery of the new cd, 'Awake,' early this week.  It's been a long time in the works, and I'm looking forward to holding one in my hands!  The order form will be up on this site later this week, and you'll be able to purchase the cd at CDBaby.com, and download all the songs from CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon, and the other web download shops within the next month. The songbook will follow over the summer.

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#37 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News AWWWY http://franmckendree.com/news.html#36 Getting ready for the Adults Who Work with Youth Conference coming up at Kanuga in a week or so.  I'm really looking forward to reconnecting with some great friends that I haven't seen in a while, and a stellar week.  More to follow as that week unfolds.

]]> http://franmckendree.com/news.html#36 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 fran mckendree site - Fran McKendree - News Province IV ECW at Kanuga http://franmckendree.com/news.html#35 Shared a few great days at Kanuga with the wonderful women of the Prov IV ECW...and my friend Rev. Gigi Connor as the keynote speaker.  Thanks to Gigi's prompting, I learned a few new songs that spoke specifically to women's participation in the great moments of our history for the occasion. It was great to catch up with some dear friends.

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