Awhile back, Brian Franklin arranged for Oz Fritz, Tom Waits' long time engineer, to come to Florida to record several of Brian's songs. Brian took his band at the time - "Tumbleman" - into Elysian Fields Studio with Oz at the helm and recorded several tracks including "Not Alone".  The band consisted of Brian on vocals and guitars, Jack Shawde on guitars, Chris Sheldon on drums, Diane Ward on vocals and various other cool stuff, and Russ Rogers on bass.  "Not Alone" was produced by Brian, Jack Shawde and Oz Fritz. 

"Not Alone" - Brian Franklin and Tumbleman

Awhile back, Brian Franklin arranged for Oz Fritz, Tom Waits' long time engineer, to come to Florida to record several of Brian's songs. Brian took his band at the time - "Tumbleman" - into Elysian Fields Studio with Oz at the helm and recorded several tracks including "Long Nightmare". The band consisted of Brian on vocals and guitars, Jack Shawde on guitars, Chris Sheldon on drums, Diane Ward on vocals and various other cool stuff, and Russ Rogers on bass. "Long Nigtmare" was produced by Brian, Jack Shawde and Oz Fritz. 

"Long Nightmare" - Brian Franklin and Tumbleman

Awhile back, Brian Franklin arranged for Oz Fritz, Tom Waits' long time engineer, to come to Florida to record several of Brian's songs. Brian took his band at the time - "Tumbleman" - into Elysian Fields Studio with Oz at the helm and recorded several tracks including "Great Big Bend". The band consisted of Brian on vocals and guitars, Jack Shawde on guitars, Chris Sheldon on drums, Diane Ward on vocals and various other cool stuff, and Russ Rogers on bass. "Great Big Bend" was produced by Brian, Jack Shawde and Oz Fritz. 

"Great Big Bend" - Brian Franklin and Tumbleman

Karma came into town for a brief visit, so we dashed into my studio and recorded several of her wonderful songs in blitzkreig fashion. "Now That You're Gone" is one of those songs, recorded and mixed in a few hours, and features Karma on a great vocal track, and me on all instruments, including electric guitars, acoustic guitar, Nashville tuned guitar, bass, djembe and assorted other stuff....great song with a really spooky vibe.

"Now That You're Gone" -- Karma and Jack

Karma came into town for a brief visit, so we dashed into my studio and recorded several of her wonderful songs in blitzkreig fashion. "Sing Me To Sleep" is one of those songs, recorded and mixed in a few hours, and features Karma on a great vocal track and acoustic guitar, and me (Jack Shawde) on all other instruments. 

"Sing Me To Sleep" -- Karma and Jack

"Georgia Rain", from Diane Ward's 2014 CD "Beautiful Ways".  Written by Diane Ward. Produced by Jack Shawde and Diane Ward. Musicians: Diane Ward (lead vocal, piano, background vocal), Jack Shawde (baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Debbie Duke (bass), John Yarling (drums), Nicole Yarlng (background vocals).  Recorded by Jack Shawde, mixed by John Merchant, and mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Engineering. 

"Georgia Rain" - Diane Ward

"Satellite" from Diane Ward's CD "Beautiful Ways". Written by Diane Ward, and produced by Jack Shawde and Diane Ward. Featuring Diane Ward (vocals and drums), Jack Shawde (guitars), Debbie Duke (bass), Bob Taylor (keyboards). 

"Satellite" - Diane Ward

The Three Jacks perform the original song "Capital Crime", penned by Henk Milne and produced by Jack Shawde.  The Three Jacks are Henk Milne (acoustic guitar and lead vocal), Jack Stamates (fiddle), Diane Ward (drums), Debbie Duke (bass) and Jack Shawde (guitars).  

"Capital Crime" - The Three Jacks

Here's a brand new little funk-a-ditty titled "Thing For You" by Karen Feldner that I produced with Karen, and played the geetars on. A non-traditional riff on "All the Things you are" and saxophone motif by ‪#‎Yardbird‬, Charlie Parker. Karen Feldner on keyboards, drum programming; ‪#‎JackShawde‬ on all guitars; ‪#‎MatthewSabatella‬ on bass; ‪#‎AndrewYeomanson‬ on groovy drum pattern and coffee; ‪#‎AJHill‬ on sax kicks; ‪#‎TheLooochness‬ mixing/mastering.

THING FOR YOU  - Karen Feldner

Raiford Starke and his band -- Stevie Grandmaison on bass and vocals, John Yarling on drums, and Jack Shawde on guitar -- playing Hoyt Axton's classic song. Recorded live at the Poorhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Totally unrehearsed, raw, 2:30 in the morning, mistakes and all, flying by the seat of our panties....... 

JackShawde

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