Eleven years on since my liver failure, hep A and coma debacle, I must confess that I have been ill for years. I had a TIA also in 2015 and walked with a cane for seven years. But I can walk unaided now so, where to walk to? I picked the narrow path. The other one nearly got me killed. This album is dedicated to God and the British taxpayer for paying my healthcare expenses and my welfare these past years. You are still covering me for my alcoholic idiocy over a decade ago. I cannot thank you enough.
I may not be conventionally sane or I probably wouldn't require mood stabilisers an anti-psychotics. The ME and arthritis don't help either! If this record contains tough love, I needed it. You may too.
Anyhow, trust me, I'm bipolar and I know how this show goes.
I need to go study theology for a year now. Speak to you in twelve months time. Au revoir.
God bless
Joshua Francis
Merseyside, England.
3rd July 2023.
p.s. I outlived Errol Flynn the other day!
All songs written, performed and produced by Joshua Francis, except Lynyrd Skynyrd's Innyrds (Collins, Van Zant, Korden, Francis)
Barking vocals - Toto The Dog

Hill To Die On

Tears On My Pillow

My Baby Just Cares For Me

Jailed in 1974 for seven years over the theft of a mere £26, Charles Bronson/Salvador has yet to see the light of day. To mark his 70th birthday, and in advance of his 2023 parole hearing, I humbly petition that this talented artist be shown clemency and be afforded the opportunity to live out the rest of his days in peaceful creativity. I therefore submit the following proposition: Free Charles Bronson.
Joshua Francis, 6th December 2022.
"Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy". Mattthew 5:7, KJV.
Written, performed and produced by Joshua Francis
Artwork: Charles Salvador
Copyright Charles Salvador 2022

Free Charles Bronson

Joshua Francis - Free Charles Bronson

Distracting thought from the 1999 album "Rhythmic Delusions" by DJ Trax featurning yours truly on Vocals

Distracting Thoughts

Written at the beginning of Hanukkah after another appalling psychotic episode. I know I've upped the anti-psychotics a tad but I've been well behaved for five and a half months - a record, I believe. So I made one.

Joshua Francis - Shackle Me Unto Thy Feet

My first genuine attempt at a hymn. 
p.s. It doesn't. I tried to bend it and got really, really hurt. Meddle at thy peril.

Joshua Francis - Which Part Of This Book Bends?

Nearly everything hurts but I am so very grateful to be alive. Thank you.

Joshua Francis - Lynyrd Skynrd's Innyrds

Alcoholic escapades long behind me, I'm still a bit Jack Sparrow, still a little punchy. But boy do I know the difference between right and wrong these days. I always thought an OBE was awarded by the monarch but no, Out of Body Experiences, complete with ass-kickings from Jesus in Person, are still alive and well in the 21st Century. There is an easier way to reach Him than by nearly dying. These days I find prayer suffices and costs the tax payer less money.

Joshua Francis - If Whisky Learned To Walk

If I ever have to make a stand: He died on one for me. 
My second attampt at a hymn.

Joshua Francis - Hill To Die On

My funny valantine

Originally sung by Alicia Keys. Great song

If I aint got you

Written and recorded as part of a theatre piece in 1992 university of Northumbria. Seems more relevant now than ever as it was performed with a white mask on the back of my head which faced the audience In a spotlight.

Truth

Old reggae song a favorite of Christian F Dubs, by Dennis Brown, recorded at the square too many years ago to remember. Just found the cd. 

Should I

DJ trax featuring Me on vocals. Recorded around 1995 released in 1996.

http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Trax-Scattered-Memories/release/522504

Scattered Memories - Produced by DJ Trax

Joshua's music is a unique blend of original rock n roll, blues and folk, with powerful vocals; but he has been described as producing an insanely diverse range of styles, from ballads to showtunes and everthing in between. His songwriting is poetic and his performance is professional and highly energetic.
He draws his influences from Jerry Lee Lewis, The Rat Pack, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and Steve Earle. Joshua has a very focussed work ethic and if he is not recording then he is touring the country, playing live at a variety of venues.
Very often his songs are of a social conscience nature, particularly focussing on homelessness, and he is a regular at Thorn Cross Prison, Warrington where he performs concerts for his "jailhouse flock". He has made several records for charity, including an EP for mental health charity Rethink. 
Highlights of his career so far include playing Christian music festival KingsStock in 2015, performing at Strawberry Fair last year and playing in front of Terry Waite C.B.E. for homeless charity Emmaus UK's 25th anniversary in Cambridge.
Joshua has received radio airplay all over the UK, North and South America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He is also a regular guest on HCR104fm radio based in Huntingdon and Flame Christian & Community Radio in Birkenhead.
Last year's Valentine's Day single "5am" was reviewed by moremore sound who said it was "an original and distinctive musical accomplishment". "Alimony Street" was reviewed by Middle Tennessee Music who said it was "a simplistic balladesque record infused with...powerful vocals". His current album, released in July last year, has been favourably reviewed by The Black Label Agency in Belgium, Beachsloth.com and Christian Radio station The Antidote".
This year, Joshua is working on his next album "Menorahs And Fedoras" which will be released in the summer, and is about to being another extensive tour of the UK – dates are still being added.
Everything Joshua writes and produces is available for free on Soundcloud.

Joshua Francis - Hill To Die On

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