David Bowick Keyboard/Vocals/Accordion/ Guitar/Digital Tomfoolery
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Freddy and Francine will be performing their song "Safe and Sound",
nominated for Best Original Song,
at the 2009 Feel Good Film Festival held at Hollywood's historic
Egyptian Theater August 9th.
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F&F Performing "Numbers" at the Apple Store in Santa Monica
Bio: Freddy and Francine began in early 2008 as a series of late night
writing sessions between Los Angeles singer-songwriters Bianca Caruso and Lee Ferris. Within months the duo had written over 30 songs together and began performing throughout Southern California with drummer Christopher Allis and Bassist John Classick. In the fall of '08 Producer/Recording Engineer/multi-instrumentalist David Bowick
joined the band, a collaboration that resulted in the completion of two records over the next 7 months. Their latest and first full length album, "The Briar Patch", was recorded over 9 days in February of '09 at The Briar Patch Inn in Northern Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon and was released April 23, 2009 at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA. Freddy and Francine released their self titled EP on iTunes in November of '08 prior to their fall Southwest and New York tour.
Press:
"I love this EP! Ferris and Caruso have created a sound totally unique, exciting, and nostalgic without seeming dated. Blending retro-pop flavor (reminiscent of Duffy, Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen) and folky melodies(think Fleet Foxes meets Wilco)this band caught my ear from first listen. I have seen tons of acts perform in the shop throughout my tenure as concert manager and I would put these kids up against anyone in respect to their songwriting, vocal harmonizing and fantastic stage performance. I see nothing but a bright future for these two rising stars." -Lincoln Meyerson Concert Manager of McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA McCabe's roster reads like a "who's who" of music in the last half century, from Bill Monroe and Sun Ra to Jeff Buckley and Cat Power. Nancy Covey and Lincoln Meyerson—McCabe's concert directors past and present— recently curated an extraordinary concert at UCLA's Royce Hall celebrating 50 years of musical history in the making, featuring many of the artists who have contributed to the continuing saga of this unique cultural institution.
"Freddy and Francine could be the new king and queen of an emerging new folksy funky countrified alternative hard-to-define music scene in LA. They harmonize their powerful, young voices to hypnotic effect. Their songs are compelling, harmonically sophisticated, humorous, catchy and fun. This is their very first effort (amazing). I can't wait to see where these guys go - they're clearly moving in the right direction." Robert Margouleff Grammy Award Winning Engineer & Producer CEO, Mi Casa Multimedia Most noted for his work as associate producer, engineer and synthesizer programmer for Stevie Wonder (beginning in the 1970s) on award-winning albums including Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Jungle Fever.
"Freddy & Francine is a refreshingly uplifting mix of folk and pop that instantly has your foot tapping. The original music by these newcomers draws from a wide variety of influences with complex and rich harmonies woven together by songwriters and lead vocalists Lee Ferris and Bianca Ferrari Caruso. Music hasn't been this much fun since Katrina and the Waves walked on sunshine." Vicki Greenleaf Greenleaf & Associates, Inc. Public Relations + Marketing As a journalist and author, 1981-88, Vicki Greenleaf – primarily covering music, entertainment – has written for more than 30 national and international publications and has penned one book. She has written for Playboy (contributing editor), Interview, US Weekly, Rolling Stone's Record, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Sun-Times, Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Houston Post, and Rocky Mountain News, to name a few.
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thanks a lot for finding us, "Brownstone Alley" is a refreshing and inspiring song. gonna get your album on iTunes (oh, and your hand painted FaceBook, Twitter etc buttons are lovely). best best best pierre / peppermoon.
You thought i'd like you guys, more like love. Thanks for entering my life and making my day brighter with some of the most amazing music i've heard in quite some time. Keep doing what you do!
