J. Scott Franklin, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, trumpet, comedy, pranks
Tyler Postma, vocals, drums, washboard,harmonica, southern charm
Often joined by, Sugar, Al Moss, Michael Bay, Lisa Horngren
Influences
Cash, Cline, Williams and Williams, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, Elvis, Carl Perkins...
Sounds Like
"Instead of being a mirage like so many of the new country artists are - here but not really here... plastic and gooey (shapeable by what the industry wants us to see and hear - the mirage part), you are the oasis, the real thing!" -Lisa Horngren, current bassit of The Tennessee Three
Lost State of Franklin
Quarter to Lonely
By D.X. Ferris
Published: January 24, 2007
Quarter to Lonely plays like the work of three good ol' boys and a gal who spend their weekends spinning Johnny Cash and watching A Fistful of Dollars. Plunking and twanging, guitarist Rob Franklin Muzick lays down a locomotive lick on the opener, "Clint Eastwood," while singer J. Scott Franklin lionizes Dirty Harry. Like the gunslinger, Franklin's not really a cowboy, but he plays the part just as well.
Franklin tells us he's been shot in Alabama and passed out in New Orleans. His riding partners have seen some scenes too. Upright bassist David Mooser draws inspiration from London psychobilly, and he helps the band cut a rug on "600 Miles" -- but he's just as comfortable playing old-timey country. Singer Tyler Postma gives a soft touch to "Cold Day," a slow-dance saloon ballad that rivals anything in Neko Case's songbook. Saddle up and check it out
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The Story
J "Scott" Franklin was raised in Emporia, Va, the son of a preacher from Knoxville. In high school, he was whisked away to Cleveland, Ohio where the country music and rockabilly he'd loved was not so loved. Trumpet in hand, he was taken under the wing of Timothy Weaver, a graduating senior at Garfield Heights High School. In the summer following tenth grade, Scott went from being the second last trumpeter in the band to being the top chair of the concert and marching band and earned himself the lead spot in Jazz band. it was through the influence and encouragement of Tim Weaver & Michael Shivley (Director) that Scott went on to Scholarship at Bowling Green State University.
After college, he traveled from California to New York to the Bahamas doing clubs and Cruise Ships as a jazz trumpet player. All the while, he maintained he love of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Ray Price and all the folks he was raised on.
Along the way, Scott developed a deep love for Poetry (Ai, Robert Lowell and others). Soon he started to write songs and realized he needed a guitar for accompaniment. What emerged from him was an astounding voice of lyrics and sound, likened to the vastness of people like Lyle Lovett.
Along the way, Scott has worked with wonderful people and shared the stage with Eileen Ivers, Benny Golson, the Wooten Brothers. He has opened for America, Lovedrug, Stella Parton and others.
Lost State of Franklin is J Scott Franklin and Tyler Postma, a television and theatre actress turned drummer and vocalist. They surround themselves with the finest musicians and entertainers available & recently represented the United States at FIMU International Music Festival in France.
hey Scott, I keep missing you... I'd like to get your input (trumpetwise) on a few new tunes I'm working on in Byron Nemeth's studio, drop me a line, lemme know your schedule?
Scott & Company..when you get the chance, check out my news tunes "Ride That Train To Glory" and "Baby, Please Don't Go"...I think you might dig 'em! Hope all is swell with that band that started in my dining room here in Erie, PA!
It has been a while since I went to youtube and watched some of your videos. There were many that I haven't seen and music I haven't heard yet. I liked what I saw. Keep 'em coming. I am going to Bowling Green tonight and letting the owner of a pub "Grumpy Dave's Pub" know of you. Maybe get a gig down the road. He is on my myspace. Take care
So sorry I missed your gig last nite, Scott, and will have to miss tonite as well... having hard days with this disease :( Hope you are well, I'll see you when I am :)
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