Pine Groove Productions is happy to announce our first release of 2025.
It's Francine Reed and The Jez Graham Trio performing "Surrender".
This recording is taken from the out-of-print and nonstreaming 2011 release Francine Reed and The Jez Graham Trio Live At Eddies Attic. It was brilliantly recorded by Shalom Aberle and features Francine's amazing and heartfelt vocal backed by my longtime Trio featuring Ramon Pooser on Acoustic Bass and Mike Hinton on Drums. Part of what makes this the definitive version is the chemistry of the trio with Francine and my piano solo, which is particularly inspired, add to those elements the sound captured and documented so well and with such clarity by Shalom. Plus, we had a great audience that night, as we always did at our annual shows at Eddie's Attic and later at Eddie's "Red Clay Theater".
Surrender, which I wrote for Francine, based on the lyrics of one of my favorite collaborators, Stephen Kalinich, is one of the most beloved songs in my catalog, having been recorded by both Francine and Col. Bruce Hampton. I'm proud to have been on both recordings; I also released a version on my 2014 Cd Lovebrain 2 that features original Beach Boy David Marks on the soulful guitar solo and the Stax-influenced Rythmn guitar chunks. His parts are also on the single version we recorded in 2010 featuring longtime friend and collaborator Victor Bisetti on Drums and Percussion and the gospel soul organ of David Ellington, who later played with me in David Marks And The Summertime Blues Band. It was a pleasure to perform Surrender with Francine and the amazing Sam Skelton at Francine's 2014 induction into the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame, then, that same year, we performed it with The Dekalb Symphony Orchestra featuring The Trio and our talented daughter Janna Graham on percussion.
Surrender (Live At Eddie's Attic)-Francine Reed Featuring The Jez Graham Trio
will be released digitally worldwide on Band Camp- January 30th, 2025
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