Ok, so you want to know how that solo project session went? It was beyond words. The ideas filled the room and solidified quickly, the musicians played off each other like we'd been playing all our lives, and the soul was overwhelming. The entire album will be available once I'm done getting horn parts done, and one of the tunes still need lyrics.

This is the first cut, nearly done. It will have horns on the final, but I can't keep it to myself any longer. It's a funk cover of Drive My Car by the Beatles. I did the arrangement, and everyone did their own improv solos on the spot. Nothing was written out except for the form.

http://libra.franklins.net/DriveMyCarMix4.mp3

Of course, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Photo by Serinol Lowman. Click to enlarge

Al Laporte, Carl Franklin, Matt Covey, Andy Chaney

There are more photos too, which will be available with the album.