I've know Franc since 1999 when I first met him after I moved to Brighton - and we've been friends ever since, he actually gave me a demo for Alkimia about 4 years ago and the time and effort he spent on that album is incredible - it's a deeply beautiful record and aside from Franc's sublime playing his writing, arranging and production / engineering are all top notch - the guy should be as famous as any other bassist out there - but he's found it tough to get promoters and venues interested in putting on his full flamenco show - it comes down to money unfortunately.
Franc is a great guy and immensely knowledgable about music, he's currently writing a book on theory - I'm so glad some of you are discovering him for thge first time, he's one of my biggest influences - and I'm lucky when we have the chance to jam - he's the man
Mike
His myspace is here
http://www.myspace.com/francosheamusic
PS Franc told me that Marcus Miller also bought a copy of Alkimia... pretty cool eh?
