Hi Ya'll

Do NOT miss this opportunity to catch the legendary Carol Fran! She is a
national treasure and an inspiration! Only 2 Bay Area shows:

Special Show:
Carol Fran
Legendary Louisiana vocalist & pianist.
with the Carmen Getit Band
Thursday July 8
Biscuits & Blues 8:30 & 10:30 pm
SF, CA
401 Mason St.
Club: (415) 292-2583. All Ages. $10.
$10 for shows 8:30 & 10:30. Chances are they will not clear the house
between sets! The Carmen Getit! Band will open with Getit, Steve Lucky, Luke
Vesely & Brian Fishler. Then Carol will join Getit, Vesely & Fishler for a
rockin' good time - do NOT miss this legend!

Special Show:
Women in Blues & Boogie, 4 p.m.
Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival
Saturday July 10
with Carmen Getit, Carol Fran! & Beverly Stovall
plus Ruth Davies, Kent Bryson
Saturday's Lineup: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Texas Johnny Brown
Carol Fran (etc. listed above)
Tom Rigney & Flambeau
Caravan of Allstarts with Ella Pennewell & Willie G.
Fillmore Slim with Bobby Webb & Smooth Blues
Birdlegg and the Tight Fit Blues Band
Stars of Glory
Hayward City Hall Plaza
777 "B" Street, Hayward CA
General Adm: $15 in advance.
General at the door: $20.
Seniors over 62, Students with I.D., in advance $10.
Kids Under 12 FREE!
Group Rates 10 or more in advance $10.
More Info Contact: 510-836-2227 or 707-647-3962
Arts & Crafts Booths Info Contact: 510-430-0653
http://www.bayareabluessociety.net/haywardrussellcity.html

Soul-blues diva Carol Fran was born October 23, 1933, in Lafayette, LA.
After beginning her career as a teen singing jump blues with the Don Conway
Orchestra, she eventually landed in New Orleans, marrying saxophonist Bob
Francois. Abbreviating her married name to simply Fran, she became a
constant presence on the Bourbon Street club circuit before mounting an
extended tour of Mexico. In 1957, she cut her first sides for the R&B label
Excello, scoring a regional smash with her debut single "Emmitt Lee." Though
she recorded extensively for Excello, only three more singles were released
during Fran's abbreviated tenure with the label and she soon signed on as a
featured vocalist with blues legend Guitar Slim. She continued touring with
the group in the wake of Slim's 1959 death, appearing alongside various
substitutes, including Nappy Brown, Lee Dorsey, and Joe Tex.
In 1962, Fran signed to Lyric and released a pair of singles, including a
swamp pop rendition of "The Great Pretender"; she spent two more years on
the road before catching on with the Jubilee subsidiary Port for a 1964
cover of the Orioles' classic "Crying in the Chapel." The single was then
reissued on the Josie label, but was lost in the shuffle when Elvis Presley
scored with his own reading of the song soon after.
Undaunted, Fran remained with Port for a series of smoldering soul sides
spotlighting her crystalline vocals to magnificent effect. While the
follow-up "You Can't Stop Me" featured a Sammy Lowe arrangement, her third
effort for the label, the lovely "A World Without You," was penned by Bobby
Darin. Sadly, both failed to make any commercial headway; however, and after
one more single for Port, "Any Day Love Walks In," Fran returned to touring.
She did not re-enter the studio until 1967, signing to Roulette for a cover
of Brook Benton's "So Close." Despite cutting a surplus of material during
her Roulette stay, the sessions remained in the can — embittered by her
label experiences and stung by years of ill-informed financial dealings, she
returned to Louisiana and spent over a decade confining her activities to
small clubs. In 1982, Fran was reunited with Clarence Holliman, a noted
studio guitarist she briefly dated a quarter century earlier; the couple
eventually married and relocated to Texas, appearing live together and in
1992 signing to Black Top to issue the album Soul Sensation. See There
followed two years later, and after a long studio hiatus, Fran and Holliman
resurfaced on JSP with the aptly titled 2000 release It's About Time.

Hope to See You there,

Carmen Getit

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