MP3 Fran Mandeville - I Have Walked With Angels
Acoustic roots music with a front porch feel.
12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Blues, FOLK: Modern Folk
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Fran Mandeville is an endearing and relentless troubadour who has played folk and rock music across the country, from the coal-mining roadhouses of northern Colorado to the coffeehouses of the Maine shore.
His enduring career began as a rock vocalist and guitarist who shared the bill with notable acts including Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and he went on to become a featured mandolin player with various bluegrass bands. As a sideman the sought-after multi-instrumentalist has shared the stage with major acts including the legendary country swing band Asleep at the Wheel and Texas blues artist Lee Roy Parnell. As a solo performer he has shared the stage with such distinguished acts as folk icon Dave Van Ronk.
Mandeville''s well-crafted songs have been sung and recorded by various independent artists. His CD "I Have Walked With Angels" received international airplay and attention. One of the cuts from the diverse collection, "Let Me Be," was nominated for https://www.tradebit.com''s Best Blues Song of 2001.
Fran Mandeville performs as a solo and with his acoustic "Flown Home" band at festivals, fairs, colleges, and coffeehouses, and is set to release his long-awaited follow-up CD "Precarious" on August 14, 2005 at The Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, MA.