Francine Reed recalls singing “I Wanna See Jesus” for the congregation at her aunt’s church as a 3-year-old from Pembroke Township, Illinois.By 5, she was the youngest member of the family gospel group, joining her mother and six siblings on a Chicago church radio broadcast.
“But I do remember many of the clubs we played. They're all gone now, of course. The Boojum Tree. Margo sang at Page Four. We played so many clubs it would just make your head swim. I played at Chuy's in Tempe for years. The Bombay Bicycle Club in Scottsdale. We were graced with some wonderful musicians we could pack together and say ‘Let's have a band; let's do it.
"I have no idea how that happened or why that happened, except we had a special thing together. And Lyle liked it enough to put me on all these amazing recordings that we've done. I don't know how or why. Why does the sun shine? I have no idea.”“I just wanted to make some money and raise my four children,” Reed says.
She’s back in the Valley now with a record release show set for Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Westside Blues and Jazz in Glendale. Her first album on Fervor, released in 2015, was called “Wild Hearted Woman” and played to the soulful side of Reed’s aesthetic, from the horn-driven groove of the upbeat title track to the gospel-flavored ballad “It’s All About You.”
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