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Francie's Biography
     
1998
  Francie produced "The Spirit Of Ireland" album.
    Francie toured Scandinavia
    Francie toured America with Finbar Furey as a two piece.
     
1997
  Started Pre-production on the single "Hold Your head Up" in Wooler Studio in London.
     
    Francie toured with Finbar Furey in Australia.
    Francie and The Works toured Holland and played famous venues such as "Melkweg".
     
1996
  Francie produced a record for the Irish Paraolympic Team.
    Francie translated and recorded a song called "Open Landscape" for Guinness. This song was used to promote Guinness in Scandinavia.
    Guinness commissioned Francie to put an album together, this album was called "Worth The Wait" (The Collection Album, available only as a Guinness product).
    Francie did promotion work for Guinness with the album in Asia, Holland, Scandinavia and Belgium.
    Francie did his first solo tour of Switzerland.
     
1995
  Francie toured Europe
    Single release "The Great Divide" with Satellite Records.
     
1994
  Francie toured with The Works in Holland, France, Switzerland, and Germany.
     
1993
  Album release "Something Borrowed"
    Francie toured Australia with a Dutch violin player called Siard De Jong
    Francie returned to Dublin and wrote and produced "The Womens Aid Record" in Westland Studios.
    Francie toured Holland with "The Works".
    Francie Produced the "Draiocht" album "The Druid and the Dreamer"
     
1992
  Francie toured with the Furey Brothers in Australia, Canada, America, New Zealand, Tasmania and Holland.
1990
  Album release "Wake Up" in Ireland by "Round Tower Records"
    From this album"Wake Up" many songs were recorded by other artists in Ireland, Australia, USA, Switzerland, Sweden and Holland.
     
1989
Recorded the album "Wake Up" with Jungle Records in Switzerland.
     
1986/
'89
  Francie moved back to live in Amsterdam wrote some songs and hung out.
     
1986
  Francie performed at the Midem Galla in Cannes (21st Anniversary of Midem), other acts included Simply Red, Bonnie Tyler and Pino Danialle.
    Francie re-mixed "I Know" in Queens Mountain Studio in Montreux, Switzerland with world famous producer David Richards (after becoming fifth member of Queen he produced with bands such as David Bowie, Chris Rea and Iggy Pop).
    Francie was the headlining act at the Hippodrome in London, this performance was recorded by "Thames Television".
    Francie performed at the prestigious "American Film festival" in Duvel (Nona Hendricks also played - American Soul Singer)
     
1985
  Single release "To The Edge Of Time" in Ireland with WEA.
    Single release "One Night In Amsterdam" in Ireland with WEA.
    Album release "I Know" in Ireland with WEA.
    people, this concert went out live on French and Swiss T.V.
    Album release "I Know" in Switzerland with Jungle Records.
    Francie signs to Black Scorpio in France.
    Single release "To The Edge Of Time" in France.
    Single release "One Night In Amsterdam" in France.
    Album release "I Know" in France.
    Promotion Tour, interviews, T.V. in France.
    Francie signs to "lamborghini Records" in London (also signed Steve Hacket from Genesis and Patrick Moraz from The Moody Blues and Yes)
    Single release "To The Edge Of Time" in Norway, Holland, Sweden and London.
    Single release "One Night In Amsterdam" in Norway, Holland, Sweden and London.
    Promotion Tour, interviews, T.V. in Norway, Holland, Sweden and London
     
1984
  Single release "To The Edge Of Time in Ireland with WEA
   

Francie played at the "Paleo festival" in Nyon, Switzerland to 25,000

     
1983
  Single Release "Fly With The Night" with Jungle Records, this single was a big radio hit in Switzerland.
    Francie signs an album deal with Jungle Records in Switzerland.
     
1982
  Francie signs to WEA
    Single release "Something I Heard" in Ireland
    Francie moved to Geneva to write songs and played in local cafes
     
1981
  Francie signs to RCA London
    Single release "Do You Want To Make Love" (Produced by Chris White)
    The Band included Russ Ballard and Tim Renwick.