Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Random Bits Frani Claus comes to town
Posted by Scott Freeman on Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 7:57 PM
If you're out and about this season and spot someone who looks like Francine Reed singing a Christmas carol by a Salvation Army bucket, it probably is Francine Reed singing a Christmas carol by a Salvation Army bucket.
"At Christmas, when I go by a Salvation Army bucket, I'll stop and sing a few minutes," Reed said when we checked in with the beloved jazz/blues singer the other day. "You know how everybody just walks past them, and I want to give them some attention. I was on the other side of that many years ago."
Reed's Christmas CD — Here Comes Frani Claus — is unfortunately out of print. But she says it's her favorite time of year. "I love the holidays," she says. "Smiles are what people need right now."
Discovering Francine Reed singing a Christmas carol outside a grocery store? Yes, that's a guaranteed smile.
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