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These were the orchestral sessions. This is one of the work sheets.

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The addtion of the strings made these sessions special.

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The celli.

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Happy Frankie

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Bill Miller takes over at the piano.

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Bill and Jeff Morrison give us a couple of smiles. The booth at 10 o'clock is where Frankie did his vocals to keep his voice isolated from the musicians.

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A reverse angle on Bill and the orchestra. Behind Terry Woodson is the room where the strings play I mentioned earlier. The walls open and close like magic.

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Frankie watches and listens to the rehearsal.

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Frankie and Terry discussing the chart.

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Terry had to be in two places at once!

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Frankie's headphones gave him a much clearer idea of what the tracks would sound like.

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The booth behind him is where the percussionist was.

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The percussionist. I'm sorry I don't know his name but I can find out.

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Frankie, the contractor, Joe Soldo and the concertmaster, Assa Drori have a little chat.

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Frankie directs Bill's reading of an intro to one of the songs. I wish I could remember what it was.

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Bass and drums are in their booths.

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And Frankie steps into his.

As I look back at these shots I think about how sick Frankie was when he did this project. There was a lot of stress and worry about the outcome of his illness. I honestly don't know how he did it, but on the other hand it may be the music that helped bring him through.


Mike Garrison filmed the session.

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Here's Mike in the booth with Bill and Mom.

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One of the songs

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So nice to hear a french horn again.