Drive Til Morning

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The son of Filipino immigrants, Francis Garcia was born in Chicago on June 1, 1971. He made his musical debut in 1977, performing in the Geneva Piano Competitions where he earned an Outstanding Award for his rendition of a song entitled 'The Indian Medicine Man'. The judges described the performance as "powerful and emotive." As the snow was melting from the treacherous Blizzard of '79, the Garcia family relocated to Houston. The pivotal point in his musical career came just a few years later while grocery shopping with his father. Torn between hopeless devotion to the losing Chicago Bears and a fast-rising affinity for rock n' roll, Francis chose to purchase the March 1984 issue of Guitar World, graced with a cover story on Angus Young, over an issue of Inside Sports featuring his boyhood hero, Walter Payton. Within months, Francis convinced his father to buy him an Ibanez Destroyer - the black Phil Collen model with the triple humbuckers. It was quite kick-ass. Shortly thereafter, Francis formed his first band. Comprised of his older brother on guitar and a classmate on drums, the band adopted the moniker, Stonehenge - a nod to their fascination with Dungeons and Dragons. They were off to a rocky start. After performing the weekly Teen Swim at the neighborhood pool, they suffered a major setback when the community newspaper referred to the band as "The Stoneheads." Infuriated and feeling as if their intellect was in question, they managed to put it behind them and move on

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Drive Til Morning

The Emo Diaries - Chapter 7: Me Against The World

Emo Diaries - Chapter Seven - Me Against The World

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Deep Elm Sampler No. 4 - Hearts Bleed Blue

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Emo Diaries 7 - Me Against The World

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Sampler 4: Hearts Bleed Blue

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Deep Elm - Hearts Bleed Blue - Sampler No. 4

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Me Against The World: The Emo Diaries: Chapter Seven

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Me Against the World: The Emo Diaries - Chapter Seven

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Unreleased 2

Deep Elm Unreleased No. 2

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Deep Elm 4: Hearts Bleed Blue

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