Gar Francis grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey in the early sixties. Francis started playing the guitar at an early age, By the 1970s, he formed a New Jersey base band called The Rockids, who were regulars at CBGB's and Max's Kanasas City in Manahattan, NY. In the 1980s Francis wrote a song called "Baby, It's You" for the band Ricochet. Francis also did session work as a guitar player on Billy Idol's recorded version of "Mony, Mony". Francis joined Sticky Fingers, a Rolling Stones Tribute band. In 2005, Francis began writing and playing guitar for the 60s garage rock band The Doughboys on their album called "Is It Now?" Francis produced the hit single "Black Sheep", which was voted No. 2 "Coolest Song In The World for 2008" on Little Steven's Underground Garage. Francis officially became a member of The Doughboys at about this time. Gar continue to write and produce his own original songs. His single called "Rocket" was written as a tribute for those serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It because a hit when he perform it in front of men and women at Ft. Dix, NJ. The Doughboys' second CD Act Your Rage produced another hit single called "I’m Not Your Man", which Little Steven's Underground Garage picked for "Coolest Song In The World" the week of September 5, 2009. It was voted by the station's listeners as "#3 Coolest Song In The World" for 2009. In 2012, Francis participated in the creation of two songs which appeared in the indie film Fairhaven which premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. The songs were "Turn Your Love On Me" by The Doughboys and "The Bank Of The River" from Francis' Americana albumThe More Things Change, The More They Stay Same. As of 2013, Francis continued to write songs for independent artists under the Bongo Boy Records label including The Easy Outs, Jana Peri, Jean Lozier Genya Ravan, Kelly Caruso, a Mississippi Delta juke joint band The Groundhawgs, as well as a bluesman by the name of Plainfield Slim. and Mark Lindsay In 2014, Francis joined the group The Satisfactors, who released an album The Satisfactors on Bongo Boys Records.
Discography
Full albums
Queen Of Your Dreams – Jeanne Lozier with Gar Francis- 2005
Another Mule in the Barn – Plainfield Slim- 2006
Is It Now? – The Doughboys – 2008
When The Devil Hits Home – Plainfield Slim & The Groundhagws – 2009
Act Your Rage – The Doughboys – 2009
Rock N' Raw – The Doughboys live with Gar Francis – 2011
