“Stewart Francke is the the best songwriter I’ve heard in 20 years. – Mick Taylor, legendary guitarist & former member of The Rolling Stones. “Thank God for Stewart Francke. Thank God for his feeling, healing music, for the sweetness of his soul, the sincerity of his songs, the strength of his vision. Motor City Serenade is enriching, nourishing music – music as faith, music as celebration, music whose source is clear and joyful love.” — David Ritz, author of Ray, the Ray Charles Story and Divided Soul: The Marvin Gaye StoryMotor City Serenade is the most important blue eyed soul record in a musical generation.... Standing courageously at the intersection of rock and soul music, influenced equally by Marvin Gaye and Brian Wilson, Stewart Francke possesses all the tools: A sweet voice, a vision that’s grand without being grandiose and undying love of sound for its own sake, and an equally passionate engagement with everyday life and the people who live it. This music isn’t classic anything only beca