I have said before that I wish Mark would get back to the country ish thing he was doing years ago, and a big part of that is Paul Franklin. As long as he goes away from the Brass type thing he has been doing lately I will be happy.
I feel the same. I absolutely loved the Golden Heart "Irish" period and what goes from there to, let's say the Get Lucky album. Not a big fan of what came after but it's a question of personal taste and I perfectly understand that others may love Privateering and the following albums.
But for God's sake, before I'm dead I'd love to have a record and tour with personnel like Danny and Matt again, and Robbie and Marcus. The 2002 "Friends" band sounded SO great, and I was there! Stuart Duncan was very cool to have in the band in 2006 too. I loved his rendition of (the rarely played) Done with Bonaparte.
Dream mode still # on.