Franz Nicolay

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About the artist

Franz Nicolay is a multi-instrumentalist and man about town. He is a member of the The World/Inferno Friendship Society, The Hold Steady, Guignol, and the Anti-Social Music collective. His piano, accordion, mandolin, banjo, saw, and harmonica playing can also be found in recordings of Leftover Crack, The Sharp Things, The Suckers, Mischief Brew, Demander, The Ratchets, and The Debutante Hour. He is active in the realms of performance, recording/production, and composition of original instrumental music.

Top songs

  1. This Is Not A Pipe
  2. Hey Dad!
  3. Dead Sailors
  4. Quiet Where I Lie
  5. World/Inferno Vs. The End of the Evening
  6. Confessions of an Ineffective Casanova
  7. Do We Not Live in Dreams?
  8. Cease-Fire, or, Mrs. Norman Maine
  9. Felix & Adelita
  10. X-Games
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  1. Have Mercy
  2. Note On a Subway Wall
  3. Nightratsong
  4. New England
  5. I'm Done Singing
  6. This World Is an Open Door
  7. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  8. Jeff Penalty
  9. My Criminal Uncle
  10. Job 35:10
  11. The Hearts of Boston
  12. Z for Zachariah
  13. Anchorage (New Moon Baby)
  14. James Ensor Redeemed
  15. Luck & Courage
  16. The Last Words of Gene Autry
  17. To Us, The Beautiful!
  18. Frankie Stubbs' Tears
  19. Do the Struggle
  20. Jeff Penalty (feat. Demander)
  21. Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are?
  22. Marfa Lights
  23. New England (feat. The Dresden Dolls)
  24. You Don't Know I'm Here
  25. Talk To Him In Shallow Water
  26. The Migration of the Cuckoo
  27. Live Free
  28. Jeff Penalty (Featuring Demander)
  29. Bright White
  30. The Day All the Leaves Came Down
  31. Imperfect Rhyme
  32. Everything Is Going According To Plan
  33. Joy
  34. Open With The Wrestlers
  35. Bring Me A Mirror
  36. The Pilot Inside
  37. Jerusalem Against Athens
  38. The Ballad Of...
  39. Your Body, And The Borderline
  40. When the War Came
  41. Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are
  42. Take No Prisoners (feat. Emilyn Brodsky)
  43. Porta Fenestella
  44. World / Inferno vs. the End of the Evening
  45. I Just Want to Love
  46. Jeff Penalty - Feat. Demander
  47. Garlic and Vine
  48. Wandering Star
  49. Franz Nicolay - This is Not a Pipe
  50. Rock, Rinse, Repeat
  51. New River, Spring For Me
  52. Beaten For The Light
  53. The Ballad Of Hollis Wadsworth Mason, Jr.
  54. There Will Be Violins
  55. The Morris Column
  56. Rock Rinse Repeat (Bonus Track)
  57. World, Inferno Vs. The End Of The Evening
  58. It's Dawn
  59. Your Ode Played By French Horns
  60. There Will Be Violins - Bonus Track
  61. Champagne Sammy
  62. Players In Wheat And Wine
  63. First-Person Spectacular
  64. The Black Rose Paladins - Bonus Track
  65. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
  66. Rock Rinse Repeat - Bonus Track
  67. 01 - Felix & Adelita
  68. Take No Prisoners
  69. The Black Rose Paladins
  70. New England - Feat. The Dresden Dalls
  71. The Ballad Of Hollis Wadsworth Mason Jr
  72. Winners Inn
  73. Take No Prisoners (W/ Emilyn Brodsky)
  74. 03 - This Is Not A Pipe
  75. Confessions Of An Ineffective Cassanova
  76. Rock, Rinse, Repeat (Bonus Track)
  77. Hearts of Boston
  78. 04 - My Criminal Uncle
  79. 05 - Z For Zachariah
  80. each today is yesterday's tomorrow (for moondog) - 2
  81. The World is an Open Door
  82. 02 - Have Mercy
  83. The Black Rose Paladins (Bonus Track)
  84. There Will Be Violins (Bonus Track)
  85. 08 - Anchorage (New Moon Baby)
  86. Jeff Penalty (w/ Demander)
  87. I Had A Good Time Tonight
  88. Bad Advice
  89. 07 - James Ensor Redeemed
  90. 09 - The Last Words of Gene Autry

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