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 c... read more