French TV

French TV were an American jazz-rock band from Louisville, Ken., that self-released an eponymous album in 1984, followed by After a Lengthy Silence on local-press Y-Records in 1987. Ten further titles appeared over the subsequent three decades on bassist Mike Sary’s own label.

Members: Artie Bratton (guitar), Bob Douglas (drums), Fenner Castner (drums), John Robinson (keyboards), Mike Sary (bass), Stephen Roberts (keyboards, trumpet, percussion)

Discography:

• French TV (1984)
• After a Lengthy Silence (1987)
• French TV III: Virtue in Futility (1994)
• Intestinal Fortitude (1995)
• Yoo-Hoo!!! (live, 1997)
• The Violence of Amateurs (1999)
• The Case Against Art (2001)
• Pardon Our French! (2004)
• This Is What We Do (2006)
• I Forgive You For All My Unhappiness (2010)
• Ambassadors of Good Health and Clean Living (2016)
• Operation: Mockingbird (2017)