While Ron Franklin doesn't seem to enjoy giving out details about himself -- when or where he was born, where he's living, or even where he'll be playing -- he's become a vital presence on the Memphis, Tennessee music scene, working with a wide variety of noted musicians (among them Jim Dickinson, Jeffrey Evans and James Cotton) and releasing several acclaimed solo albums. Franklin once told journalist Denise Sullivan that he was born while his nomadic parents were making a rest stop during one of their frequent road trips...