Monthly Archives: December 2011
Brinkley, Arkansas, & Other Assorted Love Songs
Sample: Night Train Bob Frank and John Murry, two Southern ex-pats (the former hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, and Murry being from Tupelo, Mississippi) living in the San Francisco Bay Area and separated by nearly a forty year age difference, have created a more-than-worthy follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2006 release, “World Without End”. That release [...]
Keep on Burning
This is, after all, where this rock and roll mess began: a human being and a guitar. Bob Frank stands naked on stage, baring his soul in a coffee house. Except for the fashion on the clothes (he’s not really naked), it could be any year, any time, any place. In the early part of [...]
Red Neck, Blue Collar
If you write and perform “Judas Iscariot” in humorous talking-blues fashion, you’d better get it right! On Red Neck, Blue Collar, Bob Frank navigates between the rocks with his insistent yet expertly nuanced voice, his basic-but-skilled guitar playing, and a bouncy Jew’s harp signaling light-hearted intent — all crisply picked up by recording, mixing, and [...]
Ride the Restless Wind
He’s a masterful songwriter and very striking vocalist whose songs have been recorded by numerous vocalists and groups, yet Bob Frank is another of those names well respected among musicians and generally unknown to the broader audience. Some of that may be due to a limited catalog, something that makes any of his releases a [...]
Pledge of Allegiance
“This music is that rare slice of Americana that gets passed over these days by too many hurried folks. It’s that breath of authentic fresh air mixed with serendipity — like happening upon a forgotten coffee house and discovering a genuine troubadour inside who isn’t afraid to sing about what’s really on everybody’s mind. He [...]
A Little Gest of Robin Hood
Sample: First Fit: Little John, Much and Scarlett bring the gentle knight to the greenwood tree to eat dinner. “This is one of the best CDs I’ve bought — and I buy tons of em. This guy makes this 15th century poem totally accessible. You get completely wrapped up in the strange universe of Robin Hood, [...]
Bob Frank’s Six (6) Fans
Here are some emails Bob has received from some hardcore fans… read ‘em and weep. Bob– I’ll have to tell you the truth, since you ask, but it’s strange. I had a dream in which the name “Bob Frank” was sort of flashing insistently on a screen. (To my knowledge I had never heard of [...]
Other Artists Singing Bob Frank Songs
Skip to Yahoo! WebPlayer Red Neck, Blue Collar Sung by Jim Dickinson, on his CD Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger, Memphis International, 2006. He’s joined here by his usual cast of characters, including his sons, Luther and Cody of the North Mississippi Allstars. Jim recorded several of Bob’s songs. For awhile there, he was [...]
