Wishing you a most Happy Birthday Frank... and many more!
One of the most brilliant, creative and "natural" musicians I have ever heard in my life...
Frank showed us all "how the cat got the butter and didn't even grease his lips"
Wishing you a most Happy Birthday Frank... and many more!
One of the most brilliant, creative and "natural" musicians I have ever heard in my life...
Frank showed us all "how the cat got the butter and didn't even grease his lips"
As a recent introductee to the world of Frank, I am really grateful for his music. What an original, and that mando roars!!
Thanks for posting this, and a Happy Birthday to Frank. I wasn't familiar with him but checked him out on YouTube, and was thoroughly impressed.
If links don't work, search YouTube for "Frank Wakefield / New Camptown Races". The other mandolin player is Mark Hargis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1P2...b_channel=FDRW
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
I first heard Frank's music back in the mid-60s on some of the Greenbriar Boys recordings and have always been a big fan of his. I'm curious if anyone in the Cafe knows whether there are any recordings and/or video of Frank performing along with Vassar Clements?
Old Dog Dave: Do the best you can, as long as you can, and all the rest is gravy.
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Off to the Races, with "Tony putting a hurt on them..."
But Amsterdam was always good for grieving
And London never fails to leave me blue
And Paris never was my kinda town
So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues
Happy Birthday Wake Frankfield
As the man might say, “ I hope your birthday was dismal and awful.” God bless you Frank!
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
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