Frank Frost
Frank Otis Frost (* 15. April 1936 in Auvergne, Arkansas ; † 12. October 1999 in Helena , Arkansas) was an American Delta blues - harmonica player .
Life
He was born Frank Otis Frost in Auvergne in 1936 to Theodore and Darthula Frost. His family was very musical, his father played the horn and his mother the piano . He learned to play the piano in the church where his parents played.
In 1951 he moved to St. Louis , where he learned the blues harmonica from Little Willie Foster and later from Sonny Boy Williamson II , who took him on tour as a guitar player between 1956 and 1959. Williamson considered him some kind of son. Here he played with Sam Carr , the son of Robert Nighthawk , with whom he was closely related all his life. A hand injury forced him to concentrate on playing the harmonica and the piano.
After separating from Williamson in 1959, he formed a duo with Sam Carr, to which guitarist Jack Johnson joined in 1962. They played in local blues clubs and also in King Biscuit Time , a blues show from Helena, hosted by Sonny Boy Williamson.
From 1963 he went on tour with various musicians, for example Albert King , BBKing , Carl Perkins and Conway Twitty . His own group caught the attention of Sam Phillips , the owner of Sun Records , who wrote the record Hey Boss Man! With them on the International sub-label . recorded! Frank Frost didn't have good memories of Phillips, so he said in an interview with Blues Acces: “We recorded it, and all he offered me was $ 800. That's all. We didn't come out with it. Then it came out later, and I didn't get paid. "
Frost's next recordings for Juwel Records were produced by Elvis Presley's guitarist Scotty Moore . In the late 1970s he was rediscovered by Chicago blues fan Michael Frank, who recorded albums with him for Earwig Records, which he founded. The albums appeared under the group name The Jelly Roll Kings.
Frost has appeared in the films Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads , a documentary about the Delta Blues, and in Crossroads , a feature film in which he played a musician in a juke joint . He also appeared in an advertising trailer for President Bill Clinton .
Frank Frost died of cardiac arrest on October 12, 1999 at his home in Helena, Arkansas.
Discography
Albums
- 1962 Hey Boss Man!
- 1973 Frank Frost Paula Records
- 1985 Ride with Your Daddy Tonight
- 1988 Midnight Prowler Earwig
- 1990 Jelly Roll King Charly Records
- 1991 Jelly Roll Blues Paula Records
- 1992 Deep Blues Evidence
- 1996 Keep Yourself Together Evidence
- 1997 Off Yonder Wall Fat Possum
- 1998 The Jelly Roll Kings HMG
- 2004 Live in Lucerne (recording from the Lucerne Blues Festival 1998)
Guest appearances (selection)
- Big Jack Johnson - The Oil Man (1987, Earwig)
- Big Jack Johnson - Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? (1991, Earwig)
- T-Model Ford - Pee Wee Get My Gun (1997, Fat Possum)
- T-Model Ford - She Ain't None Of Your'n (2000, Fat Possum)
- Sonny Boy Williamson & The Blues Harp Heroes - Encore Collection (2005, Fuel 2000, 2 CDs)
- John "Juke" Logan - The Truth Will Rock You (2005, Mocombo)
- Various Artists - The Legendary Sounds Of Sun Studios (2006, Metro Triples, 3 CDs)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Blues Access
- ↑ a b c d All Music Guide: Biography of Bill Dahl
- ^ New York Times obituary Frank Frost
- ↑ http://www.arkansasheritage.com - Frank Frost ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ We recorded it and all he offered me was $ 800. That was all. We didn't release the album. It was released later and I wasn't paid.
- ↑ Cascade Blues obituary: Frank Frost.htm ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Biography Frank Frost ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frost, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frost, Frank Otis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American delta blues harmonica player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auvergne, Arkansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1999 |
| Place of death | Helena , Arkansas |