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Jackson C Frank
Folk / Acoustic / Country

Tribute to Jackson Carey Frank
(1943 - 1999)



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Member Since6/2/2006
InfluencesHe was really close friend with Sandy Denny, John Kay of Steppenwolf and Paul Simon.
He influenced Nick Drake, Counting Crows, Tom Paxton, Dave Cousins, Bert Jansch and so many others...

Jackson has had a major impact on modern folk, he obviously is one of the forefathers of folk music.



Jackson's influences:
"When I was 21 years old John Kay and I took off to Toronto and we tried to spend as much money as fast as possible. I bought a Jaguar straight out of a showroom. We went all over the Northeast dropping into clubs and meeting musicians. We were heavily into the blues back then. We listened a lot to John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee, and the Library of Congress collection of blues artists."

Frank also had an early appreciation and love for folk songs, especially historical folk songs that told a story:
"By the time I was seventeen I was recording songs for friends. I had a whole album of Civil War tunes. I began collecting old Civil War songs with a passion, and I would record the ones I could sing. I remember going into a studio back then and cutting a side of tracks for $7"


Sounds Like
'Jackson C Frank' (eponym album) - 1965

"I recorded my album in under three hours in a CBS studio on New Bond Street in London. I remember hiding behind a screen while I was singing and playing, because I was just a little nervous and I didn't want anyone to see me"

His one and only album has been enough to put Jackson C Frank amongst the best folk singer ever.

Then he recorded:

Studio tracks in 1960 for an envisaged album entitled "Peaches & Crust", they are beautifully sang country songs.

Studio tracks in 1975 that appears on the 1996 and 2003 re-releases

Studio tracks in 1994, appears on the 2003 re-release

Home demos in 1997, appears on the 2003 re-release
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Jackson C Frank


Jackson C Frank is the most famous folksinger of the 60's that no one has ever heard of.



This is an authorized tribute page.






The only video of Jackson, playing 'Just Like Anything':




Biography:
The sad life of an influential folk singer began traumatically and ended in obscurity. When he was eleven a furnace at his elementary school in Cheektowaga exploded, killing eighteen of his fellow classmates and leaving Frank with burns over his body. It was here while he was recovering from his injuries in a hospital, Charlie Casatelli, one of his school tutors gifted young Frank with his first guitar which sprung his passion for music.

Greenwich Village's coffeehouse folk scene in the early sixties drew Frank to New York. He met such names as John Kay, later of Steppenwolf. A large insurance settlement he received after he turned 21 enabled him to travel to London, and it was here he made his biggest impact.

He took up a flat with a then struggling folk singer Paul Simon in London, who later was impressed enough to produce ten of Frank's songs in a self-titled album. While Frank's voice was tremulously somber, the quality of the compositions was often impressive, with a reflective, melancholic touch that possibly influenced Simon himself and the likes of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. Although his first album was well-received in the British folk community, he was unable to reproduce a similar quality of material and crippled any attempt for a follow-up. Combined with deepening depression, increasing stage fright, and an end to his insurance settlement that had allowed him to live freely, he decided a move back to the states in 1969, without releasing another album.

Frank took a slow slide into despair as his depression grew worse. Taking a bus to New York, he hoped to connect with Paul Simon again, but with little luck began sleeping on the streets. He became a ward of the state, and at times he was institutionalized. In 1977, with life looking better, Frank tried to release a new album, but was promptly dismissed by what publishers said was a lack of market appeal for his music. Again he fell into a deep depression, and the injuries from his childhood got much worse, once again he was hospitalized for both physical and medical reasons.

That is until Jim Abbott, a local Woodstock resident and sympathetic fan, rediscovered the aging singer from an inscription on an old album bearing his name in a record store. He successfully made contact with Frank and brought him out of a state housing project in the Bronx and into a senior center in Woodstock. He resumed songwriting and performing occasionally until his death on March 3, 1999.


Links:
Folk Blues & Beyond
Unofficial Jackson C Frank homepage
Wikipedia




Bert Jansch and Al Stewart playing the beginning of 'Blues Run the Game', then the little clip of Jackson playing 'Just Like Anything':



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Hrvoje Vogrinc

Hrvoje Vogrinc



Dec 2 2009 6:16 PM

thanks for the add!
Jackson C. Frank was great!
The Twees

The Twees



Dec 2 2009 10:08 AM

How's everything been?

(:

Our EP just got put up on iTunes for $3.96! check it out:

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*It's also on a bunch of other online stores, so check that out on our myspace page!

-The Twees
David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse



Oct 24 2009 12:20 AM

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...

Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog):
TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001

Where traditions are not so rare;
Sea, country and works scent the air;
A multitude of monuments,
Planted tubs and patterned pavements.

The longish pedestrian malls;
The remnants of defensive walls;
Historic buildings are a gauge
Of the respect for heritage.

Wheat, rape and pines in the fields;
Estuaries guarded by shields;
Long sandy beaches and wide scenes;
Romantic-ruin go-betweens.

Rivers in parts licked by trees,
Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries,
And crossed by practical delights -
Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.

Fine churches headed at Durham;
Football kits ad infinitum;
Kept castles - one for study;
Masonry behind masonry.

And, with moulding-works out that way,
It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?

(C) David Franks 2003
Our Crooked Teeth

Our Crooked Teeth



Oct 23 2009 1:55 PM

it hits right where it should..

Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone



Oct 8 2009 8:28 PM

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Chris Brown

Chris Brown



Aug 28 2009 3:48 PM

Hey. Thanks for the add.
SIX

SIX



Aug 27 2009 9:43 PM

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Slick Nickel Band Yuma AZ

Slick Nickel Band  Yuma AZ



Aug 27 2009 9:43 PM

Hi...Welcome, and thanks for dropping by our site for a visit. Thank you too for the add, and for the friendship.

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Here's hoping you have a fantastic week!




Tim Schmidt

Tim Schmidt



Aug 18 2009 6:07 PM

yeah he is Great!!
BenSem

BenSem



Aug 18 2009 6:07 PM

Hey hows it going, Hope this finds you well. I was just checking if you had, had a chance to download the free album yet? You can get it at http://www.megaupload.com/?f=3NNQTYF1
We only have a few weeks left and we have to stop giving it away for free :(
Chat to you soon

Sem
David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse



Aug 18 2009 6:07 PM

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...

Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog):
WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN

Once drove an old sedan, up north,
From a place in Sydney to Cairns;
Then to Kuranda I went forth,
By train, to look without set plans.

I browsed through the trendy market,
With fresh fruits of tropical kind;
Walked to the creek through lush thicket -
Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.

I dined in a scenic cafe;
Then, outside, as I wrote for yen,
Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey,
You go walkabout with your pen.”

Request or question, I don’t know -
Assured voices, elderly men.
That’s now several years ago,
And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.

(C) David Franks 2003
TORGNY

TORGNY



Jun 26 2009 3:49 PM

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. New song up, a lot like summer, plus remix by 4TrakZ.
Regards.
Keivan Thingy (Two New Songs)

Keivan Thingy (Two New Songs)



Jun 19 2009 3:14 PM

Hi, thanks for the friendship. Jackson C. Frank was one of the most talented folk singer i've ever heard.
Check out my cover of "I want to be alone (Dialogue)" on my myspace.
Bye :)
RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD

RICHARD W. HONOSKI A/K/A MR. RICHARD



May 15 2009 10:11 PM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY hey & ALWAYZ, "thanx", FOR THE most gracious ADD .......

GREATest ReSpects For your WORK ......

ROCK ON !!!!!!!

MR.
RICHARD

KAVIR -AMIDIFARD MOSSY

KAVIR  -AMIDIFARD MOSSY



May 3 2009 1:48 PM

Hello
HOW ARE YOU ?
ALL THE BEST AND BLESSING
GOOD LUCK&lt
Ray

Ray Frensham



May 3 2009 1:47 PM

Many thanks for the add. I once had a nice 40 minute conversation (phone call) with Jackson about 4 or 5 months before he passed on. Once I've read the article in thiss month's mojo mag, I'll tell you about it (either send a letter to the mag plus post it up on my blog). Such fond and kind memories. (I was just about old enough on the 60s - and living in the East End of London - to remember Judith Piepe's itinerent folkie 'den'). Thanks.
Waterfront

Waterfront



Apr 3 2009 9:06 AM

Hello, <br /> <br />We are a new acoustic band from stirling in scotland. If you have time, please come listen to us, look at our photos, read our blogs, leave a comment. We'll try to comment you back, it'll be nice! have a lovely day. <br /> <br />xx
Olivia Chaney

Olivia Chaney



Mar 17 2009 11:16 AM

Grew up with renditions of your perfect songs, wish they could still be heard first hand.

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keepers of doubt

keepers of doubt



Mar 16 2009 12:45 AM

legend! cheers for the add - our new tracks are up now....
Barbara

Barbara



Mar 15 2009 8:30 PM

thanks<br />great sounds<br />love and success<br />keep in touch maybe sometimes
Eli Rozen- The Album for Free @ elirozen.com

Eli Rozen- The Album for Free @ elirozen.com



Mar 15 2009 6:23 PM

Hey

You can check My new Single on my page...

Thanks,
Eli
Marcello Capra

Marcello Capra



Jan 28 2009 5:05 PM

Thanks a lot for your
kindness & friendship,
feel free to listen to my music!
Greetings by Marcello Capra
Rob Lane

Rob Lane



Jan 28 2009 5:05 PM

True legend

Right on!
Marc SENDA

Marc SENDA



Jan 5 2009 1:11 AM

Hi !

Thanks a lot for adding me !
I wish you an happy new year and all
the best for 2009...

Spread the love and support
Toru

Toru



Jan 4 2009 9:58 PM

Thanks for the add and thanks for taking the time to create this amazing tribute page.
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