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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZFRANK, Jackson C.(b '43, Buffalo, NY) US singer- songwriter infl. in London during mid-'60s folk boom. He began playing guitar while recovering from a fire at his school which killed several pupils; haunted the NYC folk scene and sailed for England '65. Songs covered by Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention; Frank himself made only one album, Jackson C. Frank '65, a cult classic prod. by Paul Simon, second guitar played by young Al Stewart; incl. best-known song 'Blues Run The Game' (a gem of the world-weary genre), eight other originals. Regular feature on folk-club circuit; once shared a flat with Denny and Simon, began work on second LP '68 but never completed it. He returned to the USA '69, was said to have been misdiagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, and badly injured in a fire at his Woodstock home. Jansch said he was 'as influential as Bob Dylan' in mid-'60s; the album was reissued '96 on Mooncrest with five new songs recorded '75, and he was said to be playing live as Jack Frank and recording again. |