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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 ZFROMHOLZ, Steve(b 8 June 1945, Temple TX; d 19 January 2014) Texas singer-songwriter with a small but loyal following. He joined the Dallas County Jug Band in his teens; later teamed with Dan McCrimmon in a duo called Frummox. Their album From Here To There '69 on ABC-Probe) has never officially been reissued on CD, but it contained the Texas Trilogy, a set of Fromholz's songs about rural Texas in the 1950s ('Daybreak', 'Train Ride' and 'Bosque County Romance') that still rate highly with anyone who loves Texas music, and are still being covered e.g. by Lyle Lovett on his album Step Inside This House. Fromholz toured with Stephen Stills's Manassas, but left before they made the big time, and worked with Michael Nesmith on the west coast. He made an album How Long Is The Road To Kentucky for Nesmith's Countryside label, not released. He moved back to Texas '74, based in Austin; Willie Nelson recorded his 'I'd Have To Be Crazy' for a country top ten '76, and helped out on Fromholz album A Rumor In My Own Time '77 on Capitol. The next album Frolicking In The Myth '78 didn't sell; he was dropped by Capitol and signed with Nelson's Lone Star label: an excellent album was Just Playin' Along '79. Had three songs on the film soundtrack Outlaw Blues; he the worked Texas country-rock circuit, dabbled in playwriting and many other things, always being a uniqely personal touch. He suffered a stroke in 2003 and recovered with a lot of physiotherapy, only to die in a gun accident while hunting. |