One of the saddest stories in music
I made this!
Apologies for the (blog) self-promotion, but the story of folk singer Jackson C Frank deserves to be told; how much misfortune can one guy take, and still make records as beautiful as this?
(Warning: contains words).
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:05,
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I've never heard of him before
I'm a fan of Malcolm Middleton, so will check him out. Didn't realise Just Like Anything was a cover!
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:37,
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Aye, Malc's a huge fan
His track "Superhero Songwriters" is all about JCF ("Frank's the greatest / at 55's he's dead / I play his records to keep him alive in my head").
youtu.be/nYcijgo_e9U
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:41,
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Ahh, so that's the Frank he was on about! :)
Malcolm's just remixed one of my pal's songs, which I've been spamming on here a bit too much (but one more wont hurt)
vimeo.com/30379372
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:49,
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Ha!
MM posted that on his blog a few days ago. Is delicious.
/music geek
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smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:52,
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Wow thankyou
Going to spend a little time on you tube checking out his stuff now, its great.
He's like Dylan except that he's actually pleasant to listen to.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 7:13,
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