![]() ![]() Elvis Presley’s ex-guitarist Scotty Moore produced Frost’s next sessions in Nashville in 1966 for Jewel Records. Hey Boss Man!, issued on Sun’s Phillips International subsidiary as by Frank Frost & the Night Hawks, was a wonderful collection of uncompromising Southern blues (albeit totally out of step with the marketplace at the time). The three meshed perfectly – enough to interest Memphis producer Sam Phillips in a short-lived back-to-the-blues campaign that same year. Guitarist Jack Johnson came on board in 1962 after sitting in with the pair at the Savoy Theater in Clarksdale. Leaving Williamson’s employ in 1959, Frost and Carr settled in Lula, Mississippi. Drummer Sam Carr, a longtime Frost ally, was also part of the equation, having enticed Frost to front his combo in 1954 before hooking up with Sonny Boy. Louis in 1951, learning how to blow harp first from Little Willie Foster and then from the legendary Sonny Boy Williamson, who took him on the road – as a guitar player – from 1956 to 1959. Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jewel RecordsĪlthough the atmospheric juke joint blues of Frank Frost remained steeped in unadulterated Delta funk throughout his career, his ongoing musical journey took him well outside his Mississippi home base. FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 30:42 minutes | 252 MB | Genre: Blues
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