Bob Frank
Bob Frank | |
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| Birth name | Robert Landis Frank |
| Born | February 26, 1944 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | July 18, 2019 (aged 75) |
| Genres | folk |
| Occupation(s) | musician, songwriter, composer, arranger |
| Instrument | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1969–1973, 2001–2019 |
| Labels | Vanguard Records, Bowstring Records, Evangeline, Memphis International, Decor |
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Robert Landis Frank (February 26, 1944 – July 18, 2019) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and composer. His debut self-titled record was issued on Vanguard Records in 1972 to critical acclaim and is a collectors item that was reissued on Light in the Attic in 2014. He co-wrote, recorded and toured with Mississippi/Memphis singer-songwriter John Murry, shared a stage with Gus Cannon, Jimmy Driftwood, Lightning Hopkins, Tim Buckley and Townes Van Zandt, and was a paid songwriter for Tree Publishing. He lived in El Sobrante, California.
Frank's 20th century version of the late Middle English classic, "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode" (Child Ballad #117), released on Bowstring Records in 2001, received rave reviews from English professors, music critics, historians, actors, college professors, school teachers and Oxford dons.