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Friday Frankie
Posted by niallb on 13 May 2011 - 4:35pm.
To celebrate the fantastic 8 album compilation that came out this week here is the man himself doing what only he can, namely wrapping his luscious larynx around some rhythm 'n blues and shaking it till it squeals.
God, I love Frankie Miller. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Great post
Great start to Friday night. I saw him a few times in the late 70s. I was introduced to his mighty pipes by this
Who's the guitarist? On the album it's Ray Minhennett but he isn't a lefty?
So, Twang...what's a lefty?
Is it someone who plays a left handed guitar, or someone who plays a right handed guitar left handed...just like the bloke in the video?
Errr
Good question. I think someone who plays left handed, regardless of guitar. As opposed to someone right handed who plays a right handed guitar built upside down do they look like Hendrix - the correct word for them is "poseur".
I reckon
it's Ed Deane
Fab fact here: I spent 2 happy years as keyboard player for Dino & the Dolphins in Belfast in the late 70's. Dino's brother was Chrissie Stewart, the bass player in both of the above vids who had previously played in Spooky Tooth and Eire Apparent before that. Due to that family connection we opened for Frankie in Belfast and Dublin 2 years running, in 77 and 78
I met up with the Dolphin's rhythm section about 6 weeks ago; I hadn't clapped eyes on these guys for 33 years. They wwere in good nick, but told me that Dino had gone to the great gig in the sky about 2 years ago
In 77 the Frankie band were the guys who played on Full House, relatively lower division names but a real kick-ass rock'n'roll band. The following year, presuumably due to the fact that Frankie's manager was Keith Reid of Procul Harum the band included Procul's BJ Wilson on drums, session guitarist Ray Russell, and I'm pretty sure, Paul Carrack on keys, although it may have been Chris Copping from Procul H. Despite being big names they were nowhere near as good a live outfit
Agree
After I posted I did some investigating and came up with Ed Deane too. terrific player based on these examples. I'm pretty sure Ray Minhennett played with him too - some mates of mine did some gigs with Ray and said he talked about Frankie a lot and was also, by the by, a top bloke and fab guitarist.
Great, great singer
There was a great live album called something like BBC Live In Concert. If anyone knows where I can get hold of a copy I'd be over the moon.
Get in touch
I think I've got the recording you're after.
BBC concerts and sessions
Have recently become available on I tunes / amazon as downloads. Hopefully the recording you are looking for is one of them.
Sadly
I have lost the tape I made of it at the time. I think I might still have an EP with some live stuff on it. I'll dig it out. I remember Brickyard Blues was on it (I think...)
I think I have this on CD-R.
BBC Radio One - Live In Concert
IIRC.
:-) :-)
**looks ingratiating...*
3 on Amazon as downloads
from '77, '78 and '79. itunes has them as well plus Peel sessions from '76, '77 & '79 and a Bob Harris session from '73.
Bears repeating
I've posted this one before but this is the definitive version of the song. If he ever got to hear it I bet Lennon crawled under his bed mumbling 'Bastard, bastard, that's what I meant to do.'
Ahh... Jerry Floyd