
Person
Jackson C. Frank
Sound · 1943–1999 · Buffalo, New York, USA
Biography
Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only eponymous album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and protracted depression that prevented him from maintaining his career. Frank spent his later life homeless and destitute, and died in 1999 of pneumonia. Though he only released one record, he has been cited as an influence by many singer-songwriters, including Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch and Nick Drake. Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke called Frank "one of the best forgotten songwriters of the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackson C. Frank, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Brown Bunny
Music

Calvary
Songs
Folk Britannia
Self (archival footage)

Acoustic Routes
Self (archive footage)

Catch Me Daddy
Songs

Electroma
Songs

Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank
Himself (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2023Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. FrankHimself (archive footage)
- 2015Catch Me DaddySongs
- 2014CalvarySongs
- 2006ElectromaSongs
- 2006Folk BritanniaSelf (archival footage)
- 2003The Brown BunnyMusic
- 1992Acoustic RoutesSelf (archive footage)
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