I meant to post this earlier, but life and Shorty's thankfully short demise kept me from it.

It used to be I'd go in Paltalk and every time I heard Frank sing another favourite of Woody's or something I'd first learned from Art Thieme, I'd tell him, "Ya gotta make a CD." In fact, almost all of us would tell him that. The guy has such a smooth, down-home delivery, so easy and with such a voice. He puts most radio announcers to shame and then when he sings and picks...well, I love it.

SO...he did it. He has put out a CD with a terrific selection of songs, with his own unmistakeable spin on them and it is worth much more than the mere $12 he is selling them for.

I am probably a bit prejudice because he reminds of my dad's singing when dad was a lot younger. Anyhow, I highly recommend getting this CD. It is well done, the singing is spot on and the guitar a gentle and smooth pickin' compliment, though not simple by any means, some pretty fancy finger work laid down there, esp. in the L&N Don't Stop Here. Thanks, Frank!!

The CD is appropriately named: Songs that keep me singing!. It was recorded and engineered by Frank's kids, Casey and Colin, and there's a special thanks to Art Thieme. Here's the lineup of songs:

Gentle On My Mind (John Hartford)
Aragon Mill (Si Kahn)
Heiden Ky71 (Tom T Hall)
Song for the Mira(A McGilvray)
Blackjack County Chain (Red Lane)
My Old Man (Ewan MacColl)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
Hungry Eyes (Mele Haggard)
Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)
Handful of Songs (By our own Jerry Rasmussen!)
I remember Loving You (Utah Philips)
Colorado Girl (Townes Van Zandt)
Clayton Delaney (Tom T. Hall)
Waiting for the Hard Times (J. Ringer)
Wonderful Soup Stone (S. Silverstein)
Here's to You Rounders (Don Lange)
L&N Don't Stop Here (J. Ritchie - KYTRAD!)
Night Rider's Lament - (M. Burton)
Blue Wing (Tom Russell)
Stoney (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Sing for the Song (S. Silverstein)

Congratulations, Frank!