Howard Alden played the "Emmett Ray" parts for Sweet and Lowdown, accompanied by Bucky Pizzarelli, and he then taught Sean Penn how to do it for the camera.

Frank is well aware of Howard, as well as his pals, Frank Vignola and Jimmy Bruno number among the best guitarists around today who follow in the Eddie Lang/Django Reinhart/Barney Kessel tradition(and who all played banjo first)--

Again, American audiences don't know Django, but American guitarists do--