>From uunet!brownvm.brown.edu!owner-blues-l Thu Oct 14 08:35:22 1999 Received: from uunet by giskard.UUCP id aa20245; 14 Oct 99 8:17 PDT Received: from wodc7-1.relay.mail.uu.net by wodc7ug0.ffx.ops.us.uu.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: wodc7-1.relay.mail.uu.net [199.171.54.114]) id QQhkxg17538 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:06:14 GMT Received: from listserv.brown.edu by wodc7mr0.ffx.ops.us.uu.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: listserv.brown.edu [128.148.128.155]) id QQhkxg28410 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:06:32 GMT Received: from stanley.cis.Brown.EDU (stanley.cis.brown.edu [128.148.128.155]) by listserv.brown.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA23490; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:00:25 -0400 Received: from BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU by BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 6895 for BLUES~ROWNVM.BROWN.EDU; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:01:15 -0400 Received: from BROWNVM (NJE origin SM~ROWNVM) by BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5366; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:01:15 -0400 Received: from leo.brown.edu (128.148.19.201) by BROWNVM.brown.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R4) with TCP; Thu, 14 Oct 99 11:01:14 EDT Received: from asimov.dns-host.com (asimov.dns-host.com [209.235.102.21]) by leo.brown.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA17359 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:00:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from default (p43-230.tnt-2.ij.net [209.4.43.230]) by asimov.dns-host.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA11986 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:00:06 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Approved-By: "P.W. Fenton" Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:00:14 -0400 Reply-To: brownvm.brown.edu!uunet!p-dub.com!p-d~unet Sender: brownvm.brown.edu!BLUES~unet From: "P.W. Fenton" Subject: More on Frank Frost from the Blues Foundation To: brownvm.brown.edu!BLUES~unet
The Blues Foundation e-mail Updater. Keepin' the Blues alive through the Net. The Blues Foundation E-Mail Newsletter October 14, 1999
Helena, Ark. -- Legendary Blues Harmonica player, Frank Frost, died of complications of a long illness Tuesday night October 12, 1999 at his home on Frank Frost Street, named in his honor, in Helena, AR. Born Frank Ottis Frost, on April 15, 1936 in Auvergne, AR, Frank Frost first played as an electric guitarist with Sam Carr and harmonica player Little Willie Foster in 1956 and later with Sonny Boy Williamson in St. Louis from 1957-1959. Frank played with Sam Carr as Frank Frost and the Nighthawks until 1975. They reunited in 1978 to record their first Earwig record as The Jellyroll Kings and toured the world to critical acclaim for many years. Frank's harmonica playing can be heard on motion pictures such as Crossroads and many others. They had also recorded with Sun, Appaloosa and Ichiban Records. Their last recording as The Jellyroll Kings was done in 1998 at the Sonny Boy's Music Hall in Helena, AR produced by Fred James for Bluesland Productions. Frank's last performance was on Friday, October 8 at the 14th Annual King Biscuit Blues Festival.
For the past many years, Frank's medical expenses and care had been supplied by Blues Aid, a non-profit organization funded by Sonny Boy Blues Society, designed to aid older blues musicians in their twilight years.
Donations for Frank Frost burial expenses can be sent to Blues Aid, c/o Helena National Bank, P. O. Box 280, Helena, AR. Burial will be handled by Stephens Funeral Home, Helena, AR. Final arrangements have not been made. For more information, contact Bubba Sullivan, Sonny Boy Blues Society at 870-338-3501.
