Post by RINGO on Sept 26, 2019 17:16:32 GMT
Jackson Carey Frank (2 March 1943 - 3 March 1999)
Vocal Range: E♭2 - G4
{Vocal Summary}Jackson C. Frank's story is one of the most somber, depressing tales in popular music history, and that somberness emanates in his sparse collection of releases. A folk guitarist with a particularly strong blues inspiration, Frank's melancholy songs would inspire the likes of Nick Drake after him. For as much as the focus was on his guitar playing, Frank's voice conveyed its own sort of expressiveness, sounding very real while occasionally demonstrating a bit more power and technical prowess than one might expect. His voice would grow ragged in his later years, and the last recordings of Frank before his death show a man who has been beaten down by life constantly and is looking for just the slightest scrap of peace. Here's hoping he found it.
Written by RINGO.
Written by RINGO.
{Album Ranges}Solo:
Jackson C. Frank (1965): C♯3 - E4
Jackson C. Frank (1965): C♯3 - E4
Significant High Notes:
G4 ("Prima Donna of Swans")
F♯4 ("China Blue", "Madonna of Swans")
F4 ("Banana Boat Song", "Can't Get Away from My Love", "Madonna of Swans", "Spanish Moss")
E4 ("Blues Run the Game", "China Blue", "Kimbie", "Marlene", "On My Way to the Canaan Land", "You Never Wanted Me")
E♭4 ("Ananias", "Don't Look Back", "Gospel Plow", "Here Come the Blues", "I Want to Be Alone (Dialogue)", "John Henry's Hammer", "Madonna of Swans", "Marlene", "Relations")
D4 ("Cover Me with Roses", "Jesse James", "Juliette", "Stitch in Time")
C♯4 ("Banana Boat Song", "Blues Run the Game", "Borrow Love and Go", "C.C. Rider", "John Henry", "Last Month of the Year", "You Never Wanted Me")
C4 ("Don't Look Back", "Frankie & Johnny", "Relations", "Spanish Moss", "The Visit")
B3 ("China Blue", "Here Come the Blues", "Jesse James", "Milk and Honey", "Night of the Blues" version 2, "October", "On My Way to the Canaan Land")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("C.C. Rider", "Don't Look Back", "Frankie & Johnny", "Gospel Plow", "I Want to Be Alone (Dialogue)", "In the Pines" version 2, "John Henry", "John Henry's Hammer", "Marcy's Song", "My Name Is Carnival")
D3 ("Jesse James", "Juliette")
C♯3 ("Banana Boat Song", "Blues Run the Game", "Box Canyon", "C.C. Rider", "I Want to Be Alone (Dialogue)", "In the Pines" version 1, "Jimmy Clay" Peel session, "Just Like Anything", "Kimbie", "Last Month of the Year", "Marcy's Song", "My Name Is Carnival", "Yellow Walls", "You Never Wanted Me")
C3 ("Blues Run the Game" single version, "Can't Get Away from My Love", "Cryin' Like a Baby", "Have You Seen the Unicorns", "Spanish Moss", "Washington Jail")
B2 ("Goodbye (To My Loving You)", "I Don't Want to Love You No More", "Juliette", "Just Like Anything" Peel session, "Mystery", "On My Way to the Canaan Land", "You Never Wanted Me" Peel session)
B♭2 ("Bull Men", "Half the Distance", "In the Pines" version 2, "Jimmy Clay" Peel session, "John Henry's Hammer", "Maria Spanish Rose", "Singing Sailors", "The Spectre")
A2 ("Box Canyon", "Night of the Blues" version 1)
G♯2 ("Child Fixin' to Die", "Halloween Is Black as Night", "In the Pines" version 1, "Mystery", "October")
G2 ("Bull Men", "Cryin' Like a Baby", "Maria Spanish Rose", "Singing Sailors", "Spanish Moss", "(Tumble) In the Wind")
F♯2 ("I Don't Want to Love You No More")
F2 ("The Spectre")
E♭2 ("(Tumble) In the Wind")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.