Left Hand Frank & His Blues Band

Born October 5, 1935 in Greenville, MS Died January 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA A seriously under-rated guitarist and singer, Frank Craig made a career as a sideman in lots of Chicago bands between the mid-50s and the late 70s. Born in the heart of the Delta, Frank went to Chicago in 1950, where he played his guitar southpaw and strung upside down, performing outside the clubs where Muddy and Wolf were on-stage because he and his friends were too young to get in. Soon Frank had regular gigs with harpists Willie Cobbs and Junior Wells and with guitarists Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Dawkins and Hound-Dog Taylor. In the late 70s, Frank contributed four tracks to the excellent Alligator Records compilation, ‘Live at the Knickerbocker Cafe’. Frank showed his tasteful, reverb-heavy style when he stepped into the spotlight, showing he could have been a bigger name with a little promotion. Soon after this revelation, Frank moved to the West-coast, but health issues caused him to give up performing. He moved to Los Angeles not too long after the Alligator session, eventually hanging up his guitar altogether due to health problems. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.