★Castle Music
Blues Run The Game
This is a piece of folk history that slipped through the cracks. Buffalonian Frank traveled to London in the mid-'60s and recorded this album with the help of his still unknown pal Paul Simon. After its release, Frank became the toast of the town, though his music never hit the States. His poetic, Dylan-influenced lyrics, complex fingerpicking, and artsong-like structures influenced everyone from Bert Jansch to Nick Drake. Except for a young Al Stewart's recorded debut playing second guitar on "…
Jackson C. Frank
The folksinger's folksinger, Jackson C. Frank was regarded as a giant by his contemporaries, but somehow missed out on the stardom which awaited many of his admirers. Paul Simon produced this classic 1965 album (it came out originally on Columbia), which introduced the world to Frank's best-known song, 'Blues Run The Game'. The teenage Al Stewart also played guitar on this album.