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- The Doctrine Of Evangelism Nineteen Sermons
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Buffalo, New York, USA
Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only eponymous album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and protracted depression that prevented him from maintaining his career. Frank spent his later life homeless and…
Known for
- Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank — Himself (archive footage)2023
- Folk Britannia — Self (archival footage)2006
- Acoustic Routes — Self (archive footage)1992
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-03-02
- Active to
- 1999-03-03
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Jackson Carey Frank (Buffalo, New York, March 2, 1943 – Great Barrington, Massachusetts, March 3, 1999) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Although he released only one official album in his lifetime and never achieved much commercial success, he is reported to have influenced several better-known singer-songwriters such as Paul Simon and Nick Drake. When Jackson Frank was eleven years old, a furnace exploded at his school, sending <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jackson+C
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Place of death
- Great Barrington
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1943-03-02
- date of death
- 1999-03-03
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- name in native language
- Jackson C. Frank
- birth name
- Jackson Carey Frank
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