Jackson C. Frank
Author of a single album released in 1965, Jackson C. Frank has become a cult
figure in folk music, on a par with Nick Drake. Born in Buffalo, New York, in
1943, he escaped a school fire at the age of eleven, then used his convalescence
to learn to play guitar. After a brief stint in New York clubs, Jackson C. Frank
received an insurance premium and left for England, where he recorded an album
under his own name, produced by Paul Simon, before returning to live in
Woodstock. He died destitute in 1999, shortly after his songs were reissued on
the album Blues Run The Game (1996).
