One of the great characters and players of the Chicago music scene, Frank 'Son'
Seals is remembered as an authentic custodian of early electric blues with an
intense, raspy voice and gritty guitar tones.
Raised in a dusty, country juke joint in Osceola, Arkansas owned by his father,
he lived in the back of the Dipsy-Doodle Club while, out front, they gambled
over dice and card games, drank unlicensed liquor and listened to the musicians
who travelled up from Memphis. Albert King lived locally and rehearsed there
until the early hours of the morning and Robert Nighthawk was a r...