I LOVE FRANKIE LEE SIMS. He was a bad ass, always playing the circuit jukes. The Krazy Kat tracks are a mere example of how he could get down and rip it up, but you can hear it's tempered because hopefully a single or two radio friendly could come out of those, but fact remains if he was in a live venue drinking and cigarette smog joint, the levels would be kerosene on a BBQ. Frankie ROCKED! Was prolific and just the samples of his phrasing and red hot poker tones burn bright on those hot mic'd Ace Label recordings. Definitely deserves mention as one of the great vocalists and guitar players, EVER! As John Lee Hooker says, "Natural Facts"!
I still like "Walking With Frankie" as his best song. Also, were the Ace records pressed in Dallas at A&R? I don't think Jackson, MS had a pressing plant, but I could be wrong. And check out Mercy Baby's, "One Room Country Shack." How Jimmie Vaughan and David Alvin discovered these guys is beyond me. They didn't carry these records in the stores I shopped at back in the 60s.
I LOVE FRANKIE LEE SIMS. He was a bad ass, always playing the circuit jukes. The Krazy Kat tracks are a mere example of how he could get down and rip it up, but you can hear it's tempered because hopefully a single or two radio friendly could come out of those, but fact remains if he was in a live venue drinking and cigarette smog joint, the levels would be kerosene on a BBQ. Frankie ROCKED! Was prolific and just the samples of his phrasing and red hot poker tones burn bright on those hot mic'd Ace Label recordings. Definitely deserves mention as one of the great vocalists and guitar players, EVER! As John Lee Hooker says, "Natural Facts"!
I still like "Walking With Frankie" as his best song. Also, were the Ace records pressed in Dallas at A&R? I don't think Jackson, MS had a pressing plant, but I could be wrong. And check out Mercy Baby's, "One Room Country Shack." How Jimmie Vaughan and David Alvin discovered these guys is beyond me. They didn't carry these records in the stores I shopped at back in the 60s.