Frank Wakefield
Frank Wakefield
Top Songs
| 1 | Bill Cheatham | ||
| 2 | Backin' Playwards | ||
| 3 | The One I Love is Gone | ||
| 4 | On and On | ||
| 5 | Wheel Hoss |
Albums
Jul 2011 • 16 songs
Feb 2009 • 13 songs
Mar 2006 • 12 songs
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Biography
One of the chief innovators on the mandolin, Frank Wakefield played straight bluegrass with a number of well-known bands, including Red Allen and the Greenbriar Boys. Born into a musical family in Emory Gap, Tennessee, by age eight he already knew how to play harmonica, guitar, and bass. In 1950, his family moved to Dayton, Ohio, and soon afterward he took up the mandolin and formed the gospel-oriented Wakefield Brothers with sibling Ralph, who played guitar. In 1951, the brothers made their first radio appearance in Dayton. After the duo split up, Frank teamed with Red Allen ...