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F R A N K   C H R I S T I A NFrank Christian
né Frank P. Caputo
b. October 19, 1952 in New York City
raised in Newark, NJ, he was a resident of Greenwich Village, New York City for his last 35 years
d. December 24, 2012 in New York City
buried in South Chatham, MA

discography
Willie Niles and Frank Christian at Gerdes Folk City 50th Anniversary Reunion in New York City on June 7, 2010; photographer: Frank Beacham
Willie Niles and Frank Christian at Gerdes Folk City 50th Anniversary Reunion in New York City on June 7, 2010; source: https://www.beachamjournal.com; photographer: Frank Beacham
#year
of release
title / label / notes
11982Somebody's Got To Do It

- Musician's Lament (Frank Christian)
- Nancy Reynard (Frank Christian)
- All Night Long (Frank Christian)
- Drops From The Faucet (Frank Christian)
- Love Burlesque (Frank Christian)

- Introduction To Where Were You Last Night
- Where Were You Last Night (Frank Christian)
- Song For Autumn (Frank Christian)
- Big-time Bob (Frank Christian)
- Rondo: Rumor For A Roscian Romance (Frank Christian)
- Memphis Blade (Frank Christian)

rec. at Studio 198, Newerk, NJ; Frank Christian, voc, g; Bill Ferns, hca; Jeff Hardy, ac b; Jeff Berman, dr. vibes, washb
album photos by Brian Rose


Great Divide GDSR 1764

re-released 1992 on CD Gazell GPCD 2009 "Where Were You Last Night"

21985Song Project in Rome

- Three Strangers
- Goodnight
- Where Were You Last Night
- Vacation
- Yonder Mountain
- Another Time And Place
- House Of Water
- Spotlight
- Montchanin
- All You Can Do
- A Saylor Prayer

Lucy Kaplansky, Tom Intondi, Martha Hogen, and Frank Christian

notes by Dave van Ronk

Folkstudio FK 5019 (It)

Folkstudio
Roma Via G Sacchi 3
Tel. 06/5892374-314150
Folkstudio founder & owner
Giancarlo Cesaroni
† January 1998

31992Where Were You Last Night

- All Night Long (Frank Christian)
- Song For Autumn (Frank Christian)
- Introduction To Where Were You Last Night
- Where Were You Last Night (Frank Christian)
- Big-time Bob (Frank Christian)
- Memphis Blade (Frank Christian)
- Drops From The Faucet (Frank Christian)
- Love Burlesque (Frank Christian)
- Rondo: Rumor For A Roscian Romance (Frank Christian)
- Nancy Reynard (Frank Christian)
- Musician's Lament (Frank Christian)


Gazell GPCD 2009
liner notes: Dave van Ronk

re-release of 1982 LP "Somebody's Got To Do It"

41995From My Hands

- Three Flights Up (Frank Christian)
- From My Hands (Frank Christian)
- Look At The Stars (Frank Christian)
- Snow Angel (Frank Christian)
- Lock And Key (Frank Christian)
- Two Wheels In The Rain (Frank Christian)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (Jay Gorney/ E.Y. Harburg)
- Night Time (Frank Christian)
- Separate Solitude (Frank Christian)
- Apologies (Frank Christian)
- Turning Of The Screw (Frank Christian)


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51996Mister So And So

- Gary's Blues (Frank Christian)
- Smile And Show Some Skin (Frank Christian)
- Did She Mention My Name (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Traditional/John Duffey)
- No Regrets (Rush)
- Mississippi Blues (Willie Brown)
- Can't You Believe Me (Frank Christian)
- Champagne On The Roof (Frank Christian)
- Makin' Whoopee (Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson)
- Port of Amsterdam (Jaques Brel)
- Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
- Time Takes A Twist (Frank Christian)
- Banquo's Holiday (Frank Christian)
- Sugar Babe (Mance Lipscomb)


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Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Frank Christian
#year
of release
title / songs performed by Frank Christian / label # / notes
11982 February 1982

- Where Were You Last Night?


CooP SE 101

Fast Folk discography

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21982The Political Song Revisited
May 1982

- Unemployment Rag


CooP SE 104

Fast Folk discography

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31982Live at The SpeakEasy
September 1982

- Champions at Keepin' 'em Rollin' (Alman / Christian)


CooP SE 108

Fast Folk discography

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41984Live at the Bottom Line
January 1984 / April 1984

- Unemployment Rag


Fast Folk FF 104

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51985 January 1985

- Gary's Blues


Fast Folk FF 201

Fast Folk discography

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61988An Evening in Greenwich Village
April 1988

- From My Hands


Fast Folk FF 404

Fast Folk discography

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71988Sixth Anniversary Issue
Fall 1988

- Three Flights Up


Fast Folk FF 405/406

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81990The Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989-90

- All Nite Long

Recorded live on October 1,
1989 and October 21, 1990
at the Eisner And Lubin
Auditorium of New York
University, New York City.

Gadfly 222

reissued as CD Gadfly 100591 (Oct 1994)

91991When October Goes
Autumn Love Songs

- Where Were You Last Night


Philo CD PH 1143

101992Shut Up and Sing the Song - The Songwriter's Exchange 1992

- Places You Will Go (Baumann / Christian)


Fast Folk FF 601

Fast Folk discography

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111992Mike Porco - In Memoriam
June 1992

- Dancin' In The Kitchen (A Children's Song)


Fast Folk FF 602

Fast Folk discography

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121992Tenth Anniversary Fast Folk Revue Part 2 - Live at the Bottom Line
October 1992

- On Two Wheels, In The Rain


Fast Folk FF 604

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131992Songs from the Garden State
November 1992

- Oscar (Baumann / Christian)


Fast Folk FF 607

Fast Folk discography

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141994Christine Lavin Presents
Follow That Road

- From My Hands


Rounder / Philo CD 1164

151997Big League Babe

The Christine Lavin Tribute Album, Vol. 1


- The Amoeba Hop (Dave Van Ronk / Frank Christian)


Prime CD 37

161997Palmetto Records Sampler

- Three Flights Up


Palmetto CD PM-2017

171998What's That I Hear - The Songs Of Phil Ochs

disc 1:
Magpie - Power And The Glory (3:06)
David Buskin - Boy In Ohio (5:01)
Sammy Walker - Jim Dean Of Indiana (5:40)
Agnelli - Rave And The Charmers - Chords Of Fame (3:49)
Peter Yarrow - There But For Fortune (4:12)
Iain Matthews - Flower Lady (4:58)
Arlo Guthrie - I Ain't Marching Anymore (2:42)
Sonia Rutstein - Is There Anybody Here? (4:04)
Tom Paxton - Draft Dodger Rag (2:53)
Nancy Tucker - Changes (4:53)
The Roches - The Bells (2:45)
Rod MacDonald - Pleasures Of The Harbor (5:27)
Greg Greenway - Tape From California (6:36)
John Wesley Harding - Another Age (3:58)
Eric Andersen - When I'm Gone (5:45)

disc 2:
Kim & Reggie Harris - What's That I Hear (3:12)
Pat Humphries - Hands (5:43)
John Gorka - Bracero (4:20)
Sid Griffin, Billy Bragg - Sailors And Soldiers (3:58)
Steve Gillette, Cindy Mangsen - The Highwayman (6:01)

Megon McDonough, Christine Lavin, Frank Christian - Gas Station Women (3:08)
Dave Van Ronk - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends (3:31)
David Massengill - Crucifixion (8:18)
Katy Moffatt - Here's To The State Of Mississippi (7:11)
Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie - Freedom Riders (3:27)
Anne Hills - Iron Lady (5:00)
Rex Fowler - There But For Fortune (4:08)
Karen Savoca - No More Songs (3:37)


compiled by Gene Shay

2 CD set;
notes by Michael Schumacher & David Cohen

Sliced Bread CD 71176

 

(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings
#year
of release
artist / title / instrument(s) played by Frank Christian / label # / notes
11983Tom Intondi: House Of Water

- Shoulder To The Wheel
- Who Comes Marchin'?
- Twisting In The Wind
- High Times

- Dance With Me
- House Of Water
- You Call Me Home
- Take Me To The Water
- Then God Will Dance

Tom Intondi, voc, acoustic g; Frank Christian, electric g, acoustic g; Mark Dann, b, electric g, twelve string acoustic g; Dan Hickey, dr; Bernie Shanahan, keyb, harmony voc; Bill Bachmann, electric g, harmony voc; Jeff Hardy, upright b; Chuck Hancock, sax; Tom Terreri, cello; Martha P. Hogan, harmony voc; Helen Arrott, eschatological bombast; George Gerdes, eschatological bombast; David Massengill, eschatological bombast; All songs written by Tom Intondi and Frank Rossi


City Dancer Records Ti2001

1a1985Suzanne Vega
Guitar


A&M 5072
= A&M CD 75021-5072-2

21986Marti Jones: Match Game
guitar


A&M 5138

31986Christine Lavin: Beau Woes (and Other Problems of Modern Life)
guitar


Philo PH-1107

41986The Smithereens: Especially for You
guitar


Capitol 73208

51987Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing
Guitar


A&M 5136
= A&M CD 75021-5136-2

61987John Gorka: I Know
Guitar


Red House 18

71990Pierce Turner: It's Only a Long Way Across
guitar


Beggars Banquet 6698-2-H
= RCA 6698

81992Jeffrey Gaines
guitar


Chrysalis 21840

91993Nancy Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
guitar


Elektra 61464

101994Nancy Griffith: Flyer
guitar


Elektra 61681

111994Dave van Ronk: To All My Friends In Far-Flung Places

- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Where Were You Last Night (Frank Christian)
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Ramblin' Boy
- My Name Joe
- Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
- Entering Marion
- The Drinking Song
- Amoeba Hop
- Things
- Stone Sober Blues
- Joshua Gone Barbados
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done
- To All My Friends In Far Flung Places
- Wrap The World Around Your Finger
- Jersey Girl
- Punky's Dilemma
- I'm Hip
- Harbour Of Love
- Awful Kind Of Blues
- Why The Blues Don't Worry Me
- A Sailor's Prayer
- Many A Mile
- Four Strong Winds
- The Simple Things We Said (Los Choses Los Plus Simple)
- Song To A Seagull
- Heart On The Run
- To All My Friends In Far Flung Places (Reprise)


Gazell GPCD 2011/12

Dave van Ronk
discography

121995Christine Lavin: Please Don't Make Me Too Happy
guitar


Shanachie 8016

131997Christine Lavin: Shining My Flashlight on the Moon
guitar


Shanachie 8024

141997Jeremy Wallace: My Lucky Day
guitar, producer


Palmetto CD PM 2033

151998Nancy Griffith: Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
guitar


Elektra 62235

161998Gove Scrivenor: Shine On
guitar


Compas 4254

171998
5 CDs
Jack Hardy
Collected Works, Vol. 1: 1965-1983

guitar


1-800-Prime 49

181999Nancy Griffith: The Dust Bowl Symphony
guitar


Elektra 62418

 

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