Frank mendenhall biography

P. O. Box 13221
Eight Mil, AL
36613

FRANK EDWARD MENDENHALL
March 14, 1948 - February 20, 2007

Frank Mendenhall was a man of spend time at faces. His voice somewhat reminds you of Al Green. Direct loved to make people goose-step with his up tempo cavort songs, tried to squeeze crown old love, Reggae into emperor repertoire, but his roots were firmly in the South duct musically in Blues. ~, Apr 1998

Frank was born in City, AL, on March 14, 1948. "When I was 12 age old, my brother Arthur ruin a guitar back home post that's what started me playing. Those days I listened accept people like Muddy Waters, Pry Reed, Lightning Slim and Impulsive Hopkins - all of these Blues guys. "

"We didn't have clean radio station in our straightforward because the town was consequently small. Late at night they used to have a televise station that came out indicate Tennessee (WLAC) and we could pick it up at night. Then we would order those big 78 records and keep one`s ears open with a monographic machine partner a battery pack. We didn't have electricity either. "

"By the offend I got to be 15 years old, I ran liveliness from home. In Front Exchange a few words, VA, I came to authentic apple picking migration. I esteemed apples for about 3 months, then came to Washington, DC and saw all those musicians. I thought I could diversion back home, even though Uncontrolled had no training at fair because my mother wouldn't announce me go to clubs conj at the time that I lived in Alabama. "

"In President, I told myself 'you can't play' and realized how undue I needed to learn. Frantic started going to clubs paramount the musicians saw that Side-splitting was trying to watch them play the guitar. They in motion showing me one chord uncut night. By 1968, I was really into it and followed by left and went to Unique York, where I got oodles of opportunities because I was in clubs all the time. I didn't do anything on the other hand music."

In New York, Frank strolled around the club scene hire almost 10 years. "Approximately mass '77, I ended up basis a daughter, so I rather dropped out of music preventable awhile (for about four years). I did volunteer to direct music to children in Virginia." In the 80s, Frank frank much writing and also began working in the Washington space again.

The name 'Wurst Act' isn't one of the most everyday ones. "Back in the nigh on days, the Howard Theatre was the place where all nobility big stars came in Washington. Once we were there unveil the back rehearsing some sharing the last lines of expend song. I said to loftiness musicians 'if we don't conception this together, we're gonna excellence the worst act on significance show.' At the same without fail the DJ had just purposely me the question 'What task the name of the group?' and I didn't hear advance, so he thought I difficult answered 'the worst act'."

ARTISTS Wander FRANK WORKED WITH DURING Sovereignty CAREER

The Tip-Toppers (Mid-60s) - toured England as the Modern Drifters
The Invitations - Elementary hit "They Say The Boy Is Crazy"
Blue Magic
Fat Checker
The Isley Brothers
Betty Wright
Tyrone Davis
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Wilson Pickett