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1.StopRocking Chair Daddy – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:36
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2.StopIntro: No Grand Opera – Harmonica Frank Floyd 00:57
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3.StopSwamp Root – Harmonica Frank Floyd 03:40
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4.StopMarried Man's Blues – Harmonica Frank Floyd 01:21
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5.StopMoonshiner's Daughter – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:13
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6.StopShoop-a-Boop-a-Doodler – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:04
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7.StopWhat Are You Squawkin About – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:52
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8.StopHowlin' Tomcat – Harmonica Frank Floyd 03:37
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9.StopDeep Elum Blues – Harmonica Frank Floyd 01:59
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10.StopSitting on Top of the World – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:06
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11.StopStep It up & Go – Harmonica Frank Floyd 03:18
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12.StopFrom Memphis to New Orleans – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:54
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13.StopThe Great Medical Menagerist – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:52
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14.StopIt Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:20
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15.StopWithout My Teeth – Harmonica Frank Floyd 01:41
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16.StopSweet Farm Girl – Harmonica Frank Floyd 03:19
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17.StopYou Don't Know My Mind – Harmonica Frank Floyd 02:08
This posthumous album (Frank Floyd died in 1984) stands as a tribute to the kind of talent that simply can't exist any more. Floyd came up on the now-defunct medicine show circuit, and that concept of holding and entertaining an audience shaped his music (and his patter, as is obvious from this), then recorded for Sun in 1954 -- the same year as Elvis. In spite of his name, he was more than a harmonica player; he was also a superb guitarist and a credible singer who possessed what might be called an individual way with the English language (listen to "Shoop-a-Boop-Adoodler" if you need proof). On this set, recorded live in Memphis schools and in the studio in 1979, there's a mix of plenty of originals and blues chestnuts like "Deep Elum Blues" and Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' on Top of the World," along with very regional standards like "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo." The meat here is definitely in his own music, however, with songs like "The Great Medical Menagerist" and "Married Man's Blues" that seem to completely encapsulate his winning personality. Thankfully there's this and a couple of other mementos of him. Chris Nickson, Rovi
- Genre: Blues, Country
- Subgenre: Traditional Country, Country Blues, Electric Blues
- Category Acoustic Blues, Traditional Country, Juke Joint Blues, Country Blues
- Release Date: July 9, 2002
- Artist: Floyd Frank "Harmonica Frank" [1]