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Frank Fairfield

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Fairfield, a street musician who plays banjo, fiddle, and guitar and sings traditional folk songs as you would imagine they were sung when they were first written, is only just getting used to the idea of playing music venues alongside rock musicians. He is also an avid collector of 78 rpm recordings of American folk and mountain music and is working on plans to build his own spring motor gramophones.

Fairfield is not only unsigned, he hasn’t even recorded an mp3 yet, but he gives an absolutely amazing live performance. He is skilled at acoustic guitar, fiddle, and the clawhammer style of banjo; and when he performs it’s as if he channels some old mountain man or backporch country blues singer from the early 1900’s.

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petrickpd wrote:
July 2009

This guy is great! Frank plz come to Sacramento

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MickGunz06 wrote:
November 2008

Definitely channelling Dock Boggs high lonesome spirit

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snowcrashed54 wrote:
October 2008

Frank just played a show in Bellingham and it was stunning. Incredible.

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JakeSutton wrote:
October 2008

also saw Frank at the Oriental in Denver - awesome!

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cheato wrote:
October 2008

you tore it up in denver last night frank!

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alik1986 wrote:
October 2008

wow..this guy is amazing...absolutely amazing... I need more than three songs by this guy.

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drawingstars wrote:
October 2008

your performance Sunday night in New Orleans was intense! i enjoy your podcast, too.

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cityofwalls wrote:
October 2008

just heard him tonight. he opened for the Fleet Foxes. He is quite good!

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sam_dobbin wrote:
September 2008

i think frank may own the only time machine in existence

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schavira wrote:
September 2008

Oh my God he is amazing

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