Frank Swart

Frank Swart
Born (1961-09-05) September 5, 1961
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation(s) Musician, singer, songwriter, producer, engineer
Instruments Vocals, bass, guitar
Years active 2000-present
Associated acts SIMO, John Hiatt, Buddy Miller, Morphine (band), Patty Griffin, Norah Jones, The Pixies

Frank Swart (born September 5, 1961,[1] in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American musician, composer and producer. His main instrument is the electric bass. Swart is a founding member of the psychedelic electric blues rock band, SIMO along with guitarist/vocalist JD Simo and drummer Adam Abrashoff. He has recorded and toured with many artists including Norah Jones, on The Fall; The Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt and Buddy Miller. Swart is also notable for being the recording engineer for the Pixies' first recordings.[2]

In 2017 Swart and his partner, publisher / producer Brian Brinkerhoff, launched Need To Know Music and Skunkworks Studios in Capitola, California, with the playfully sardonic credo: Hand made, artisanal, organic, small batch, CD's, vinyl & downloads made by and for music lovers. Since its inception they have recorded over a hundred artists including Cedric Burnside, Norah Jane Struthers, Eddie Spaghetti, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guitar Shorty, Cash McCall, John Hammond, Malcolm Holcomb, Marc Ford, Greg Martin, Vieux Farke Toure, Farah Siraj, Bob Margolin, Charlie Hunter, Anne McCue, John Medeski, Scott Kempner, Duke Robillard, Eric McFadden, Todd Snider, Chris Cain, Duke Robillard, Greg Wright, Harvey Mandel, Pat Travers, Mickey Raphael, G Love, Mark Lettieri, Mr Sipp, Oz Noy, Reeves Gabrels, Stephen Dale Petit, Tommy Castro, Zac Harmon, Will Dailey & many many more.

Funkwrench Blues

Funkwrench has been Swart's handle since the late 1980s. In the early 2010s, Swart had an experimental jam band by the name Funkwrench with Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart, Lucinda Williams) and Adam Abrashoff (SIMO). This particular incarnation, Funkwrench Blues, is the brainchild of Swart & Brinkerhoff's. They decided to take Swart’s instrumental blues based compositions and recruit the heaviest “cats”, known and unknown, for guest appearances. Keeping it stripped down, raw, and bluesy, they recruited guitarist Rich Kirch of John Lee Hooker fame and a rotation of great drummers: Marcus David (Nick Gravenites), Alvino Bennett (Dave Mason), Willy Jordan (Elvin Bishop), and Deszon Claiborne (Robben Ford), to complete the rhythm section. Brinkerhoff made the perfect choice of the “Ambassador of Grunge”, Jack Endino, (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Nando Reis) to mix the tracks, further enhancing the immediate feel and weighty sonics of the project. Swart and Brinkerhoff began releasing these tracks as singles on their Need To Know label in late 2017 as part of the Need To Know’s Badass Blues Instrumental Series.

Discography

Various Artists (The Immortals) - North by Northeast: Roots, Rock & Country
Treat Her Right - What's Good for You
Who Be Dat? - Mash It Up '93
Junk - Junk
Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings, Vol. 4: Outstanding
Morphine - Yes
Morphine - Super Sex
Junk - Kiss My Acid
Morphine - B-Sides and Otherwise
Blues Harp Greats
Junk - Continuation of Madness
Various Artists - Fresh Jazz Vibes, Vol. 1
Anthology: 1985-1990 Treat Her Right
Bijou Phillips - I'd Rather Eat Glass
Patty Griffin - Silver Bell
Warren Zanes - Memory Girls
Post Junk Trio [- Reservoir Fish
Billy Nayer Show - Goodbye Straplight Sarentino, I Will Miss You
Various Artists - Insoul Sessions, Vol. 1
Post Junk Trio - Piano
Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
Billy Nayer Show - Rabbit
Mark Sandman - Sandbox
Post Junk Trio - Chinatown
Funkwrench - Jam 9
Jessie Baylin - Firesight
Kelleigh Bannen - Radio Skies
American Astronaut - Goodbye California
American Astronaut - Reno
Funkwrench - Acoustic / Electric
Andrew Duhon - Songs I Wrote Before I Knew You
Landon Pigg - Boy Who Never
Zach Broocke - Watch Dog Lookout
Norah Jones - The Fall
Molly Thomas - Make Everything Bright
Billy Nayer Show - BNS Presents the Billy Nayer Show
Amber Rubarth - A Common Case Of Disappearing
Amelia White - Beautiful and Wild
The Magnificent Others - The Magnificent Others
Indigo Girls - Beauty Queen Sister
Jabe - Live at the Family Wash
Sonic Mining Company - Sonic Mining Company
SIMO - SIMO
Sam Butler - Raise Your Hands
Sonny Rhodes - [3]
Funkwrench Blues - Juice (feat Coco Montoya)
Funkwrench Blues - Speed Trap (feat. Lil' Ed)
Funkwrench Blues - Light It Up (feat. G Love)
Funkwrench Blues - Every Morning (feat. Harvey Mandel)
Funkwrench Blues - Jingle Bell Blues (feat. Johnny Lee Schell)
Funkwrench Blues - Mississippi Blues (feat. Mr. Sipp)
Funkwrench Blues - She's Gone (feat. Andrew Jr. Boy Jones)
Funkwrench Blues - Subway (feat. Duke Robillard)
Funkwrench Blues - Stroll (feat. Bob Margolin)
Funkwrench Blues - Macha Cha Cha (feat. Reeves Gabrels)
Funkwrench Blues - Short Circuit (feat. Barry Goldberg)

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Swart (H), 56 - Millbrae, CA - MyLife.com™ Background Profile". Mylife.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Ben Sisario (2006). The Pixies Doolittle. Bloomsbury Continuum. ISBN 978-0826417749.
  3. ↑ "The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs and Stories - CD". Needtoknowmusic.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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