Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908, Toccopola, Mississippi - August 7, 1984, Blanchester, Ohio) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. Harmonica Frank Floyd was the son of itinerant parents who separated without giving him a name. He was raised by his sharecropping grandparents, who died while he was a teenager. Frank taught himself to play harmonica when he was 10 years old, and he eventually learned guitar as well. He gave himself the name Frank Floyd and began performing in the 1920s for traveling carnivals and medicine shows. He learned many types of folk music … read more
Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908, Toccopola, Mississippi - August 7, 1984, Blanchester, Ohio) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. Harmonica Frank Floyd was the son of itinerant parents who separated without giving him a name. He was raised by his sharecropping grandparen… read more
Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908, Toccopola, Mississippi - August 7, 1984, Blanchester, Ohio) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. Harmonica Frank Floyd was the son of itinerant parents who separated without giving him a name. He was raised by his sharecropping grandparents, who died while he was a teenager. Frank taught himself to play harmo… read more