Instruments Vocals, bass Years active 2000-present | Name Frank Swart Role Musician | |
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Occupation(s) Musician, singer, songwriter, producer, engineer Associated acts SIMO, John Hiatt, Buddy Miller, Morphine (band), Patty Griffin, Norah Jones, The Pixies Albums Goodbye Straplight Sarentino, I Will Miss You Music group Billy Nayer Show (Since 2002) Similar People Cory McAbee, Jacquire King, That 1 Guy | ||
Simo: "Can't Say Her Name" The 5 Spot in East Nashville, TN 5/25/2012
Frank Swart (born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is a musician, composer & 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, The Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt and Buddy Miller. Swart is also notable for being the recording engineer for the Pixies' first recordings.
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In 2017 Swart and his partner, publisher / producer Brian Brinkerhoff, launched [[Need To Know Music]] and Skunkworks Studios in Capitola, CA with the playfully sardonic credo: Hand made, artisanal, organic, small batch, CD's, vinyl & downloads made by and for music lovers.
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 [1] - Reservoir Fish
Billy Nayer Show - Goodbye Straplight Sarentino, I Will Miss You
Various Artists - Insoul Sessions, Vol. 1
Post Junk Trio [2] - Piano
Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
Billy Nayer Show - Rabbit
Mark Sandman - Sandbox
Post Junk Trio [3] - Chinatown
Funkwrench [4] - 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 [5] - The Magnificent Others
Indigo Girls - Beauty Queen Sister
Jabe - Live at the Family Wash
Sonic Mining Company - Sonic Mining Company
SIMO [6]- SIMO
Sam Butler - Raise Your Hands
Sonny Rhodes - The Essential Sonny Rhodes - Songs & Stories