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Big Frank & The Healers

Blues Like It Oughta Be!

About Me

BIG FRANK & THE HEALERS are a traditional electric blues band playing chiefly in the Chicago and Delta blues styles, and touching on the swampy sounds of Louisiana and Texas. The band has been cited in publications as far afield as Austria’s ‘Blues Life Journal’. Local favorites, they have appeared in nightclubs and concerts including the headline spot at the 2004 Lake George Blues Festival. They were featured artists at The Glens Falls Blues Festival, and the Blues 2000+4 Festival. For several years they’ve played to enthusiastic concert crowds, including performances at Rockefeller Center’s City Sounds, Staten Island’s Back-to-the-Beach and Twilight series, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, and opening for Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The band’s founder and leader “BIG FRANK” Mirra’s credits include The Mohair Sam Band, and The Street Hawks, an acoustic group that focuses on early roots music.

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Member Since: 1/18/2007
Band Website: cdBaby.com/bigfrankhealers2
Band Members: "BIG FRANK" MIRRA
- Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
MARGEY PETERS
- Bass
BILL RANKIN
-Drums

Harmonica players include
KID JAVA
SLIPPERY JERRY SCARINGE
LITTLE BROTHER BAKER

Piano players include
RICH CAMPBELL
CHICAGO CARL

BANDMEMBERS EMERITUS
Bobby Bavido
- harmonica
Doña Oxford
- keys
Barry Harrison
-drums
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Influences: Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf. Little Walter, Junior Wells, Slim Harpo, Guitar Slim, Bo Diddley, Johnny Gtr. Watson, ...and More!
Sounds Like: "Blues like it oughta be!"
Record Label: ManHatTone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CLICK for GREAT VIDEO: Big Frank plays Dobro on Robert Johnson's 'Traveling Riverside Blues'

'Traveling Riverside Blues:' Big Frank Mirra plays Dobro on this classic Robert Johnson song in an intimate performance at Staten Island, New York's Every Thing Goes Cafe, February 3rd, 2007. Mirra is...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:35:00 PST

'La Hora Del Blues' Reviews our CD

If you enjoy "house-rockin' blues" on the path of traditional bands like Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials or J.B. Hutto's seventies band, Big Frank & The Healers' CD "Vintage 1040" is what you are lookin...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:32:00 PST

New Review from 'BluesMatters' Magazine, UK

Very, Very Impressive&BIG FRANK & THE HEALERS VINTAGE 1040 ManHatTone 'Vintage 1040'  what's that all about? Well, back in the twenties when the blues was first being recorded, females ruled the roos...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:18:00 PST

'Blues Revue' Reviews our CD 'Vintage 1040'

Back when vinyl passed for state-of-the-art, sleuths who scoured record stores for obscure LPs sometimes came across a title on the Spivey label. They always looked as though every expense had been sp...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:43:00 PST

Both CDs Reviewed in Austria's 'Blues Art Studio'

Strange, isn't it, how things workout sometimes? Just a couple of days back I was looking at some photographs I took at the Burnley Blues festival many years back. There were a couple of Johnnie Copel...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST

'Blues Bytes' Review

Big Frank & The Healers: Vintage 1040Based in New York City, Big Frank and the Healers have built quite a following since their formation in 1994. Mixing Chicago Blues with the sounds of the Delta, Bi...
Posted by Big Frank & The Healers on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:35:00 PST