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Frank

I'm just a hunka hunka burnin' Frank!

About Me

I'm a husband, father, salesman, singer, and sometimes Elvis impersonator. I have been married for eleven years to a wonderful girl named Karla. I have a five year old son named Zachary who is also an aspiring singer. I live in Texas and am formerly the frontman of the now defunct band The Leavelles.

My Interests

Singing, recording, a little guitar playing, writing songs, being the best dad I can be, laughing a lot!

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, John Lennon, Jay Novacek, Jack Lemmon, Johnny Tyler and in that order!

Music:

Old 97's, REM, Johnny Cash, Son Volt, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Live, Replacements, Refreshments, Wilco, and of course, Weird Al!!!

Movies:

Spinal Tap, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bills, Major League, No Country for Old Men, Stranger Than Fiction, Field of Dreams, The Royal Tennanbaums, The Blues Brothers, etc....

Television:

CSI, Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Top Gear, American Justice, Behind the Music, Bands on the Run (VH1 should revisit this show), LOST.

Books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Cat's Cradle, Slaughter House 5, any Stephen King books.

Heroes:

My heroes have always been cowboys. Jesus, Karla, Zach, Macca, Rob, Tom and Dickie Smothers.

My Blog

It’s a mid-life crisis!!!

So, I finally did it.  After 12 years of wishing and $3.45 per gallon gas, I decided to buy a motorcycle.  Nothing fancy, just a little '95 Yamaha Virago 250. Yes, I know they're d...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

This is the end.......

Well, for all twelve of our loyal fans out there, the band know as the Leavelles is 100% defunct.  It has actually been a long time coming with the revolving door we had at guitarist.  Ryan ...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:49:00 PST

"It's in the can!"

Well guys,  at long last it's finally done.  The Leavelles first 5 song E.P. (eponymously titled) is finished.  All that's left is the final mix-down and to get it to the duplicator.&nb...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:53:00 PST

At Long Last.......

Soooooo.......  after a long hiatus, the ramblin' wreck of the Leavelles is back up and sputtering along.  We will re-conviene after Joe taking off for the birth of his baby girl, Audrey Kat...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 08 May 2006 08:25:00 PST

The Opening Act

So..... Last night was the big gig at Calhoon's with Shawn Fussell's band, The Shawn Fussell Band.  First and fore most let me say on behalf of the entire Leavelles group a HUGE thanks to those g...
Posted by Frank on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:49:00 PST

Zach's Newest Song!!!

So, Karla, my wife if you didn't know, calls me at work, at Grayson Pontiac/Buick/GMC if you didn't know, and tells me that my son, Zachary if you didn't know, debuted his newest song.  She said ...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:15:00 PST

Leavelles Milestones

Hey kids!  Today was a great day in Leavelle Land!  We achieved two, count 'em, two band milestones.  One, we got our website, www.geocities.com/theleavelles going, and two, we got our ...
Posted by Frank on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:44:00 PST

"So much water flowin' underneath the bridge....."

O.K. so it's been a while since I last posted or blogged or what ever you call it!  I've been busy!!!  I mean I do have a three year old and an eleven hour a day job and a tendency to make e...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:39:00 PST

First thing I remember knowin'......

So a blog, huh?  Well, I've never blogged before, so here goes nothing. This is really interesting;  actually kind of cathartic.  I can actually just stream random thoughts down and get...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:55:00 PST