It was his name above the door, true. But to Frank Edwards, that would never be a good reason to delegate the dirty work. At Frank’s Country Inn, “my job is to do whatever’s expedient to do,” the ...

After learning the guitar in 1923 in St Petesburg (Florida), Tampa Red taught Frank Edwars the bottleneck style. Early in 1941, Frank met Tommy McClennan through whom he recorded for Okeh in Chicago.