ON THE RADIO / FRANKIE FEVER’S DUBONNET / STAR LIGHT SHINE SADDLED WITH ME / THE MUSE’S MOTHERLODE / RAIN ON ME BABY THE STORY OF OLD LOVE / BABY I’M OVER YOU ON THE RADIO is a creative reflection …Continue reading →
This song was already writing itself in my sleep. As I was slowly waking up one morning a deep Rem dream was just ending with a scene of a very detailed charcoal-sketch of Aqualung reposed in a recording studio tracking …Continue reading →
STAR LIGHT SHINE I CAN’T CATCH MY BREATHON THIS MIDNIGHT TRAINI RIDE WITH DEATHAND HE KNOWS MY NAME HE GOT ABOARD BACK THENAT A WHISTLE STOPHE KNOWS WHERE AND WHENI’M BOUND TO DROPOUT IN THE DESERT AIRWHERE A STAR LIGHT …Continue reading →
. FRANK TRAINOR TRANSFIGURED: A personal favorite project of mine from 2013. I was writing a diverse variety of songs at the time and sessions were enlivened by that spirit. The sword w/wings image was inspired by author G.K. Chesterton’s …Continue reading →
“A Stranger To Myself is a very strong piece of work. You are, and always have been, an artist of the highest degree.” – Jody Williams, VP Writer / Publisher relations, BMI Nashville
Frank TrainorDNA Chains Of A Rogue’s Reputation If you were listening to Canadian country music in the mid-1980’s you might recall the string of radio hits – You Sure Didn’t Waste Any Time / The Ring I Gave You / …Continue reading →
. Frank Wisdom & The Truth (Lost Horizon Archives) is a personal compilation playlist featuring 16 original songs recorded live-to-tape from a period when I regularly performed at premier Nashville songwriter/artist venues The Bluebird Café and Douglas Corner, and others, …Continue reading →
Frank Trainor / Dust In My Veins / A Retrospective [1975-2000] Part 2 – Studio Sessions / Demos & Masters WHAT I’M WORKIN’ FOR – Frank Trainor & The Intended / Nashville Sessions / October 1987 THE PRICE THAT I’LL …Continue reading →
. . Photo: The Tommy Hunter Show Nov 1986. Tommy is interviewing me about my top 10 hit records and Juno Award nomination as Country Male Vocalist of the Year. . During my final days in the Canadian country music …Continue reading →
The Comfort Sound Sessions is my first full production album. Fidd & I recorded all vocal and acoustic guitar tracks ‘live off the floor’ with a bass player and a drummer adding only a few overdubs such as steel guitar, …Continue reading →
A TIDAL WAVE OF MARITIME TALENT By Barbara MacAndrew A new tidal wave of Maritime talent is breaking over Canada’s music business. The stardom trail broken by Maritimers Anne Murray, Gene MacLellan, Catherine MacKinnon, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Ken Tobias and …Continue reading →
I was the pilgrim wasted on the sidewalk… I was also Billy Dee…17 when I turned 21… It’s a long tough difficult story but I had to beat the devil… So I jumped a greyhound in ’72 and set off …Continue reading →
Jimmy Gilmer, remembered by oldies fans as the singer of 1963’s “Sugar Shack” and known as a prominent song publisher on Music Row, died on Saturday, Sept. 7, at age 83. Gilmer died in Amarillo, Texas while in hospice care. …Continue reading →
Rusty Golden, award-winning songwriter and musician and son of The Oak Ridge Boys member William Lee Golden, passed away on Monday (July 1) at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. HIT CONTRACTS BMI writers Frank Trainor, who moved to Nashville from …Continue reading →
