1 Everything's Alright 2:41 
2 Lucky to Be Living 3:40 
3 Jelly Roll King 2:30 
4 Baby You're So Kind 2:52 
5 Gonna Make You Mine 2:32 
6 Now Twist 1:53 
7 Big Boss Man 2:44 
8 Jack's Jump 2:15 
9 So Tired of Living by Myself 3:03 
10 Now What You Gonna Do 2:48 
11 Pocket Full of Shells 2:03 
12 Just Come on Home 1:59 
13 Crawl Back 2:00 
14 My Back Scratcher 2:40 
15 Things You Do 2:33 
16 Ride With Your Daddy Tonight 2:39 
17 Pocket Full of Money 2:25 
18 Didn't Mean No Harm 3:59

Musicians:
Frank Frost – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Roland James, Big jack Johnson – guitar
Oscar Williams – harmonica
Chip Young – bass
Sam Carr - drums

A master of swampy juke joint blues, Frank Frost brought his own version of deep south harmonica and vocals to a mix of Slim Harpo and Jimmy Reed-like tunes in a career that is notable both for its longevity and for its unfailing vitality. This release from Britain's Charly Records is actually a great place to discover Frost, since it combines on one disc several of the tracks he did for famed Memphis producer Sam Phillips in 1962 for the Sun Records subsidiary, Phillips International, along with tracks Frost cut for Scotty Moore (yep, Elvis Presley's old guitar player) and the Louisiana label Jewel Records a couple of years later. Sides from the two sessions fit together seamlessly, and having "Jelly Roll King" and "Big Boss Man" from the Sun date bumping up against "My Back Scratcher" from the Jewel date makes this arguably the best Frost comp out there. ---Steve Leggett, Rovi

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1 Big Boss Man Dixon, Smith 2:43 
2 Jelly Roll King Frost 2:29 
3 What You Gonna Do 2:41 
4 You're So Kind Frost 2:50 
5 Pocket Full of Shells Frost 2:00 
6 Lucky to Be Living Frost 3:39 
7 New Twist 1:53 
8 Crawl Back Frost 1:58 
9 So Tired of Living by Myself Frost 3:01 
10 Gonna Make You Mine Frost 2:49 
11 Jack's Jump [Tape Stretch on Master] Frost 2:14

Delta harmonica man Frank Frost hooked up with longtime friend and drummer Sam Carr (the son of |blues legend Robert Nighthawk) and guitarist Big Jack Johnson in 1962 to form a stripped-down blues trio that came to be known as the Nighthawks. Sam Phillips of Sun Records almost immediately whisked them into the recording studio, and the result was a single and an album, Hey Boss Man!, released on the newly created Phillips International imprint. The recordings collected here are those sessions, and they feature a lean, ragged blues approach that adapts the Chicago sound back into a Delta format. The easy, natural roll of songs like "Big Boss Man," "Jelly Roll King" (essentially "Big Boss Man" in new clothes), "Pocket Full of Shells," and the classic, delightful instrumental "Jack's Jump" form the swampy template that the group would follow in their later incarnation as the Jelly Roll Kings. ---Steve Leggett, AllMusic Review

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01. Frank Frost - Harp And Soul (2:53)
02. Frank Frost - Everything's Alright (2:42)
03. Frank Frost - Lucky To Be Living (3:40)
04. Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King (2:30)
05. Frank Frost - Baby You're Sp Kind (2:51)
06. Frank Frost - Big Boss Man (2:44)
07. Frank Frost - So Tired Living By Myself (3:01)
08. Frank Frost - Now What You Gonna Do (2:47)
09. Frank Frost - My Back Scratcher (2:33)
10. Frank Frost - Never Leave Me At Home (2:26)
11. Frank Frost - Harpin' On It (2:59)
12. Frank Frost - Things You Do (2:32)
13. Frank Frost - Feel Good Babe (2:29)
14. Frank Frost - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight (2:38)
15. Frank Frost - Got My Mojo Working (2:51)
16. Frank Frost - Didn't Mean No Harm (4:00)
17. Frank Frost - Five Long Years (3:36)
18. Frank Frost - Pocket Full Of Money (2:23)

Frank Frost (Born April 15, 1936 in Auvergne, Arkansas; Died October 12, 1999 (aged 63) in Helena, Arkansas) was one of the foremost Delta blues harmonica players of his generation.

Frost’s first exposure to music came as a young boy when he learned to play the piano for the choir in his family’s church. Frost moved to Saint Louis, Missouri when he was 15 and began his musical career as a guitarist. He toured in 1954 with drummer Sam Carr and Mr. Carr’s father, Robert Nighthawk. Soon after, he spent several years touring with Sonny Boy Williamson, who helped teach him to play harmonica. After a hand injury, Frost turned his attention to the harmonica and piano.

Around 1960, Frost moved with Carr to the Mississippi Delta. After he played a show with the guitarist Big Jack Johnson, they added him to their group. Together they attracted the interest of the producer Sam Phillips, who years earlier had overseen Elvis Presley’s first recording sessions. He produced Hey Boss Man for Phillips International in 1962, with blues hybrids like Frank’s Jump showing off Frost’s diverse, intensely melodic harmonica solos. Presley’s guitarist, Scotty Moore, produced Frost’s next album in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the late 1970’s, Frost was re-discovered by a blues enthusiast, Michael Frank, who began releasing albums on his Earwig Music Company label by the trio, now called the Jelly Roll Kings after a song from Hey Boss Man.

Over the years, cigarettes and alcohol wore Frost down but he continued to record, tour and diversify his repertory, appearing in the films Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads and Crossroads. ---last.fm

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