Frankie Lee Sims
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Biography
[Edit]A traditionalist who was a staunch member of the Texas country blues movement of the late '40s and early '50s (along with the likes of his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins, Lil' Son Jackson, and Smokey Hogg), guitarist Frankie Lee Sims developed a twangy, ringing electric guitar style that was irresistible on fast numbers and stung hard on the downbeat stuff.
Sims picked up a guitar when he was 12 years old. By then, he had left his native New Orleans for Marshall, TX. After World War II ended, he played local dances and clubs around Dallas and crossed paths with T-Bone Walker. Sims cut his first 78s for Herb Rippa's Blue Bonnet Records in 1948 in Dallas, but didn't taste anything resembling regional success until 1953, when his bouncy "Lucy Mae Blues" did well down south.
The guitarist recorded fairly prolifically for Los Angeles-based Specialty into 1954, then switched to Johnny Vincent's Ace label (and its Vin subsidiary) in 1957 to cut the mighty rockers "Walking with Frankie" and "She Likes to Boogie Real Low," both of which pounded harder than a ballpeen hammer.
Sims claimed to play guitar on King Curtis's 1962 instrumental hit "Soul Twist" for Bobby Robinson's Enjoy label, but that seems unlikely. It is assumed that he recorded for Robinson in late 1960 (the battered contents of three long-lost acetates emerged in 1985 on the British Krazy Kat label).
Sims mostly missed out on the folk-blues revival of the early '60s that his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins cashed in on handily. When he died at age 53 in Dallas of pneumonia, Sims was reportedly in trouble with the law due to a shooting incident and had been dogged by drinking problems.
Collections
Title: Bawdy Burlesque
Genre: Lounge
Title: Only Blues Music
Genre: Blues
Title: Songs of Love & Romance
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100% American Made Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues a Texas Anthology
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Burlesque - 100 Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: The All Electric Blues Album
Genre: Blues
Title: Texas Has the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: New Orleans Jukebox Gold Vol. 1 (Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Fats Domino & The Rhythm & Blues Friends
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Super Blues Volume Three: Texas Greats
Genre: Blues
Title: The Vin Story 1958-61 - Volume 1 (Collection)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Blues Masterpieces Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: An Introduction to Texas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Burlesque! Vol.2 -More Swingin' Sleaze n' Teaze
Genre: Lounge
Title: Valentine's Day Songs for Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: Songs for Sweetheart & Lovers
Genre: Pop
Title: Retro Romantic Love Ballads
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Blues in D Natural
Genre: Blues
Title: Old Time Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best Of Texas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Highway Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Tasty Tracks
Genre: Pop
Title: The Specialty Story CD 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 40
Title: Essential Texas Blues (CD1)
Title: Essential Texas Blues (CD2)
Title: The Ace Records Blues Story (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Ace Records Blues Story (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Burlesque Hits & Greatest Burlesque Classics (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock & Roll
Title: Rhythm & Blues - Original Masters (Cd 8)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues, Texas (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: Underground Blues Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Connection (Vol. 1: How Long Blues) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Living The Blues - Texas & West Coast Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Ace Story Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The Ace Story Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The Ace Story Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The Ace Story Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The Ace Story Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rockabilly
Title: Essential Texas Blues (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Essential Texas Blues (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Rockin' Blues Party 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Punk Rock
Title: Black Hole House Music 08-23
Genre: House
Title: State Of Mind Blues (CD3)
Genre: Blues