Don Frank Brooks


Don Frank Brooks was an American blues harmonica performing artist.

Career

Brooks was a full-time harmonica player with Waylon Jennings and was a prolific session musician with artists that included Jerry Jeff Walker, Judy Collins, Harry Belafonte, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Tim Curry, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, The Talking Heads, Tim Hardin, The Bee Gees, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, the James Gang. He was an on stage musician on Broadway in Big River in 1985, and The Gospel at Colonus in 1988, and was heard for weeks on public television on Ken Burns' documentary series The Civil War.
He had attended the University of North Texas, where, among other things he had been founding member of the Folk Music Club.
He was known for his ability to bring out the best of the other performers he played along with.

Selected discography

On December 14, 1973, Don Brooks married Anne Lorch '', originally from Philadelphia, who, in 1964, divorced Jay Wintner Lorch of Dallas. With their marriage, Don Brooks gained a stepson, Leonard Nelson Lorch.

Death

Brooks died of leukemia October 25, 2000, in Manhattan.