Frank Hurricane at the Thawed Out Fest in Chicago on April 26, 2025

No one is quite like Frank Hurricane. His boisterous stream-of-consciousness delivery and cosmic phraseology may seem like an act to some, but after posting on social media about seeing him perform live, one of my followers came forward to tell me that he had been Frank's roommate in Philadelphia years ago and that Frank had been exactly the same in person in their apartment as he is onstage. 

My favorite aspect of Frank's music is his irrepressible and irresistible positivity. This can be seen throughout this set, which came early in the afternoon at the wonderful 2025 Thawed Out Fest in Chicago at the legendary iO Theater. 

Purchase Frank's most recent album here.

Recording information:

FRANK HURRICANE

2025-04-26
Chicago, IL at the iO Theater
2025 Thawed Out Fest
Outside stage

Frank Hurricane: guitar and voice

Setlist:
01 Intro (0:30)
02 Good Mornin Sun (2:43)
03 Introduction to Girthworm Jim (2:49)
04 Girthworm Jim (5:47)
05 Banter — You Like It Spicy? (2:47)
06 Addicted to Thrill (3:55)
07 Banter — Super Bowl (2:39)
08 Holy Michael Loves the Birds (5:21)
09 Quartz Blues (4:27)
10 Cinnamon of the Mountains (3:14)
11 Holy Weekend (3:25)
12 Sneedville Blues (6:25)

Total Time = 44:02

Recorded with permission by Richard Hayes for this blog

Microphones: Beyerdynamic MC930 in ORTF
Recorder: MixPre3 at 24/96 resolution 
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

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320 kbps mp3 files (119 MB)

highest quality lossy mp3 files possible 

Frank Hurricane at the Milwaukee Psych Fest on May 11, 2024

Frank Hurricane came to the outside stage of the 2024 Milwaukee Psych Fest and immediately captured the attention of the crowd with his unstinting positivity and psychedelic take on freak folk. 

At first, as I was watching him perform, I wasn't sure exactly what to think. He was alternating wild, rambling and hilarious spoken passages with wonderful and soulful folk songs. After a few minutes I realized that I was in the presence of a truly unique talent. 

Members of several of the bands performing later were hanging around outside with me, beaming and soaking in every note. Frank's immense humanity and positivity captivated me and I was so happy that this recording came out as well as it did.

Purchase his latest album here

Recording information:

FRANK HURRICANE

2024-05-11

Milwaukee Psych Fest

Frank Hurricane: acoustic guitar and voice

Setlist:

01 Intro

02 Instrumental

03 Eternal Friend

04 Questions

05 Intro to Girthworm Jim

06 Girthworm Jim

07 Banter - Kyle

08 Like A Star

09 Down in Dark Holler

10 Darkness

11 Unknown

12 Sneedville Blues

Total time = 42:30

Recorded with permission by Richard Hayes for this blog

Microphones: Line Audio CM3 in X-Y

Additional source: Excellent SBD feed via Max Nemer

Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre3 at 24/96

Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

downloads:

16bit, 44.1 kHz FLAC files (282 MB)

these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that sort of thing

320 kbps mp3 files (168 MB)

highest quality lossy mp3 files possible 

video of Frank performing in Philadelphia a few months after this show: