Erik Frandsen

Erik Frandsen is an American actor, guitarist, and singer-songwriter who is associated with the Greenwich Village folk scene.

For the Danish Olympic hockey player, see Erik Frandsen (field hockey). For the Danish artist, see Erik A. Frandsen.

Career

Music

Erik Frandsen started his career in the mid-sixties as a songwriter and session player in and around the Greenwich Village folk scene.

In the seventies, he collaborated with the National Geographic label on the philological rendition of a collection of songs from the Civil War era, resulting in the albums "Songs Of The Civil Wars" (1976) and "Songs Of Rebels And Redcoats" (1976) and took part into the recording sessions of Bob Dylan's album Desire. In 1991, Frandsen co-composed the score for the 1991 off-Broadway musical Song of Singapore.[1]

Because of his extensive knowledge of Village folk scene and the many years he spent touring with various folksingers, Pat Sky and Dave Van Ronk especially, he was involved in the making of the film Inside Llewyn Davis by the Coen Brothers, which is loosely based on the figure of Van Ronk, and helped actor Oscar Isaac to learn Van Ronk's fingerpicking style.[2]

TV

Later in life, Frandsen picked up acting and played in Law & Order episodes, and also played a recurring character at The Colbert Report, the fictional German ambassador to the UN Hans Beinholtz. In 2013, Frandsen voiced Andy Moon in Grand Theft Auto V. He also played the Political Expert in The Onion's "Tea party quiet... Too quiet".

Awards

On May 31, 2015, Frandsen was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame.[3]

References
  1. "Song of Singapore". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  2. Anderson, John (2013-10-31). "The Musician Who Helped Oscar Isaac's Guitar-Picking in the Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. "New York, Blues Hall of Fame ® Legendary, Master and Great Blues Artists inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame ® 5-31-15 includes ; B.B. King Hubert Sumlin Dave Van Ronk Garland Jeffreys Garth Hudson Larry Johnson Richard Manuel Sister Maud Hudson Arlen Roth Clark Gayton Danny Kortchmar David Johansen Erik Frandsen Rich Pagano Jon Paris Kirk Yano Porkchop Willie member Robin Gould Porkchop Willie member Steve Tarshis Porkchop Willie member Tony Conniff Scott Milch Richard Lee Bob Porter Legendary Producer & DJ WBGO Jazz 88 "Portraits in Blue" Laura Carbone Master Photographer Folk City Robbie Woliver Proprietor Kevin Pohl BHF Ambassador from Indiana". www.blueshalloffame.com. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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