Red Allen and Frank Wakefield

Band · Active 1961–2024 · Harriman
Classic Bluegrass

“Red Allen and Frank Wakefield” was a bluegrass collaboration between the singer and guitarist Red Allen and the mandolinist Frank Wakefield.

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  • Red Allen was a powerful lead singer; Frank Wakefield was an inventive mandolinist.
  • The two recorded the influential album “Bluegrass,” released by Folkways Records in 1964 and produced by a young David Grisman.
  • The album is regarded as an important document of 1960s bluegrass.
  • Frank Wakefield
    Played on recordings with Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
  • Harley “Red” Allen
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  • Tom Morgan
    Played on recordings with Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
  • Pete Kuykendall
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  • Bill Emerson
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  • Billy Baker
    Played on recording with Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
  • Jim Cox
    Played on recording with Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
  • Robbie Robinson
    Played on recording with Red Allen and Frank Wakefield

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