Currently a "Street Team" reporter for Chicago's WMAQ NBC5, Katrell has been a model, make-up artist and has lived and traveled extensively across the US.  (More)

In 1998, Frank and I began working together to put Wurst Act Record on the 'map'...so to speak.   After coordinating the bands in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama to learn the music, I would book the jobs.  Frank had been in the music for over 20 years and desperately needed help.  While I handled the business end at Wurst Act records, he devoted is time to the music.  This produced the Hard Times album, his most potent CD.  (More)

According to the obituary published in the "Mobile Register" ( Alabama ), the official date of Frank Mendenhall's death was February 20, 2007 , or "Fat Tuesday," as one Mendenhall fan has reminded me. Otherwise, the obit reveals few details of this unique performer's remarkably unmemorialized life. He worked for the Parks Department in the Washington DC area and he has a surviving daughter.  (More)

In his review of the Hard Times CD for the Soul to Soul magazine:  "There are so many songs, the DJs will have a 'hard time' choosing a track to play."

"Frank was one of a kind - his music unique, his style fresh."  (Audio of remembrance from Cathe B and Nikki on 98.3.WDLT FM/Mobile, AL.  Download speed may vary.)

"Hard times have rarely sounded as good as they do on Frank Mendenhall's newest album."  (6.4.02 - Article)

"I love his style.  He's done something phenomenal.  He's blended reggae with the blues.  His gritty lyrical perspective is right on target.  Hard Times  reflects what's going on in the world.  Frank has a great future.  I think he's going to hit one, with this one."   (More) 

"Frank left behind an extraordinary legacy and will be remembered for the influence his music had on our community."   (Proclamation)  (Letter) 

David Brinston 

"I met Frank in Laurel, MS, during an outdoor Blues concert.  We were both performing that day, had arrived early and had time on our hands to get to know each other. 

We talked about the music business, traded music, phone numbers with each other and became good friends.  That casual meeting sparked a good friendship."  (More)

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