• Source: Don Frank Brooks

      • Don Frank Brooks (8 March 1947, in Dallas, Texas – 25 October 2000, in Manhattan, New York) was an American 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, 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.


      Selected discography


      Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
      Bein' Free – Jerry Jeff Walker (1970); OCLC 49314293
      Don McLean – Don McLean (1972); OCLC 314328043, 762296507
      Feeling the Space – Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1973); OCLC 658714473
      True Stories and Other Dreams – Judy Collins (1973); OCLC 732331150
      Newborn – James Gang (1975)
      Judith – Judy Collins (1975)
      Main Course – Bee Gees (1975); OCLC 767573560
      Bread and Roses – Judy Collins (1976); OCLC 641558712, 695603876, 725513974
      Rumors – Arrogance (1976); OCLC 9163949, 849647568
      Songs for the New Depression – Bette Midler (1976); OCLC 881452364
      Ringo the 4th – Ringo Starr (1977); OCLC 873156423
      Kate Taylor – Kate Taylor (1978); OCLC 17321149
      Guy Clark – Guy Clark (1978); OCLC 492480320
      Peaks, Valleys, Honky Tonks & Alleys – Michael Martin Murphey (1979); OCLC 5187350
      Loving You Is Where I Belong – Harry Belafonte (1981); OCLC 801726281, 868311571, 725774650
      Read My Lips – Tim Curry (1978); OCLC 5533661, 657397527
      Max Morath and His Ragtime Stompers, Vanguard VSD79440 (1980); OCLC 7695693
      Max Morath (piano, kazoo), Don Brooks (harmonica), Eric Weissberg (guitar), Bill Keith (banjo), Dave Bargeron (tuba, euphonium), Ron Traxler (Ronald E. Traxler; 1935–2008) (washboard, drums), Kenny Kosek (violin)
      Film scores of French composer Philippe Sarde: Le Choc (1982 film) & J'ai Épousé une Ombre (fr) (1983 film); EmArcy (F) 532-000-0; OCLC 822761646
      Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Diana Ross (1981)
      Hey Ricky – Melissa Manchester (1982); OCLC 931889118
      The Bridge – Billy Joel (1986); OCLC 879548777
      Naked – Talking Heads (1988); OCLC 742816623
      Strange Kind of Love – Love and Money (1988); OCLC 839792700
      Storm Front – Billy Joel (1989); OCLC 875616653, 45749683


      Selected filmography


      Buck and the Preacher – (1972)
      Fame – (1980)
      Hors-la-loi ("Outlaws") (1985); OCLC 691248912


      Family


      On December 14, 1973, Don Brooks married Anne Lorch (née Anne Lesly Zinman; born 1934), originally from Philadelphia, who, in 1964, divorced Jay Wintner Lorch (born 1930) of Dallas. With their marriage, Don Brooks gained a stepson, Leonard Nelson Lorch (born 1959).


      Death


      Brooks died of leukemia October 25, 2000, in Manhattan, aged 53.


      References

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