Frank Usher

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Frank Usher - Fish live in Italy (2009). FrankUsher-FishBand-1 cr.jpg
Frank Usher – Fish live in Italy (2009).

Frank Usher (born 4 August 1949, in Gateshead, County Durham, England) is an English guitarist best known for his work in Fish's band. Usher lives and operates a guitar-manufacturing business in Innerleithen, Scotland. [1] Throughout the 1970s and 1980s he has worked with a variety of artists including Mike Heron, John Martyn, Tam White and the locally noted Border Boogie Band.

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While playing in a band called Blewitt in 1980, he first met Fish who became their vocalist for a short time. When Fish left Marillion to start a solo career in 1988, he contacted Usher to become his guitarist. Since then he has played on seven Fish studio albums and the accompanying tours.

Usher suffered a heart attack in December 2007, causing three gigs to be cancelled. [2]

Fish discography with Frank Usher on guitar

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References

  1. "Home Page | Guitar Maker and Repairer in the Scottish Borders | Frank Usher Guitars". Frankusherguitars.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Official Fish site: Biographies - Frank Usher". Fish-thecompany.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.