Let's Chat: Joe Frank Carollo
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Joe Frank Carollo founded the group, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds back in the late 60's. The trio found instant success with their hit, 'Don't
Pull Your Love" in 1970 and again in 1971 with 'Let Your Love Flow'
I caught up with the charismatic Joe Frank Carollo from his home in California and learned lots about him, his success with the ladies and the loves of his life nowadays, his grandchildren.
Loved Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. Beautiful voices and harmonies
I listen to Danny's voice these days and it is so distinct and full, maybe the smoothest I have ever heard.
Joe your bass playing is out of this world! You have to be one of the most underrated bassists to ever have played. People just overlooked pop and softer rock players, but if you really listened to the bassists and guitarists you'd hear just how great they were. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds put out some CLASSIC TRACKS that are timeless and superb, they bring back many great memories for me. The bassists in The Carpenters and Bread were brilliant as well. Thanks for doing this interview!
so glad you enjoyed the interview. He's a wonderful man and so so talented. thank you for your comments.
“Winners and Losers” and “Everyday Without Your Love” are their two best imo.
❤❤❤
Hey Joe Frank, this is Roy from Samys. Miss you brother. Glad to see you here after all these years.
After recently 'rediscovering' Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds, I have a much greater appreciation for them, but at the same time so sad to learn of Hamilton's untimely passing. On a brighter note, this interview with Joe Frank is a treasure! Amazing bass player and vocalist - not only with HJF&R, which was pure magic, but in his own right. So glad to know he is still performing - keep it up and thanks for all the great music!
The Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds song "Fallin' In Love" was # 1 in September of 1975. The song "Winners And Losers" went to # 21 in March of 1976.
Winners and losers should have went to #1; it was a masterpiece but the competition in the 70's was rough because of all the great music being put out at that time (a far cry from what's being put out today). You're a excellent bass player Joe Frank and that's coming from a 40 year bass playing veteran !!!😊
I saw "Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (DENNISON) at Knotts Berry Farm either 1975, 1976 - Such a wonderful concert - Wish it was available on VHS or DVD
Oh man. I wish I would’ve seen that. Around that time I saw Ricky Nelson there. I was only in elementary school but I started getting into music when I was 10
This is priceless so sad what happened to Dan Hamilton only 48. They were all very talented men & should have been much more famous and financially wealthy for their talent but they were taken advantage of by people who made a lot of money off of them but did not share the wealth. Frank looks great so happy he has his family.
HJFR were spectacular musicians! Joe, your harmonies and prolific bass playing make you 1 of the GOATS
I can't say enough about Danny Hamilton! So young when he passed. I always thought he had the best sound of anyone at that time. In my book, he still occupies the best male vocalist ever!
After all these years, I still love your music as much as I did when it first came out!
Thank you for sharing with us.Ive been listening to the good old days.Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds the best.
Hey Joe Frank! We are cousins. It’s nice hearing what you been up to these days. My mom Roselyn Carollo use to babysit you back in the days in Leland. I still love listening to your music ❤ take care cuz
amazing!!!
Hats of to you Joe for your Bass playing on Falling in Love! I love the opening riff! RIP to Dan as well. Alan's piano was through the roof also............
couldn't agree more! thanks for taking the time to comment
"Let Your Love Flow" was by The Bellamy Brothers in 1976 which went to # 1. The Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds songs "Annabella" (1971) & "Daisy Mae" (1972) are also great songs!!!
I love these guys! Glad you liked them too!
Dan composed and recorded alongside Joe Frank, alongside his brother Judd, and worked with his ex-wife Ann on all these songs in the 80s-90s:
Give it Up,
Welcome Back Home,
Wanna Do Ya,
Cry in the Night,
Country is What Country Does, Feel it
With You, Loving Comes Easy, Head You Win Tails I Lose,
Do You Really Love Me,
Santa Monica Nights,
Roll On Down The Road,
I Shake All Over,
and others in his composition catalog that I haven't heard because not even snippets of the recordings appear.
But I can assure you that all these songs are genius and are stored, recorded, and it would be amazing if someone digitized them, at least, and released an album, even digitally, as a tribute to Dan with all these beautiful compositions by Dan, added to all his songs with Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds/Dennison. What's the point of leaving his beautiful art hidden and forgotten? His music brings joy to people; his voice can even emotionally heal those who listen. Compiling all his precious songs for everyone to enjoy would be a true gift to the world and a beautiful tribute to Dan.
They also recorded for Playboy Records (Hugh Hefner's record company) in 1975. In fact, their best album was recorded on Playboy (called "Fallin' In Love"). The LP had a rose on the inner sleeve and was scented with rose perfume and smelled WONDERFUL when you pulled out the album. I wish Sandy would have asked Joe Frank about the last song on this LP called "Love Is" and why it was dedicated to "Joe Carollo SR." (it says so on the album) i.e. what is the story behind it. Excellent interview. I'm still waiting for the folks at the Midnight Special to release their appearance on the Midnight Special (like they did Peter Frampton and others) in true stereo.
I didn't know all of this, thank you so much for sharing. So glad you enjoyed the interview. He's definitely one of my favourites!
The podcast The Hustle with John Lamoreaux has a great interview with Joe Frank.
Hello! I apologize for the inconvenience, but would you be so kind as to share the link to that interview?
I love you Joe!!!!!
I beenn waiting for an interview like this long time ago. ❤ HJFR.
Hi Joe! Worked with you in the early 90's at PRS...hope you are doing well!
Oh!, this is new to me ! Good to see him in this interview. Thank you for sharing I appreciated❤️😊👍
so glad you enjoyed it! and my pleasure!
What an interview! So much interesting information. Thank you the this material. Love his musical abilities
I really like him too! And I'm so pleased you enjoyed the interview. Please check out some of my others - either here on yt or through the website www.abreathoffreshair.com.au Would love to hear that you've enjoyed them too!
Let your love flow was by The Bellamy Brothers. Not HJFR
The wonders of the Internet and You Tube !
incredible isn't it!
One of my favorite Childhood 'Sounds'.....these fella's. Loved their stuff on the Radio back then. Joe is such a cool guy!
Married 4 times 😂😂😂 He is the Chico Escuela of rock music. Rock has been very very good to him 😂😂😂. Sad to hear about his wife that died though. Seems like a cool guy
Don’t pull your love was offered to the grass roots who passed on it. I am surprised Joe not mention Alan.
😊😊😊😊😊 i love Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds that you Joe Frank
My father remembers the Knights very well from the Delta. He was in a slightly younger set of Delta bands in the mid-60's from when the bands with "royal" names (Knights, Counts) were cycling out and the first "weird name" bands were cycling in.
That's awesome you know about the Knights! My dad was a member of them, played rhythm guitar and backing vocals.
Around 2008, I met a guy named Milton Steed at a party. After a discussion about HJF&R, I learned that Milton was their drummer for a time. He gave me a photo of the Knights with him, Joe Frank and two other guys, Brad Jordan and Kern Pratt. I knew Brad and later became friends with Kern. From what Kern told me, both he and Milton were members of HJF&R.
@@woodrowwilkins149 I played with Milton Steed and Mike Dill doing trios for about 2 years. Mike is now with the Krackerjacks (Greenville), a band I played with for about 2 years around the year 2000. Milton, Mike Dill and I took Kern Pratt to his first paying gig at Scotty's in Cleveland, MS. Brad Jordan lived right down the street from me in Greenville, Ms. We played a few gigs together over the years. He bought my '68 Mustang, a car I should have kept.
@@bobingram6704 I know Mike. He's drummed with several local ensembles.
So enjoyed seeing and hearing cousin, Joe Frank❣
Their first hit was “Don’t Pull Your Love”, not “Don’t Let Your Love”.
thank you, I've amended now. Appreciate your comment
great interview...nothing said about Alan Dennison though
Hi Joe Frank…my dad J. Boyd Ingram recorded Joe Frank and the Knights at the radio station in Cleveland MS in 1964. Remember 5 Elephants in a Volkswagen? Sending our regards…✌🏻thank you Sandy
Hi, Cuz. The Carollo family go way back. Leland was a small town and everybody knew everybody. I remember the Knights, I remember the T-Bones. H, JF and R came to Leland and played a gig in the Catholic Youth Center one afternoon. We spent an afternoon with Joe Frank back in the 70's trying to rent a B3, because our Hammond A100 didn't have a Leslie. Years later I bought the Carollo's 55' Seagoing houseboat, lived on it 5 years. Joe Frank married Sally Ray, a close friend from Greenville.
What about Fallin’ in Love (#1), Winners & Losers, Every Day Without Love…
❤ I listen to Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds/Dennison every day of my life, and these two songs just get more and more amazing daily - it's impossible to get tired of listening to them, and the more you listen, the more you want to hear them again. I think to achieve that, you need an incredible gift for songwriting ❤.
And I listen to a lot of music from the 60s and 70s.
I love Hamilton, joe frank and reynolds. I have the hallway symphony album on repeat. Wish I could find more info about the group
Beautiful interview. I would like to know why Joe Frank doesn't talk more about Danny in the interview, they played together for so many years, and yet he only named him. Even when asked how he felt about losing Danny, he simply avoided answering. It would really be nice to hear and know more about their relationship in a dúo of so many years. It's sad that he only named Danny's death and nothing else.
thanks so much for your comments. I'll ask Joe Frank if he wouldn't mind chatting about this for you.
Just to let you know that s its the reference that all we are expecting. 🇨🇷🇨🇷
No mention of Dennison either.
@@sandykayepresents-abreatho9146It would be great to have a new interview with Joe talking about Danny and Alan. I understand how difficult it can be to speak about people who have passed away, but it would truly make the people who have been listening to them and wish to know them better very happy. It doesn't matter how much time has passed; their music is eternal, and that music originated from human beings we genuinely wish to get to know. Always maintaining utmost respect for their personal lives and privacy. I believe that reminiscing about tours, shows, recording moments, and anecdotes wouldn't infringe on their privacy, and it would be so comforting for the fans and listeners of such beautiful music.
Time goes on
I don't understand the end of the interview. Did you not realize that Dan and Joe came back to play with Alan Dennison under the same band name and had two gigantic hits in 75/76? It sounded like the band split up forever when Tommy left... ??? It would've been nice to hear how Fallin' in Love and Winners and Losers came about.
I'll see if I can get him back for you and find out. Would you like to join in the conversation and ask him whatever you'd like to? If so, send me an email please sandy@abreathoffreshair.com.au and we can arrange?
@@sandykayepresents-abreatho9146Please consider conducting a new interview with Joe Frank. With Alan's passing last year, we lost insight into the life of an exceptional pianist, and Dan was also reserved, leaving scarce information about him. Joe Frank is the only one who can share the story of their musical journey, their work, and experiences. They created so much art, and it would be valuable to understand the events surrounding their Las Vegas shows, recorded demos, movie soundtracks, thoughts, and expressions. I hope Joe Frank will open up and share stories about his and his friends Alan and Dan's musical endeavors from 1972 until Dan's passing, and even his life and work thereafter. 🙏
Hey Joe Frank! What a delightful interview! I miss our days of working at Samys !
I am so glad you enjoyed the interview. What a wonderful guy he is!
@@sandykayepresents-abreatho9146 I agree Sandy! He was always fun to be around at work!
If you ever have him back on, I’d love to hear about the 5 songs he and Dan recorded for the movie “Hunter’s Blood” in 1986. You can hear snippets of them in the movie and they’re all more country oriented. I’d love to hear what he has to say about making them, since there’s no info about them anyplace online and the movie never released an OST. You can see him and Dan have credits for the song at the end of the film, but that’s it.
I’ve been searching for years for their vinyls and am having no luck 😭 I was so happy to find their self named album finally this year
So pleased you found it after searching so long! Did you enjoy my interview with Joe too?
@@sandykaye5865 loved it!
@@sandykaye5865 How long ago did you interview him ? I couldnt ever find out if he was still with us.
@@user-lu7gn9vb1q There is a CD that has the "Fallin' In Love album on it. Ive got it and its pretty good.
@@ricklaffoon4534 I have spoken to him recently. He's doing fine, living a quiet life with his family. Do you need me to get a message to him from you?
Hooray for the paisan from the Mississippi Delta!
For more information: Ronnie Rush, roadie for Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds
has published LIfe of a Roadie, the Gypsy in Me, his memoir.
so sad about his wife passing.
Saw the trio perform "Don't Pull Your Love" (lip syncing) on "Solid Gold" in 1984 & their last TV appearance.
What a wasted opportunity! You didn't know Faliln' In Love went to #1 in '75?! You didn't even ask about the follow-up, Winners & Losers, which went to #21. I spoke to Joe Frank briefly when I was writing radio shows for Dick Clark. They were going country just before Dan Hamilton died. I regret not seeing them in concert because they were playing nearby in the early '90s but I wasn't sure if they were going to sing their old hits.
Dan composed and recorded alongside Joe Frank, alongside his brother Judd, and worked with his ex-wife Ann on all these songs in the 80s-90s:
Give it Up,
Welcome Back Home,
Wanna Do Ya,
Cry in the Night,
Country is What Country Does, Feel it
With You, Loving Comes Easy, Head You Win Tails I Lose,
Do You Really Love Me,
Santa Monica Nights,
Roll On Down The Road,
I Shake All Over,
and others in his composition catalog that I haven't heard because not even snippets of the recordings appear.
But I can assure you that all these songs are genius and are stored, recorded, and it would be amazing if someone digitized them, at least, and released an album, even digitally, as a tribute to Dan with all these beautiful compositions by Dan, added to all his songs with Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds/Dennison. What's the point of leaving his beautiful art hidden and forgotten? His music brings joy to people; his voice can even emotionally heal those who listen. Compiling all his precious songs for everyone to enjoy would be a true gift to the world and a beautiful tribute to Dan.
@@HJFRD I agree (who am I speaking to, someone from their website? Joe Frank?)! In the '90s I worked with Varese Vintage trying to put together a HJF&R compilation but Sony owed the band money after they bought out Playboy Records & didn't want to pay it, so they wouldn't give us licensing to use those tracks. Grrr!... Love Is" is a special song. Dan Hamilton wrote some great songs besides having an amazing voice. Joe Frank's more ragged vocal added a nice blend & contrast on songs like It Takes The Best, etc.
@@musicexpert2 Perhaps you're thinking of songs like "What Kind of Love Is This" or "Sweet Pain", since Danny sings "It Takes the Best" . I'd love to hear the story behind "Love Is", which is dedicated to Joe Frank's father's memory on the album; from what Joe has shared, he seems to have been an incredible person. Maybe they could compile songs from the 80s - the ones I mentioned would make a great tribute album, I'm sure. Realistically, the other albums are easily accessible, so compiling them wouldn't make sense. However, rare tracks like those recorded for the Hunter's Blood movie, songs co-written with Joe Frank, Judd and Ann, would be the perfect combination to honor Danny's memory and pay tribute to Joe Frank while he's still with us. In fact, they deserve to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
@@musicexpert2 Would it be possible for you to obtain and share Dirk Clark's programs featuring Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds/Dennison?
@@HJFRD Dick had an oldies show called Rock Roll & Remember & would only have played Don't Pull Your Love Out since the "oldies" period only went up until '74. I don't have ownership of the American Top 40 shows but someone who negotiated with the copyright owners offers all of those old shows in a digital format for a price. Casey Kasem probably did better stories about the group anyway. I'd love to hear the unknown stuff but they wouldn't sell without the obvious hits. Who am I speaking to?
Did the trio toured with The Grass Roots (other Dunhill ABC label mates)??
Or Three Dog Night, and Steppenwolf
Claro. Dan. Hamilton. Joe. Frank. Carrolo. And. Tommy. Reynolds. E. A. Trilha. Sonora. Dos. Anos. 70. Los. Angeles. Para. O. Mundo. Fallin. In. Love.