BIO

The Frayed Knot Band was formed in 1992 and is based in Manatee County, Florida. The FKB won the Suncoast Blues Society Challenge and represented Florida at the Blues Foundation's International Challenge in Memphis 1993.

The FKB has operated continuously since the beginning, primarily along the west coast of Florida and mainly close to home; appearing at local festivals, restaurants, bars, celebrations, and dance halls.

The FKB is eclectic and blues-centric, branching out in all directions covering the artists and music we like and our audience loves to hear. A typical set list might traverse the spectrum from Muddy Waters to the Band of Joy, pausing along the way to pay our respects to Van Morrison, the Neville Brothers, the Beatles, Jr. Wells, Elvin Bishop, Willie Nelson, Magic Sam, Paul DeLay, The Staples Singers, and many others - well known and unknown.

The band was founded by drummer Brad Tripp. Originally from Detroit and raised on Motown Soul, Brad was a card carrying union man who played all around the city before moving to Florida. He was Nick in Rock Bottom's famous early band, Nick Danger & the Heat.

Vocalist and harp player Ernie Mack (Kevin McInerney) is a founding member. Born in Chicago, he saw all of the great ones who were still alive and playing that classic sound in the City of Big Shoulders. He got pulled into the music and was buried alive by the Blues.

Tracy Hodsdon, guitar, percussion, and vocals, is a multi-instrumentalist from a musical family. He came out of the hinterlands of Hayward, Wisconsin, already steeped in modern jazz and blues traditions and the beneficiary of a formal musical education. Tracy joined the band in 2001.

James Linkogle, bass and vocals, is our newest member. He got hooked by the Blues and Rock'n Roll blasting out of his transistor radio on KXOK, St Louis, back in 1963. Most recently he played with the Blues Pig band for fourteen years, and after a little break joined the FKB.

Bob Kreisler, bass and vocals, was a founding member. Originally from upstate New York, he learned the bass pretty much the way he did everything. He just picked it up and started playing. That he played left handed, backwards, and upside down was only a problem for any musicians in the house.

BIO

The band was founded by drummer Brad Tripp. Originally from Detroit and raised on Motown Soul, Brad was a card carrying union man who played all around the city before moving to Florida. He was Nick in Rock Bottom's famous early band, Nick Danger & the Heat.

Vocalist and harp player Ernie Mack (Kevin McInerney) is a founding member. Born in Chicago, he saw all of the great ones who were still alive and playing that classic sound in the City of Big Shoulders. He got pulled into the music and was buried alive by the Blues.

Tracy Hodsdon, guitar, percussion, and vocals, is a multi-instrumentalist from a musical family. He came out of the hinterlands of Hayward, Wisconsin, already steeped in modern jazz and blues traditions and the beneficiary of a formal musical education. Tracy joined the band in 2001.

James Linkogle, bass and vocals, is our newest member. He got hooked by the Blues and Rock'n Roll blasting out of his transistor radio on KXOK, St Louis, back in 1963. Most recently he played with the Blues Pig band for fourteen years, and after a little break joined the FKB.

Bob Kreisler, bass and vocals, was a founding member. Originally from upstate New York, he learned the bass pretty much the way he did everything. He just picked it up and started playing. That he played left handed, backwards, and upside down was only a problem for any musicians in the house.

July 30, 1953--January 27,2021

R.I.P. BROTHER

Special Thanks:

Big Shawn Tripp

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