I've enjoyed his music for 32 years. And when I say "talented" this does not mean his body of work just emgerged. Frank Black has worked hard perfecting that talent. He has been a prolific independent and alterntaive musician. He's not done, either. He can make a guitar emit sounds that are novel. Frank Black will take his seat one day next to the likes of Thom Yorke, John Lennon, Morrissey, David Bowie, and Billy Corgan. He's already at the top of the list for me. I've listened to him since 1989. He's the real deal. The honor is in how hard he works to perfect his talent, which is out of this world. He changed music forever when he formed Pixies. There had never been anything like it before.
NPR did a piece called "This I Believe" a few years back. Listeners were invited to recite their core beliefs about anything...