The tragic tale of Jackson C Frank, forgotten legend of the 60s He was one of the great singer-songwriters of the 60s folk scene, more highly regarded by some than Paul Simon. But he only recorded one album – and died in obscurity, penniless and homeless. There are hard luck stories, and then there's Jackson C Frank . Of all the damaged singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s – Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin – Frank's tale is the most tragic and the least known. When his name does crop up, it is usually with a heavy cognoscenti nod of approval: Vincent Gallo used his Milk and Honey on the Brown Bunny soundtrack, and Frank's I Want To Be Alone accompanies the eerie climax to Daft Punk's 2006 film, Electroma . His reputation rests almost entirely on his one 1965 album, reissued this month on vinyl. It was recorded in London in 1965, and produced by his fellow American expat Paul Simon . Frank's voice was full and rich, his finger-picking exemplary, ...