Frank Usher Explained

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.

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

• 1990: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
• 1991: Internal Exile
• 1993: Songs from the Mirror (covers album)
• 1994: Suits
• 1997: Sunsets on Empire
• 2004: Field of Crows
• 2007: 13th Star

Compilation albums

• 1995: Yin and Yang
• 1998: Kettle of Fish (88–98)
• 2005: Bouillabaisse

Singles

• 1989: "State of Mind"
• 1989: "Big Wedge"
• 1990: "A Gentleman's Excuse Me"
• 1990: "The Company" (Germany only)
• 1991: "Internal Exile"
• 1991: "Credo"
• 1992: "Something in the Air"
• 1992: "Never Mind The Bullocks" (feat. Hold Your Head Up)
• 1994: "Lady Let It Lie"
• 1994: "Fortunes of War"
• 1994: "Emperors song"
• 1995: "Just Good Friends" (feat. Sam Brown)
• 1997: "Brother 52"
• 1997: "Change of Heart"
• 2008: "Arc of the Curve"
• 2008: "Zoë 25"

External links

• Biography on the official Fish site
• Frank Usher Guitars

Notes and References

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