The Joe Frank Music Page

Music selections used in Joe Frank's shows. Thanks to Dan Abrams who started it, Beau Gunderson who continued it, and other contributors.

The music murmured underneath Frank's voice, providing a hypnotic momentum to his long narratives. "He was really good at finding riffs that you could stand to listen to 100 times in a row. He was able to find music that served the emotional needs of the piece without getting in the way," said Kristine McKenna, a former KCRW DJ and longtime friend of Frank's.[1]


Jewish Blues (1978)


Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio (1978-11-29)

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An American Hero Workshop (1979-01-26)


A Call In The Night (1979-02-07)


Till You're Gone (1979-03-10)


The Death Of Trotsky (1979-04-03)

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Arena (1979-06-08)


Summer Notes (1979-08-22)

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The Eighty Yard Run (1979-09-18)


White Elephants (1980)

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The Rare Recording (1980-10-15)

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Joe Frank In Concert (1981-02-11)

  • Live band

The Decline Of Spengler (1982)


Lies (1982-03-06)


Sales (1983-04-01)


The Queen Of Puerto Rico (Show) (1983-04-01)


Warheads (1983-04-12)


The End (1983-04-15)


Pilot (1983-04-19)

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Questions (1983-04-22)


A Tour Of The City (Part 1) (1984-03-06)


A Tour Of The City (Part 2) (1984-03-06)

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Across The River (1984-03-27)


Bedtime Stories (1984-10-31)

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A Pact With God (1985)

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When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel (1985)


A Kiss Is Just A Kiss (1986)

Part 2

Part 3


Dreams Of The River (1986)

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Photography (1986)


Dear Annie (1986)


Rain (1986)


Pretender (1986)


Talking About Love (1986)


Another Country (Part 1) (1986)


Another Country (Part 2) (1986)


Another Country (Part 3) (1986)


A Landing Strip In The Jungle (1986)

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No Show (1986)


Let Me Not Dream (1986)


Case Studies (1986)

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Cocktails Before Dinner (1986)


Dreamland (1986)


Rose (1986)


Why I Don't Love You Anymore (1986)

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Tell Me What To Do (1986)


Highways West (1986)


Nightride (1986)


No Show (Remix) (1986)


Rent A Family (Part 1) (1987)


Rent A Family (Part 2) (1987)


Rent A Family (Part 3) (1987)


In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) (1987)


In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) (1987)


In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3) (1987)


The Policemen's Ball (1987)

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He Hesitated (1987)


At The Border (1987-10-09)

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Thank You, You're Beautiful (1987)


To The Bar Life (1987)


Emergency Room (1988)


Stories For Nothing (1988)


Building A Church (1988)


The Street (1988)

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Lines (1988)


Words (1988)

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Five Part Dissonance (1988)


Emerald Isle (1988)

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Home (1988)


Islands (1988)

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Sleep (1988)


Performer (1989)


The More I Know You (1989)


Road To Hell (1989)

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Nausea (1989)


Bad (1989)


Great Lives (1989)

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Great Lives (Remix) (1989)


Night (Remix) (1989)


Night (Part 1) (1989-08-18)


Night (Part 2) (1989)


The Truth About Women (Part 1) (1990)


The Truth About Women (Part 2) (1990)


I'm Not Crazy (1990)


Iceland (Part 1) (1990)

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Iceland (Part 2) (1990)


Iceland (Part 3) (1990)


The Dictator (Part 1) (1991)


The Dictator (Part 2) (1991)


The Dictator (Part 3) (1991)


On The Edge (1991)


Redneck Rounder (1992)


El Cholo (In The Beginning) (1992)

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The Best (1992)


In The Dark (Part 1) (1992)


In The Dark (Part 2) (1992)


Two Babes (1992)


God (1993)


Problems (1993)


Pilgrim (1993)


Smile (1993)


Green Cadillac (1993)

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When I'm Calling You (1993)


The Loved One (1993)


Coma (1993)

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A Special Family (1993)


Tomorrow (1993)


Taylor (1993)

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Just A Closer Walk With Thee (1994)

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The Cruise (1994)


Hit Man (1994)

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A Natural Disaster (1994)


Joe Frank's America (1994)


That Night (1994)


Just Hold Me (1994)


Hawaii (1994)

  • "Honolulu I Am Coming Back Again" - ukulele version sung by Arthur Miller

Soul Mate (1994)

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Either Or (Part 1) (1994-10)

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Either Or (Part 2) (1994-10)

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Anthology Of Love (Part 1) (1994-11)


Anthology Of Love (Part 2) (1994-11)


Jerry's World (Part 1) (1994)


Jerry's World (Part 2) (1994)


Jerry's World (Part 3) (1994)


Loner (1994)


The Last Run (1994)


Prayer (1994)


Haiti (1994)


A Hearing (1994)


Jerry's World (90 min) (1994)


Pledge Drive: Apr 9, 1994 (1994)

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Raymond (1995)


Insomnia (1995) (1995)


Third World Country (Includes Raymond) (1995)


Hot Line (1995)


In A Lonely Place (1995)

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Lila And The Professor (1995)


Streetwise (1995)


Prayer (Remix) (1995)


The Loved One (Remix) (1996)

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Five Part Dissonance (Remix) (1996)


Iceland (Part 2) (Remix) (1996)


Eye In The Sky (1996-01-07)


Three Shingles (1996-01-14)


Obsessions (1996-01-21)


Bible Salesman (1996-02-11)


Pledge Drive, 1996-02-12 (1996-02-12)


The Sacred (1996-02-25)


The Road To Calvary (1996-03-03)

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God Only Knows (1996-03-10)

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Just Get Me Out Of Here (1996-03-17)


The River (1996-03-31)


Justine (1996-04-07)


White Moon (1996-04-13)


Red Sea (1996-04-28)


An Enterprising Man (1996-05-26)


Lost Soul (1996-06-01)


Mountain Rain (1996-06-09)


Escape From Paradise (1996-06-30)


Pledge Drive: Jul 1996 (1996)

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Reprise (1996-07-28)

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The O.J. Chronicles (1996-10-06)


I'm Not Crazy (Remix) (1996-11-03)


The Policemen's Ball (Remix) (1996-11-10)

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Phone Therapy (1997)


Pathology (1997)


A Call In The Night (Remix) (1997)


Blues Singer (1997-01-12)


Philosophy (1997-01-19)


Journal (1997-03-01)


The Other Side (Show) (1997-03-16)

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Rent A Family (Remix) (1997-03-23)


Arena (Remix) (1997-04-06)


Black Light (1997-04-20)


A Death In The Family (1997-05-11)

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Soul Mate (Remix) (1997-05-17)

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Fat Man Down (1997-05-24)


Talk To Me (1997-06-07)

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Joe Frank Live - Women Police Officers (1997-07-05)


Bible Stories (1997-07-20)

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Last Show (1997)


At The Dark End Of The Bar (1998-12-31)

  • Original music performed by the Joe Frank Band, over a loop from "Spill The Wine"

Home (Remix) (1999)


Love Is (1999-10-03)


Windows (1999-10-10)


Jam (1999-10-17)


No Angel (1999-10-24)


Prison Songs (1999-10-31)


The Box (1999-11-07)


Higher Learning (1999-11-14)


Holy Land (1999-11-14)

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On The Edge (Remix) (1999-11-28)


Predator (1999-12-05)


Clement At Christmas (1999-12-12)


Lover Man (1999-12-19)

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Summer Notes (Remix) (2000-01-02)


Mercy (2000-01-16)


At Last (2000-01-23)


Pledge Drive 2000-01-29 (2000-01-29)


Two Women (2000-03-01)


Zen (2000-03-12)

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The Wire (2000-03-26)


The Nature Of Things (2000-04-03)


Karma (Part 1) (2000-04-16)


Karma (Part 2) (2000-04-23)


Karma (Part 3) (2000-04-30)


Karma (Part 4) (2000-05-14)


Karma (Part 5) (2000-05-21)


Karma (Part 6) (2000-05-28)


Karma (Part 7) (2000-06-18)


Bad Karma (2000-07-09)


Evening Sky (2000-07-16)


Karma For Dollars (2000-07-23)


Karma Don't Deny Me (2000-07-30)


Pledge Drive Rough Cuts (2000-08-01)


Pledge Drive, 2000-08-06 (2000-08-06)


Pledge Drive, 2000-08-13 (2000-08-13)


Karma Redux (2000-10-01)


Small World Karma (2000-10-08)


Waiting For Karma (2000-10-15)


Karma Memories (2000-10-22)


Dreamland: A Compilation (2000-10-24)


Karma Crash (2000-11-05)


Silent Sea (2000-11-12)


Mystery (2000-11-19)


Brothers (2000-11-26)


Bitter Pill (2000-12-03)


Sunday Morning Service (2000-12-10)


Caged Heart (2000-12-17)


At The Dark End Of The Bar (Remix) (2000-12-31)

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Cave Dreamer (2001-01-06)


Insomnia (2001) (2001-01-14)


Always (2001-01-21)


Red Sea (A Compilation) (2001-01-28)


Where Will It End? (2001-02-18)


Fire And Ice (2001-03-04)


The Angina Dialogues (2001-03-11)


Love Prisoner (2001-03-18)


Anthology Of Love (Remix) (2001-04-08)


Waiting For The Bell (2001-04-22)


Woman And Bull In Paint Factory (2001-04-29)


What Do Women Want? (2001-05-06)


Four Part Dissonance (2001-05-13)


Emptiness (2001-05-27)


Summer Hill (2001-06-03)


Don't Know Mind (2001-06-17)


The Future (2001-07-07)


Margarita (2001-07-08)


Stoner (2001-07-22)


Men Of The Cloth (2001-08-01)


Terminal (2001-08-05)


Black Hole (Remix) (2001-09-16)

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At The Border (Remix) (2001-10-28)

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In The Dark (Remix) (2001-12-02)


Road To Hell (Remix) (2001-12-16)

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Pledge Drive 2002 (2002)


Plerophory Of Pain (2002)


Endings (2002-01-20)


Time's Arrow (2004-10-10)


Duplicity (2004-11-06)


Bottle For A Headstone (2004-12-06)


Fire (2005-01-12)


Debi Mae At Burning Man (2005-02-23)


Bad Faith (2005-03-15)


Goodbye (2006-12-30)


Just An Ordinary Man (2009)


Who Knows (2010)


Giovanni And Jean-Paul (2010-10)


Dreamers (2012-07-04)


Thief (2012-09-25)


Old Man (2012-11-13)


A Conversation (2013-01-29)


A Hollywood True Story (2013-03-29)

  • Original music over drone - Kenny Lyon (piano and bass) [Intro]

Reality Check (2013-06-21)


A Life Well Lived (2013-10-04)


Isolation (2014-04-01)


Sunken Ship (2014-10-23)


The Poor Are Always With Us (2015-05-29)


Downfall (2015-10-16)



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Footnotes

  1. KCRW remembers radio artist Joe Frank. January 18, 2018
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Joe added music to several of his shows when they were rebroadcast or digitized. The updated versions are usually available at Joefrank.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 This is the Rent A Family panel discussion theme: it plays before and during its appearances.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Online music services mislabel this track "Fragrance".
  5. Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There licensed "Ki-Mo-No" by AKMusique, which was a derivative work released after Bad Karma.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Zion", a reworked version of "Bullet (Bitten)", was heard two years later during the "cave rave" scene of The Matrix Reloaded.