Uncle T

Frank Thompson Jr Bio

Uncle T

Frank Thompson Music

IS Production LLC

Music that is inspirational and spirit filled

Biography

Frank Thompson Jr. was born in New Orleans.

Frank’s love of music, gospel music in particular, started at a very early age, fostered by his mother and father. His mother would bring Frank Jr. into the choir stand with her on Sunday mornings. He would listen to his father play his guitar and was fascinated by the sounds it made. By the age of three Frank Jr. was dragging his father’s guitar around the house and breaking the strings trying to play. Seeing his love of music grow his parents agreed to let Frank Jr. join the school band and get some private lessons from his band teacher, Mr. Lester Wright. Mr. Wright encouraged Frank to learn to read music to no avail.

Frank would let the other children play first that could read the music and he would then play the notes he heard. Frank has an exceptional God given talent. At the early age of seven he was singing solo for his church choir, and amazing seasoned voices with his power and range, and played drums. God had given him his talent and anything from God was good. Soon his talent and skill would precede him. At age eleven he was playing bass guitar for a number of gospel groups to include The Spiritual Hires, The Stars Of Heaven, Avondale Community Choir, The Heavenly Stars, are a few. As he grew in age, he also became interested in other instruments, drums, horns, piano and organ.

Mastering his art was his goal. Not only has he mastered the instruments, but found he is skilled in writing, arranging, and sequencing music as well as mixing and mastering music, His talent has taken him on tour to Germany and across the United States. Frank was a gospel tent’s stage musician for seven years, playing bass guitar, at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. He has played with some of the great local artist of New Orleans, as well as some of the great gospel singers of our time like James Cleveland, Walton Hawkins, James Moore, and Rance Allen. Frank has played on a number of local recordings since the mid 1980’s. His first production was completed in 1996, titled Something Old, Something New. It featured traditional gospel and contemporary gospel written by Frank. In 2005 Frank wrote, produced and directed a video in titled Show the World You Care and the single I Miss You So.

During the 2009 NFL season when the New Orleans Saints football team won their district championship, Frank began writing We Are The Champs! He finished the song after they won the Super Bowl XLIV. In 2011 Frank is releasing Island Man, it is a compilation of jazzy music in which he wrote, composed, played all the instruments and produced himself. In 2015 he released his first Blues single (Don't Fall In Love With Me). He also has written a wealth of Gospel, Jazzy and Blues music that is yet to be released.

Frank Thompson Jr. is a gifted and talented musician. His deep faith in God influences his musical endeavors and proved him with the necessary drive and motivation to fulfill his calling of composing, arranging and performing music that is soothing, uplifting and predestined to motivate its listener. As you sit back and listen to the music of Frank Thompson allow it to embrace your heart and it will ease your mind and soul. You will undeniably discover it is truly inspirational and spirit-filled