Robert Landis Frank (February 26, 1944 – July 18, 2019) was an American musician, singer/songwriter and composer.
His debut self-titled record was issued on Vanguard Records in 1972 to critical acclaim and is a collectors item that was reissued on Light in the Attic in 2014.
He recorded and toured with Memphis singer/songwriter John Murry, shared a stage with Gus Cannon, Jimmy Driftwood, Lightning Hopkins, Tim Buckley and Townes Van Zandt, and was a paid songwriter for Tree Publishing.
He lived in El Sobrante, California.
Frank's 20th century version of the late Middle English classic, "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode" (Child Ballad #117), released on Bowstring Records in 2001, received rave reviews from English professors, music critics, historians, actors, college professors, school teachers and Oxford dons.