Frank Usher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Frank Usher

Guitarist, guitar maker

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1949

Place of Birth: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom

Profession: musician, guitarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Frank Usher (born 4 August 1949, 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.
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.