City Winery St. Louis Presents Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering with special guest Nora O'Connor live in concert on Sunday, September 24th at 7 PM
Frank Orrall is the founder, frontman / multi-instrumentalist for the ‘Acous-tronic’ Rock & Soul group; Poi Dog Pondering.He is also: Percussionist and Singer for the D.C. based outernationalists; Thievery Corporation. (His other side projects include: Palm Fabric Orchestra, Soft Explosion, Mourning Doves and 8fatfat8).His Solo show, “The Suitcase Show”: is a combination of unique Video and Audio backing tracks, Stories, various instruments, and a suitcase full of surprises. He often travels with a handful of co-conspirators & musical collaborators. Raised in the Hawaiian Ocean; Frank Orrall is the Son of a Solar Physicist Father, and a Folk song singing Mother. Learning Guitar from his Mother, and a love of poetry and nature from his Father; Frank began to record a series of homemade solo cassette albums out of his bedroom in 1984, and released them on consignment at local record stores around Honolulu and Southern California, under the moniker; Poi Dog Pondering. Since then he has recorded for Texas Hotel Records, Sony Records, Tommy Boy Records & currently, his own label; Platetectonic Recordings.
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