Frank Usher



Frank Usher (born 4 August 1949, in 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.

Studio albums

 * 1990: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
 * 1991: Internal Exile
 * 1993: Songs from the Mirror (covers album)
 * 1994: Suits
 * 1997: Sunsets on Empire
 * 2004: Field of Crows
 * 2007: 13th Star

Compilation albums

 * 1995: Yin and Yang
 * 1998: Kettle of Fish (88–98)
 * 2005: Bouillabaisse

Singles

 * 1989: "State of Mind"
 * 1989: "Big Wedge"
 * 1990: "A Gentleman's Excuse Me"
 * 1990: "The Company" (Germany only)
 * 1991: "Internal Exile"
 * 1991: "Credo"
 * 1992: "Something in the Air"
 * 1992: "Never Mind The Bullocks" (feat. Hold Your Head Up)
 * 1994: "Lady Let It Lie"
 * 1994: "Fortunes of War"
 * 1994: "Emperors song"
 * 1995: "Just Good Friends" (feat. Sam Brown)
 * 1997: "Brother 52"
 * 1997: "Change of Heart"
 * 2008: "Arc of the Curve"
 * 2008: "Zoë 25"