GUITAR Has Been In FRANK COSENTINO’S Life Since The Age Of Five. Everything Changed After Seeing JIMI HENDRIX live At His Infamous 1968 TORONTO Show! For COSENTINO It Was The Sound Coming From This Larger Then Life Guitarist’s Hands that Some Would Say Was A Religious Awakening Musically For Frank.
Fast Forward 45 Years And COSENTINO Has Established Himself As One Of CANADA’S Finest BLUES Guitarist/Singer/ Songwriter. The MULTI-AWARD Winning Guitarist Has Released 6 CD’S With Four Dedicated To The ART Of The BLUES. COSENTINO’S Touring Has Become The Stuff Of Legends Touring For Over 30 Years With Tens Of Thousands Of Dates To His Credit! Sometimes Gigging 200-250 Dates A YEAR! COSENTINO Has Played With And Or Shared Stages With Some Of The Worlds Greatest Musicians In Blues And Beyond. Legends Like SUE FOLEY, JAMES COTTON, JOHNNY WINTER, JEFF HEALY, ROBBEN FORD, DUKE ROBILLARD, DOWN CHILD, FATHEAD, VITO REZZA, EARL JOHNSON, And Some Of The New Blood Like PHILLIP SAYCE, ANTHONY GOMES, SHRIMP DADDY, Too Name A Few.
Along The Way COSENTINO Has Been Honoured With ENDORSEMENT DEALS From The Worlds Most Respected Music Companies…DEAN MARKLEY CEO Of DEAN MARKLEY STRINGS USA Calls COSENTINO One Of CANADA’S Finest Blues Guitarists. COSENTINO Is An OFFICIAL ENDORSING ARTIST For Companies Around The World In The USA: SEYMOUR DUNCAN PICKUPS.. DEAN MARKLEY STRINGS…ZS THOMAS GUITARS Who Honoured FRANK With His Own SIGNATURE SERIES GUITAR LINE ” THE COSENTINOCASTER”…LAVA CABLES…AMP CLAMP..BIG BENDS NUT SAUCE..STRING STRECHA…ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLIDE COMPANY…IN EUROPE…V.L. EFFECTS CUSTOM SHOP….PLATONE AMPS And In CANADA: CARPARELLI GUITARS…MACK AMPS.
It Is Said That It Takes 10,000 Hours To Make A Virtuoso, COSENTINO Has Surpassed That Number 5X to Over 50,000 Hours. Next To Keeping And Incredible Recording And Gigging Calendar, COSENTINO Has Made It His Life Mission To EDUCATE And Keep The Art Of BLUES GUITAR Growing And Moving Forward! He Has Clocked Over 200,000 Lessons Given And Has Become A Teacher To The Stars! Most Recently SONY RECORDING ARTIST’S ” DIE MANNIQUIN’S” CARE FAILURE And UNIVERSAL RECORDING ARTISTS ” MY DARKEST DAYS” Guitarist SAL COSTA. And Many More Have Studied COSENTINO’S GUITAR PERSPECTIVE. Teaching Clinics As Well At Some Of The Worlds Most Respected Music Schools Like VANCOUVER’S UBC And TORONTO’S HUMBER COLLEGE, THE NATIONAL GUITAR WORKSHOP And GUITAR WORKSHOP PLUS.
With All This History COSENTINO’S First Love Is Still Touring And Gigging Bringing The Music To The People! With His Music Receiving ROTATION On INTERNATIONAL And NORTH AMERICAN RADIO Its Going GOLBAL!! With Interviews In Major Music MAGAZINES And RADIO And TELEVISION FRANK COSENTINO Is No Longer CANADA’S SECRET!!!!
COSENTINO’S DISCOGRAPHY: THE COS……..OPEN UP AND SAY WAH!……..UNFINISHED BUSINESS…….STRAIGHT NO CHASER……
Frank Cosentino’s Links:
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