Dollar Country (bonus episode)

Collage/Photo by Michael Sean Coleman

On this bonus episode we have yet another clash of the podcasts. I had the pleasure of a zoom call and DJ roulette session with the host of Dollar Country, Franklin Fantini, or as his listeners know him, Frank the Drifter. It’s one of my favorite shows, and shares a common mission to this program: that’s to preserve overlooked music history and share it with a wider audience. For Low Profile, that means researching the artists and mining them for their oral history. For Dollar Country, it means sifting through thousands of overlooked country 45’s from the 20th century and sharing the treasure with the listener. Franklin moved to Cleveland, Ohio from his hometown of Lawrence, KS. For the last five years or so, he has been regularly releasing sets of irregular songs, many of which even the most devoted fans of country music have never heard of.
So, you might be wondering, who is Frank The Drifter, and where does he find these nuggets? Can I hear some of them? Why does he do it? Is there no stopping him? Feel free to eavesdrop as a couple of record nerds go head to head. Here goes.

(For an unedited, feature-length video recording of this episode, visit patreon.com/lowprofile)

Dollar Country can be found on apple podcasts, at dollarcountry.org, and on instagram at Dollarcountry. You can support them at patreon.com/dollarcountry

Low Profile receives financial support from listeners like you at patreon.com/lowprofile, where I occasionally share tasty bonus content, like the feature-length video of this interview.

Low Profile also receives in-kind support from the following independent businesses here in Olympia:

San Francisco Street Bakery,

Schwartz’s Deli,

Rainy Day Records,

Old School Pizzeria,

And Scherler Easy Premium Shitty American Lager from Three Magnets Brewing Company.