Michael Frank took up the harmonica and blues record collecting in junior high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After his college graduation he moved to Chicago to practice social work in child welfare and to meet as many blues musicians as he could.

Starting in 1973 he began playing the harmonica with David "Honeyboy" Edwards as a duo and in a four piece blue band, managing and booking Honeyboy as well. He also booked and managed guitarist Jim Brewer until Jim died in May, 1989.

In 1978, Michael Frank started the Earwig Music Company to record and book underrepresented blues musicians and to assist these artists in furthering their careers. The label has released 68 blues, jazz, gospel, and storytelling recordings, and also produced for other labels. Michael and his Earwig staff have also produced numerous concerts and club tours, featuring revues of various artists on the label and other lesser known musicians.

He is also the co-producer of Six Generations of the Blues – From Mississippi to Chicago, a documentary about Earwig’s 30th anniversary concert and artists. He is a member of the Blues Foundation Advisory Board and the National Academy of Recording Arts And Sciences (NARAS).

Michael is the Vice President of the Board of the KoKo Taylor celebrity Aid Foundation. He is available for lectures on the blues, and on the music business. From 1972 to 2005 Michael also worked in the child welfare field, with abused and neglected children and their families, as a social worker and supervisor.

Michael Frank and Honeyboy Edwards played clubs and festivals around the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan and South America for over 35 years, until Honeyboy retired at age 95, and died a few months later. Michael's role with Honeyboy included that of harmonica accompanist, manager, booking agent and biographer. Michael co-authored Honeyboy’s oral history, The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing. Michael is a co-founder of the Honeyboy Edwards Fund for the Blues at the National Blues Museum. In 2008 he was honored by The Blues Foundation with a KBA - Keeping the Blues Alive Award - for artist management.

Michael is now managing the careers of Andy Cohen, Les Copeland, and Johnny Drummer, artists who record for his label Earwig Music Company. www.earwigmusic.com