1. Carol Fran released six albums since 1992 including four as a duo with Hollimon.
10 Facts About Carol Fran
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Three more singles ensued, but lack of success saw Carol Fran singing with Guitar Slim, and after his death in 1959, she then sang alongside Nappy Brown, Lee Dorsey, and Joe Tex.
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In 1982, Carol Fran met the session guitarist Clarence Hollimon, and they went on to marry a year later and relocated to Texas.
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Elsewhere, in 1993, Carol Fran contributed to Guitar Shorty's album, Topsy Turvy.
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However, Hollimon died the same year, and Carol Fran moved back to Lafayette.
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Carol Fran recorded her first solo effort Fran-tastic in New Orleans in October 2001 which was released the following year.
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Carol Fran appeared in the 2015 documentary film I Am the Blues.
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Carol Fran was a recipient of the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.
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In 2020, Carol Fran released her first newly recorded album in 18 years titled All Of My Life: The Saint Agnes Sessions.
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Carol Fran died from post-COVID-19 complications at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, on September 1,2021, aged 87.