Frankie Sullivan (of Survivor)

There’s more to Survivor's Frankie Sullivan than rock and roll. There’s also family and fishing. He will often trade a guitar line for a fishing line. He is a frequent guest on the Fishing with Joe Bucher TV show. But guitar remains Frankie’s first love.

“I was about 13 years old when I began seriously listening to music—and that happened to be the era of great guitar music: Cream, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles’ John Lennon. Just about every group had great guitar players. Listening to these guys, I was primed.

“I later realized that these great guitar players took everything they did from an earlier generation of great blues guitar players. Those bluesmen were incredible. And only recently have they received any recognition from people like Eric Clapton and the Stones.”

Inspired by these artists, Frankie picked up a guitar at age 15 and never looked back.