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Frank Virtue & the Virtues - Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962 AEC Video The music has been evolvingOriginally a childhood prodigy violinist, Philadelphia born FRANK VIRTUE took up guitar and double bass as a teenager, in the mid 1940s. His musical roots were based on the sound and style of the immediate pre WWII Big Bands, and his earliest line ups of THE VIRTUES, who were formed initially as THE VIRTUOSO TRIO,? reflected these influences. But by the mid 1950s they'd expanded to a quintet and were playing Big Beat and embryonic R&R, vying for