Album Notes

Frank Hoier is a singer songwriter of a new generation of American roots influenced music. Four years ago, Frank Hoier packed up his life in SoCal and moved to NYC. After just three months on the New York music scene, Frank made the cover of the city’s Urban Folk Magazine. In New York, he’s a regular fixture at The Sidewalk Café, The Downstairs Dustup, & Roots n’ Ruckus, but can also be found performing at The Cake Shop, Mercury Lounge, Piano’s, and Pete’s Candy Store. Frank Hoier has shared the stage with such notable acts as Jaymay, The Bowmans, Creaky Boards, Shilpa Ray, Sam Shepard, Pat Conte and Calvin Johnson. Well practiced in the ragtime and slide guitar blues of Blind Willie McTell, the vocal enthusiasm of Little Richard, and Bob Dylan’s skillful lyrics, Frank Hoier brings a fresh perspective and a rock'n'roll energy to Folk music. His Guthrie-esque anthem “Jesus Don’t Give Tax Breaks To The Rich” has been hailed as “the most perfect protest song written yet this millennium” (PopHeadWound). The song made the Top 50 on Neil Young’s anti-war website, Living with War Today.

A documentary of the recording process, aptly named “Making Lovers & Dollars” was filmed by Justin Remer, and premiered in August to a packed crowd at Sidewalk Café in New York City. To find clips from this film, other videos, and updated tour dates, got to www.frankhoier.com


"Hoier has that rare gift of writing a song that sounds like it's been around forever – that mystic, instantly-classic feel."
-Pop Headwound

"the Weber Brothers join Hoier on Lovers and Dollars, and together they've created a memorable collection of Americana songs. The music on the album draws from traditional folk and blues while displaying distinct rock and roll flair."
-NPR Music

.."evokes the spirit of Woodie Guthrie. Lovers & Dollars is a fab album; upbeat, interesting and hopelessly catchy."
-AmericanaUK

"Sure, everyone is talking about the single, "Jesus Don't Give Tax Breaks To The Rich", but the full LP shows off Hoier's talent for capturing Dylan-esque whimsy."
-Brooklyn Paper (Editor's Pick) 8 out of 10

"Frank's talented songwriting and vocals recalls Josh Ritter ("Moonshiner"), Gordon Gano ("I've Made Up My Mind") and Ryan Adams ("We Both Live in Brooklyn, Babe" could be an outtake from "Gold"). "Jesus Don't Give Tax Breaks To The Rich" is a timeless tune that unfortunately never gets delivered to Washington, DC."
-Hickory Wind Blog

"sounds like something you'd find in a used record shop, shelved appropriately between copies of The Band's Music From Big Pink and John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album."
-Weemayk Movies

"The excellent new CD by Brooklyn singer-songwriter Frank Hoier contains songs akin to Woody and Bob but played with the punk vigor and irreverence of The Violent Femmes."
-Richmond.com

"It's not often that an album can make you want to laugh and cry. Lovers & Dollars has a poetic sense about it. Hoier's voice has a genuineness about it that adds heartfelt tones to the songs. Sometimes wavering and other times strong, he's a great blend of a bluesy lullaby and an animated folk song."
-Pitt News

"Hoier has produced an LP that has all the essentials: a love song ("We Both Live In Brooklyn, Babe"), a rock tune ("I've Made Up My MInd"), a whiskey track (a cover of Dylan's "Moonshiner") and the comedic blues ditty ("41st Street Blues"). The variety shows his versatility as a songwriter and the musical prowess of The Weber Brothers."
-Kalamazoo Gazette

"Lovers & Dollars is backed by The Weber Brothers, which round out the full band vibe and compliment Hoier's folkish Beatles pop like delivery."
-Fire Drills (4 out of 5 flames - blazing hot)