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The Albany Times Union ran an article this week about Frank Sinatra Jr. and his upcoming performance this weekend in Albany, N.Y. Here is an excerpt; "Sinatra Jr. says being Frank Sinatra's son has had a positive and negative effect on his career. It has opened doors, he says, but at the same time it's difficult living up to expectations. "The thing to do is just do your best. Be yourself," he says. "I could not have maintained my position as a performer for 471/2 years if I had dwelled on that. I would have ended up a dribbling madman." He never ventured into rock 'n' roll. He despised it, and despises it still.
"It was simplistic -- steps down the ladder, not up the ladder," Sinatra says. "When I grew up, I was living in the world of Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby and Miss Peggy Lee. I was living in the world of Ella Fitzgerald.
"I used to go to shows in Las Vegas, and I heard these people perform live. I heard the emotional content of their music, and I witnessed the impact that had on their audience. It was incredible to me."
Granted, he says, it's the rockers in their 60s who are filling arenas."They are much more popular than I ever was," he says. "Fortunately, there are a whole bunch of people, not only in the United States of America but all across the world, who are not ready to give up their Frank Sinatra music.
Here is a home video of Frank Jr. at a concert in Brazil last year singing "New York, New York."
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