Franks For The Memories by Maurie and Jan Lishon, with Rob Cook 8 1/2 x 11 paperback, 178 pages $25.00 A memoir of Maurie and Jan Lishon and history of Franks Drum Shop as told to Rob Cook by Maurie and Jan Lishon. Franks Drum Shop was an institution known around the world as one of the top drum shops from the late 1930s until the 1980s. Frank Gault established the shop in 1937 when Maurie Lishon was a very busy Chicago show and broadcast drummer. Maurie bought the shop in 1959. It was widely known for it's repair department, rental inventory which included vrtually any kind of percussion instrument, a legendary print music department, and a staff of instructors which included Roy Knapp, who taught Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa. The book includes a section on Roy Knapp with a list of Roy's most prominent students, compiled by Roy Knapp himself. The book also includes a section on well-known percussionists who enjoyed very close relationships with the Lishons; they include Denny Seiwell, Carmine Appice, John Beck, Aldo Mazza, Roy Burns, Bun E Carlos, Vic Firth, Peter Erskine, and many others.