Maccallum, Frank Kenneth

MACCALLUM, FRANK KENNETH (29 Jul 1913, El Paso, Texas; 6 Feb 1970, El Paso, Texas). Initially a pianist who became a self-taught marimbist, Frank MacCallum embraced the marimba after hearing recordings of the Blue and White Marimba Band, the Hurtado Brothers from Guatemala, and live concerts by the Mexican Orquesta Típica. Even though he worked as a chemist after attending El Paso College of Mines and Metallurgy in 1936 (aka Texas Western College and University of Texas at El Paso),...