Frank "Red" E. Mcdonald

South Attleboro – Frank “Red” E. McDonald, 90, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth (Collinson) McDonald for sixty-six years. Born in Burrillville, a son of the late Mary (Locklin) McDonald, he resided in Pawtucket before moving to South Attleboro over forty years ago. Frank was a self-employed musician and the co-owner with his late brother, Raymond of McDonald’s Music Center, Seekonk for over thirty years until retiring. As a youngster, he listened to the Big Bands every chance he could, and when they came to the Old Metropolitan Theater in Providence, he’d be there. As a teenager, he began his musical career singing, yodeling, playing the harmonica, tiple and guitar and became a member of the Harmonica Band at the Pawtucket Boys Club. From that beginning, he went on to playing in a six piece band at the Colonial Hall in Central Falls, Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook in New Jersey, the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, and the Fox Theater in Detroit as solo guitarist in...