"Frank Jones sings songs about people that walk down the same streets I do, cross the same rivers, drink the same brand of beer. Frank writes locally, which makes him a truly international writer. I know the people in his songs. I know their heartache and heartease."
- Paul Kelly.

Frank's first band, the punk inspired Moomba Victims set the stage for a musical career steeped in handwritten songs of great depth, wit, heart and soul. The Moomba Victims' loyal following tell tales of sweaty, loud, inspired nights down at the Tote in Collingwood.

It took a few more years and the birth, life and death of another great band, The Whole Town, for Frank's writing and performing to develop into what was to be the most successful and influential of his performing bands to date, the legendary Whirling Furphies.

The Whirling Furphies first appeared on the Australian music scene in 1989 with a brash swirling mix of acoustic instruments. Frank's catchy hook-laden songs and the band's superb musicianship established the Furphies at the forefront of the acoustic and folk scene in Australia. Frank's songs and images milked the urban experience of Melbourne in the early nineties, joining such writers as Paul Kelly and Michael Thomas in establishing a new, very Australian and very contemporary folk song style.

Their classic albums, Lizard Tree and Head Over Heels are testament to the consistently high quality of the band's art. Frank's classic "My Brown Yarra" is forever in the hearts of many Melbournians. The originality, excitement and sheer musicality of the Whirling Furphies can make genuine claims on a significant place in the history of Australian roots music.