Frank Hayes

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Frank Hayes is a Portland, OR, fan and filker who first discovered filk at Windycon VI in 1979. He is one of fandom's best humorous song writers. He is the first "diagnosed" sufferer from the alleged ailment called Frank Hayes Disease.

He was married to Teri Lee until her death in 2021. An authority on information technology, he is a senior news columnist for Computerworld magazine.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1984 -- Pegasus Award for Best Parody
• 1988 -- Tropicon VII (Special Filk Guest)
• 1994 -- Pegasus Award for Best Risque Song
• 1996 -- Balticon 30
• 1997 -- DucKon VI
• 1998 -- Pegasus Award for Best Filk Song
• 2000 -- ConFusion 19100
• 2001 -- Balticon 35
• 2005 -- OVFF 21, Pegasus Award for Best Classic Filk Song
• 2009 -- Filk Hall of Fame, Toastmaster at Conflikt 2
• 2011 -- Windycon 38
• 2013 -- Pegasus Award for Best Alien Song

Frank Hayes Disease

A disease affecting filkers first noticed in Frank Hayes. Its primary symptom is the forgetting of song lyrics while performing. The recommended treatment and preventive is having written lyrics in front of the performer.

Hayes wrote:

By 1983 or so, my ability to forget had reached legendary status. Some filkers claimed they got temporary amnesia just from sitting in the same room as me. On one amazing (but true) occasion, Heather Alexander borrowed a guitar, not knowing it was mine — and promptly forgot a song she had known for years.

See Fannish Ailments.

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