Frank Wakefield has been played on NTS shows including Smithsonian Folkways , with Are You Afraid To Die first played on 23 April 2024.

Frank Wakefield (born Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wakefield on 26 June 1934) is an innovative American mandolin player in the bluegrass music style. A former member of The Greenbriar Boys, Wakefield is known for his collaborations with a number of important and well-known bands, including Red Allen, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, The Stanley Brothers, and others.