[4] He learned many types of folk music and became a mimic, effortlessly switching from humorous hillbilly ballads to deep country blues.
[2] The songs, "Swamp Root", "Goin’ Away Walkin'", "Step It Up and Go", "Howlin’ Tomcat", and "She Done Moved", were licensed to Chess Records.
[2] Floyd and Larry Kennon released a shared single, "Rock-A-Little Baby" / "Monkey Love" in 1958, on their own record label, F&L.
In 1972 he was "rediscovered" by Stephen C. LaVere and in the following years recorded two albums for the Adelphi and Barrelhouse labels, including a compilation of the early material.
Frank Floyd died in Blanchester, Ohio, on August 7, 1984, due to complications from Type II diabetes (which had previously cost him his leg) and lung cancer.