Frank Hayes (musician)

This article is about Frank Hayes the musician. For other uses, see Frank Hayes (disambiguation).

Frank Hayes is a filk musician and computer columnist.

He began recording and performing in the early 1980s and is best known for his humorous songs. "Never Set the Cat on Fire", "Little Fuzzy Animals", "S-100", "Cosmos" (which was played for the astronauts during a shuttle mission) and "The Grandfather Clock" have become standards of the genre. His most prominent studio album Don't Ask included these tracks; other tracks on that album had to be withdrawn due to licensing issues, resulting in the release of another album called Never Set the Cat on Fire. He has won the Pegasus Award 4 times, with 9 additional nominations.

The term "Frank Hayes Disease" is frequently used among filkers to describe the tendency to forget the tune or lyrics of what you are performing while you are in the process of performing it — even though you wrote the song in question.

Frank Hayes is married to Firebird Arts and Music founder Teri Lee.

As of May 2007, Hayes writes a column for Computerworld magazine.