Hasil Adkins Night Life - Hasil Adkins And His Happy Guitar (LP)
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Hasil Adkins: Night Life - Hasil Adkins And His Happy Guitar (LP)
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This album was originally envisioned as a project I proposed to Hasil in 2001, to record an album for my record label in which we'd focus on Hasil the vocalist and use a sparser, piano based setting to showcase this. Hasil loved the idea and saw it as an extension of his 'Night Music' concept which was exemplified on the 'Moon Over Madison' album of ballads. However, by the time it came to fruition, the album of Hasil the late night torch-song crooner was not quite to be. When we got him into the studio, Hasil found himself uncomfortable singing without a guitar in his hand, and found himself unable to refrain from playing it once it was in his hands.
Hasil was in a very high-spirited mood however, and uptempo numbers kept pouring out of him, like 'Raw Meat' and 'KFC' (what's a Hasil record without a chicken song?). The concept of smoky ballads was abandoned and we just let Hasil wind himself up and go, and watched the man work. We attempted to follow him gently on some songs, providing backup on drums, guitar and keyboards, but mostly kept our distance and let Hasil himself carry the day.
He'd also just purchased a banjo that very morning, and was eager to try it out. He showed himself to be even more adept at the banjo than the guitar, showing a stunning Sylvester Weaver-like prowess on numbers like 'So Blue' and 'Hills of West Virginia'. Had I known this studio recording session would end up being Hasil's last, I would have urged him to play banjo for the entire proceedings. 'Walkin' In The Garden with Amy' was by far the most special song on the album for Hasil. Just days after the session, Hasil began calling me begging for an advance copy so he could play it for 'Crazy Amy', the special girl it was written for. Hasil was quite pleased with the way the recording session turned out, but this song in particular was, he felt, the best cut by far. I'm inclined to agree.
After Hasil's untimely passing, we were all in a depression that lasted over a year. I didn't even feel like thinking about the album anymore at that point, and certainly didn't want it to appear to be rushed out to capitalize on Hasil' s death. In time, however, after recieving many requests for the material to see the light of day, Creeps Records released the 'Night Life' via Superfrothco, but deliberately kept on a very small, mom and pop, DIY kind of scale. This album was for fun and for the love of Hunchdom, NOT profit. We hope you enjoy. (Jeffrey Scott Holland, November 2007)
Article properties:Hasil Adkins: Night Life - Hasil Adkins And His Happy Guitar (LP)
Interpret: Hasil Adkins
Album titlle: Night Life - Hasil Adkins And His Happy Guitar (LP)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label HOG MAW
- Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
- Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
- Record Grading Mint (M)
- Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 4000127715227
- weight in Kg 0.25
Adkins, Hasil - Night Life - Hasil Adkins And His Happy Guitar (LP) LP 1 | ||||
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01 | SIDE 1: | Hasil Adkins | ||
02 | C'Mon Back Baby | Hasil Adkins | ||
03 | Hunchin' The Town | Hasil Adkins | ||
04 | Alien Talk | Hasil Adkins | ||
05 | Go Go Go | Hasil Adkins | ||
06 | Night Life Hunch | Hasil Adkins | ||
07 | Walkin' In The Garden With Amy | Hasil Adkins | ||
08 | SIDE 2: | Hasil Adkins | ||
09 | Raw Meat | Hasil Adkins | ||
10 | Hills Of West Virginia | Hasil Adkins | ||
11 | Come To Me | Hasil Adkins | ||
12 | KFC | Hasil Adkins | ||
13 | So Blue | Hasil Adkins | ||
14 | Night Life | Hasil Adkins |
HASIL ADKINS
US-Rockabilly-Sänger
1937- 2005 West Virginia
Hasil Adkins developed an early interest in music listening to country radio and cut his first demos in the late '50s. However, his first releases (and all time classics among Rockabilly collectors) like 'She Said' and 'Chicken Walk' are far away from country music
Hasil "Haze" Adkins was born 29. April 1937 in Boone County and raised in the mountains of West Virginia near Madison where he lived his whole life. He started picking the guitar ever since he was 7 years old. As a matter of fact, he made his first guitar from an old water bucket. At the age of 10 he bought his first guitar and has been in the music business for nearly all his life.
Hasil is a very talented songwriter, he has wrote over 300 songs of all types. He can sit down with his music and have a song wrote within 30 minutes. He is really great and plays music by ear, he does not read lead sheets. Hasil tried to make serval attemts to organize a band together, but bands don't usually stay together very long, so he taught his ownself how to play the drums, high hats, guitar, harmonica and sing all at the same time.
People come from everywhere to watch and hear him sing and play and dance to his great music. They can hardly believe their eyes and ears.... he sounds better than most of the full bands. Hasil's records from the 50's are today collector items, specially the following: She's Gone / The Hunch on the 'Roxie Label', Chicken Walk / She's Mine on the 'Air' Label" Duncens / Jenny Lu on the 'Avenue Label' , She Said / Is This The End on the 'Jody Label'.
Hasil's favorite singing artist is the old Jimmy Rogers, the Daddy of all of them and Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and The Carter Family. His hobbies where writing songs, hunting, fishing, fixing TV's, radios etc. He died 25. April 2005 aged 67.
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