Hasil Adkins

[BeBop]

http://www.myspace.com/hasiladkins

C'mon, "Out to Hunch"? "Wild Man"?

I'm coming to Adkins fairly late in life - mine, not his, which already concluded. But I'm glad for the ear-opening experience.

"Night Life"? "What the Hell Was I Thinking"?

Was all of it great? Hell no. You can't be that much of an eccentric and be consistent.

http://www.hasiladkins.com/

[Big Beat Steve]

Fun listening and bopping to him as part of the rockabilly record diet if taken in moderate and limited doses, but in the long run his yelling, ranting and pre-punk anti-musicianship can get on your nerve.

"She Said" with all its shrieking is fun, though, especially when played late at night at a record hop and all the rockabilly juiceheads finally knock themselves out to the music. :D

[BeBop]

Haze has a following - even one guy - in Southern Germany? A displaced Ameican, I assume?

I'm in complete agreement about the recommended dosage.

[JSngry]

That hot dog song is just plain creepy.

[Kalo]

Commodity meat.

[Big Beat Steve]

Haze has a following - even one guy - in Southern Germany? A displaced Ameican, I assume?

I'm in complete agreement about the recommended dosage.

Ha, no! (And yes!)

No - I am neither a displaced American nor a "Haze follower". Like I said, I find him quite amusing to listen to here and there (you might consider his records just "good-time late night party music") and have a few tracks of his on various rockabilly compilation LP's but never rated him highly enough among my record buying priorities to buy any of his own records EVER! My real music listening and record collecting priorities are elsewhere (as obvious from my other occasional posts around here ).

But yes - he does have a following among rockabilly fans in the entire 50s subculture throughout Europe, including Germany (or rather did - in the late 80s and 90s, don't know about very recent trends in this subculture, some things change even there) and he even received coverage in rock'n'roll (the REAL 50s thing - not what you Yanks call rock'n'ROLL :D) and rockabilly mags in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. I know quite a few around here who consider him a "cult" figure and to them spinning the occasional Hasil Adkins record at record hops is a must!

Edited February 4, 2008 by Big Beat Steve