Tim Hardin
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Tim Hardin
A friend of mine loaned me a Tim Hardin cd. That guy was great! I haven't listened to anything else for days. Anyone else share an appreciation?
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I was into Tim Hardin back in the 60's in my Greenwich Village days. Loved songs like, "Misty Roses" (have fooled with that one on steel, btw...), "Don't Make Promises that You Can't Keep", and many others.
I remember one time having a relative from Europe come to town, and my brother and I were so excited to take him to hear Hardin in concert. Well, he showed up late and stoned as anything, garbled through his set, falling down, and embarassing us all. From that point forward, the bloom was off the rose, and I abandoned my interest in him. But he was a fine songwriter and his records were good.
I remember one time having a relative from Europe come to town, and my brother and I were so excited to take him to hear Hardin in concert. Well, he showed up late and stoned as anything, garbled through his set, falling down, and embarassing us all. From that point forward, the bloom was off the rose, and I abandoned my interest in him. But he was a fine songwriter and his records were good.
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Here are some of his classics: "Reason To Believe"; "If I Were A Carpenter"; "Lady Came From Baltimore"; "Black Sheep Boy".
Bobby Darin did a version of "If I Were A Carpenter" and loved Hardin so much that he turned around and wrote a song in that kind of genre [of the time], "Simple Song Of Freedom", which Tim promptly recorded.
I saw TH at the real Woodstock in 1969 and it was, I think, his last performance as he OD'd soon thereafter. Too bad.
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Bobby Darin did a version of "If I Were A Carpenter" and loved Hardin so much that he turned around and wrote a song in that kind of genre [of the time], "Simple Song Of Freedom", which Tim promptly recorded.
I saw TH at the real Woodstock in 1969 and it was, I think, his last performance as he OD'd soon thereafter. Too bad.
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Tim Hardin was supposed to be the first act at Woodstock but was too messed up to go on so they put Richie Havens up there first and Tim was supposed to relieve him. He couldn't so the just kept Richie up there. The last song he did, which was such a hit, Motherless Children, was completely improvised since Richie had run through his repetroire . On the expanded version of the Woodstock DVD, there is backstage footage of Tim completely wasted.
Reminds of the late great Townes Van Zandt, who was also a brilliant song writer whose alchohol abuse when I knew him back in the early 80's was difficult for those of us who knew him at that time. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Bill McCloskey on 03 April 2005 at 05:29 PM.]</p></FONT>
Reminds of the late great Townes Van Zandt, who was also a brilliant song writer whose alchohol abuse when I knew him back in the early 80's was difficult for those of us who knew him at that time. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Bill McCloskey on 03 April 2005 at 05:29 PM.]</p></FONT>
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"I saw TH at the real Woodstock in 1969 and it was, I think, his last performance as he OD'd soon thereafter. Too bad."
Hmm, sounds like one of those 1960s' consciousness-expanded, memory- diminished recollections, Chip. Tim Hardin actually lived until 1980, and released, I think, another four albums after Woodstock (several others were issued posthumously). For the most part, those later records show the ravages of drugs; one (Painted Head) doesn't even have any orginal material. The 1971(?) album Bird on a Wire, however, although not uniformly good, does contain some extraordinarily fine material, including a remarkable version of Georgia on My Mind arranged by Joe Zawinul. There's also a lovely reading of Satisfied Mind with Bill Keith on pedal steel.
I understand there's a very good live album that came out after his death, but I've never heard it. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ian McLatchie on 03 April 2005 at 05:35 PM.]</p></FONT>
Hmm, sounds like one of those 1960s' consciousness-expanded, memory- diminished recollections, Chip. Tim Hardin actually lived until 1980, and released, I think, another four albums after Woodstock (several others were issued posthumously). For the most part, those later records show the ravages of drugs; one (Painted Head) doesn't even have any orginal material. The 1971(?) album Bird on a Wire, however, although not uniformly good, does contain some extraordinarily fine material, including a remarkable version of Georgia on My Mind arranged by Joe Zawinul. There's also a lovely reading of Satisfied Mind with Bill Keith on pedal steel.
I understand there's a very good live album that came out after his death, but I've never heard it. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ian McLatchie on 03 April 2005 at 05:35 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Good list, Tony. One name I think really deserves to be added is Paul Siebel. He recorded only two albums of original material, Woodsmoke and Oranges (1970) and Jack-Knife Gypsy (1971), plus a live album in 1978. His songs - "Louise" and "Spanish Johnny" are maybe the best known - have been covered by everyone from Waylon Jennings to Bonnie Raitt, but as a singer he's still largely unknown. Too bad, because he's a wonderful interpreter of his own songs, with a voice somewhere between Bob Dylan and John Prine. Plus, the studio albums have an exceptional crew of backup players, including Weldon Myrick and David Bromberg (the live album features Bromberg and Gary White). All three albums are available in reissue, and are really worth picking up.
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