Hal Ketchum

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 6 Oct 2000 7:07 pm

I've been hearing "Small Town Saturday Night" on our local KRTY www.krty.com station a fair amount recently but couldn't catch the name of the artist. That's a great country song which reminds me of the rural life around the town where I grew up. I hunted online for the song title and found Hal Ketchum. Bought his CD "Past the Point of Rescue" and was very pleased with all of the album. Good voice, good material, and Bruce Bouton on steel. Nice discovery.

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erik · Post by **erik** » 6 Oct 2000 10:25 pm

I have that tape, because of that song. He is a good, and unique singer.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 7 Oct 2000 4:44 am

I liked Hal from the offset.Really happy he made the medical comeback.When I first heard him he reminded me of Eddie Raven who I also like. "Joe knows how to live".

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Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 7 Oct 2000 4:30 pm

Medical comeback? What happened to him?

Ingo Mamczak · Post by **Ingo Mamczak** » 8 Oct 2000 7:31 pm

" Past the point of rescue "
Written by Irish singer/songwriter Mick Hanley . If you can get hold of any of his cds you wont be disappointed either .
A great writer .

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 8 Oct 2000 9:00 pm

Well Mike Crowley was Hal's manager from the start and is our(Dale Watson) manager and I asked Mike about Hal.
Mike isn't managing Hal since about 2 years now; because yes Hal has gone through some life changes and dropped out for a time. I have'nt heard of any return and don't see it happening in any real large scale like he was.
Ricky

Mike Tatro · Post by **Mike Tatro** » 9 Oct 2000 6:48 am

I love his early stuff... the "Past the Point of Rescue" and "Sure Love" CDs are fantastic.

After that, he seemed to start believing his own PR about being a sex symbol. He had some "hit" that was a syrupy smarmy ballad kind of thing (think Vince Gill in his worst moments). He also started shaking his ass a lot more when he did TV spots. Hal lost me after that. Like the world needs another Bobby Vinton.