Hasil Adkins RIP

jz63 · April 28th, 2005, 09:39 AM

I just read on the AP website that Hasil Adkins died yesterday.

jhundt · April 28th, 2005, 12:22 PM

That name doesn't ring a bell, can you educate me?

robb3566 · April 28th, 2005, 12:26 PM

:(

He sure was an original...sorry to hear that.

My favorite story about him is the one where he was in a bar playing, and they had an old ceiling fan which made this annoying creaking noise that was distracting him, so without missing a beat he pulled out a gun and shot it....

http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com/haze/index.htm

jz63 · April 28th, 2005, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jhundt

That name doesn't ring a bell, can you educate me?

Hasil "The Haze" was one of the first DIY rockers. He thought that all of the instruments on the songs he heard on the radio as a kid were being played by a single guy "one man band style" so he learned to play a bass drum with his feet, a guitar, harmonica, etc all at once. He started making completely bonkers records back in the 50's and released them himself. He claimed to have written 7,000 songs!

He lived in a converted polka dot school bus in Kentucky and still was gigging up until recently.

Noe Lee · April 28th, 2005, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by robb3566

My favorite story about him is the one where he was in a bar playing, and they had an old ceiling fan which made this annoying creaking noise that was distracting him, so without missing a beat he pulled out a gun and shot it....

Didn't know him either.
So, he's the guy who shot one of his "fans" ?

robb3566 · April 29th, 2005, 05:06 PM

Billy Miller of Norton Records on Hasil Adkins:

'He's a wild man, but he is also a great musician. A lot of people think he's just bashing away because he goes way out of tune when he plays, but he actually has perfect pitch. He'll break a string in a show and replace it with a piece of fishing wire lying in the parking lot - he might come home and have some fishing line, a banjo string, some wire that was wrapped around a barrel (6 wires, none of which are guitar strings) but they're all tuned perfectly.'

'...He eats more meat than any other human being we've ever met; he carries around Vienna sausages in his pocket. "What would you like for lunch?" "Meat." "Any special kind?" "Meat."

'He'll go to a restaurant and order three separate hamburger platters, just eat the patties and say, "Hey Billy, you want these french fries?"

http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com/haze/haze2.htm

April 28th, 2005, 09:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
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robb3566 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Posts: 469 6 Photos	:( He sure was an original...sorry to hear that. My favorite story about him is the one where he was in a bar playing, and they had an old ceiling fan which made this annoying creaking noise that was distracting him, so without missing a beat he pulled out a gun and shot it.... http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com/haze/index.htm __________________ 'All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.' -Fran Lebowitz

April 29th, 2005, 05:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
robb3566 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Posts: 469 6 Photos	Billy Miller of Norton Records on Hasil Adkins: 'He's a wild man, but he is also a great musician. A lot of people think he's just bashing away because he goes way out of tune when he plays, but he actually has perfect pitch. He'll break a string in a show and replace it with a piece of fishing wire lying in the parking lot - he might come home and have some fishing line, a banjo string, some wire that was wrapped around a barrel (6 wires, none of which are guitar strings) but they're all tuned perfectly.' '...He eats more meat than any other human being we've ever met; he carries around Vienna sausages in his pocket. "What would you like for lunch?" "Meat." "Any special kind?" "Meat." 'He'll go to a restaurant and order three separate hamburger platters, just eat the patties and say, "Hey Billy, you want these french fries?" http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com/haze/haze2.htm __________________ 'All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.' -Fran Lebowitz