I stumbled across this Hasil Adkins 45 by accident when I was searching Ebay for rare Hasil releases from the 60s and 70s. I had been totally unaware of its existence as I never noticed it in any mailorder list or saw it for sale at any shop. Being a fan of the Hunching Sound since the mid 80s and having had the privilege of releasing a record by the Boone County Wild Man myself I bought it right away. Of course.
The story behind the record is that it is a split release between Hasil and his fiancée Crazy Amy, both singing songs about each other. It was released 2005, the year of Hasil's death, on the couple's new founded label Blink Records, the cataloge number being BL0429, the birthday of Hasil, April 29th. First it was planed to reactivate Hasil's old label A.R.C. Records again, but then they decided to start a brand new one, Blink Records. Hasil's song about Crazy Amy is a live recording, probably done at some house party. The song has a unusual sound to it, as someone is accompanying the Haze on harp. It's a fast Rock'n'Roll number on the edge to Rockin' Blues. Crazy Amy's tune sounds like a 4-track home recording done with drum machine.
This sure isn't the greatest Rock'n'Roll record of all times, but it's a nice oddity, Hasil's last official release and his song really rocks imo. HUNCH THAT THING!
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