(KC local) James McMurtry/Hadacol in KC 4/27
Somebody (John Flippo?) wrote to the list yesterday asking if anybody was going to this show tonight. It looks like I am. Write me off-list if you're still thinking about going. b.s.
James McMurtry Hadacol
Thinking about driving up to Kansas City tuesday nite to see this show and was wondering if anyone else from the list was planning to attend? John Flippo
Re: Seredipity (was Hadacol)
Hadacol is a Kansas City quartet named after the alcohol-laden 24-proof "patent medicine" that sponsored Hank * Williams's radio show in the 1940s the production by fellow Missourian Lou Whitney of the Skeletons. Reading this post and listening to twancast radio and whaddyaknow? On comes Hadacol, whose disc I picked up last week mostly because of the aforementioned Mr Whitney's involvement. Not bad, not bad. Richard
Re: Upcoming Hadacol Dates
Hadacol was one of the real surprises for me at SXSW. Twangy, rocking, energetic, above average songs, connecting with the audience. They won that crowd over. I had plan to stay for a few songs, but got sucked into the vortex of fun. Jeff At 05:00 PM 3/27/99 PST, you wrote: Upcoming Hadacol Dates: St. Louis MO., The Duck Room, Tonight Saturday-3/27/99 Washington D.C., Iota Bar, Monday-3/29/99 Cleveland OH., Wilbert's W/Dale Watson, Tuesday-3/30/99 New York NY., The Rodeo Bar, Wednesday-3/31/99 Youngstown OH., Nyabingh, Thursday-04/01/99 Lexington KY., Lynagh's w/Robbie Fulks, Friday-04/02/99 Louisville KY., Mercury Paw, Saturday-04/03/99 Iowa City IA., Gabe's Oasis w/Junior Brown, Friday-04/09/99 Columbia MO., Blue Note w/Chuck Berry, Friday-04/16/99 Neenah,WI., Automatic Slim's, Saturday-04/17/99 Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Re: Upcoming Hadacol Dates
At 9:02 AM -0800 on 3/29/99, Jeff Weiss wrote: Hadacol was one of the real surprises for me at SXSW. Twangy, rocking, energetic, above average songs, connecting with the audience. They won that crowd over. I had plan to stay for a few songs, but got sucked into the vortex of fun. I picked up the CD last week and really got caught up in it. Can't wait to see them live. (It's one of those rare bands Tracy and I agree on, too.) Bob
Re: Upcoming Hadacol Dates
Hadacol was one of the real surprises for me at SXSW. Twangy, rocking, energetic, above average songs, connecting with the audience. They won that crowd over. I had plan to stay for a few songs, but got sucked into the vortex of fun. I picked up the CD last week and really got caught up in it. Can't wait to see them live. (It's one of those rare bands Tracy and I agree on, too.) I dunno, JeffMoM and Mr. Soron like it, but I kinda thought it was too much of a generic ND/Tweedy knock off. Of course that was only one listen. Then again, in my world, one complete mostly-attentive listen is a big friggin deal. Neal Weiss
Re: Upcoming Hadacol Dates
At 6:51 PM -0500 on 3/29/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dunno, JeffMoM and Mr. Soron like it, but I kinda thought it was too much of a generic ND/Tweedy knock off. Can you have too much of a good thing? Bob
Re: Upcoming Hadacol Dates
At 06:51 PM 3/29/99 EST, you wrote: Hadacol was one of the real surprises for me at SXSW. Twangy, rocking, energetic, above average songs, connecting with the audience. They won that crowd over. I had plan to stay for a few songs, but got sucked into the vortex of fun. I picked up the CD last week and really got caught up in it. Can't wait to see them live. (It's one of those rare bands Tracy and I agree on, too.) I dunno, JeffMoM and Mr. Soron like it, but I kinda thought it was too much of a generic ND/Tweedy knock off. Of course that was only one listen. Then again, in my world, one complete mostly-attentive listen is a big friggin deal. You've got ADD when it comes to music. Like I said, it took more than one song, jaded rock crit guy, to get my attention. One of the highlights of SXSW. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Hadacol
HADACOL "Better Than This" Checkered Past Geoffrey Himes * 03/26/99 The Washington Post Copyright 1999, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Hadacol is a Kansas City quartet named after the alcohol-laden 24-proof "patent medicine" that sponsored Hank * Williams's radio show in the 1940s. Like most alternative-country acts, Hadacol mixes twangy guitars, drawling vocals and a thumping rhythm in a manner that sounds conversational and nervously urgent at the same time. Unlike most of its genre colleagues, however, Hadacol's songwriters -- brothers Fred and Greg Wickham -- know how to boil the usual Americana themes down to an ear-grabbing chorus melody and a stick-in-the-mind aphorism. As a result, the band's debut album, "Better Than This," rises above the cluttered landscape of "insurgent-country" discs. The two singer-guitarist Wickham brothers write songs separately but with a similar sensibility and standard of quality. Fred, for example, wrote the title tune, which refuses to whine about trailer-park life but in fact celebrates it in a rousing chorus. Even better is his "What You Wanted," an organ-fueled, Dylanesque folk-rocker about living with the consequences of your decisions. Greg wrote "Cheap Liquor," which sums up the limitations of the bar-band life in the priceless line, "All this barroom smoke feels like a girlfriend's arms." Giving all the songs the clarity of a three-minute, 1950s single is the production by fellow Missourian Lou Whitney of the Skeletons.
Upcoming Hadacol Dates
Upcoming Hadacol Dates: St. Louis MO., The Duck Room, Tonight Saturday-3/27/99 Washington D.C., Iota Bar, Monday-3/29/99 Cleveland OH., Wilbert's W/Dale Watson, Tuesday-3/30/99 New York NY., The Rodeo Bar, Wednesday-3/31/99 Youngstown OH., Nyabingh, Thursday-04/01/99 Lexington KY., Lynagh's w/Robbie Fulks, Friday-04/02/99 Louisville KY., Mercury Paw, Saturday-04/03/99 Iowa City IA., Gabe's Oasis w/Junior Brown, Friday-04/09/99 Columbia MO., Blue Note w/Chuck Berry, Friday-04/16/99 Neenah,WI., Automatic Slim's, Saturday-04/17/99 Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: Changing Subject Lines/Hadacol
John said: I bought the new Hadacol cd a few weeks ago and haven't been able to stop playing it. Definitely my favorite of the year so far. Wondering if anyone has seen them live yet? Yes. Marie and I saw them here in Nashville weekend before last. We loved them. Really nice guys, too. Small crowd though, which sucked since they drove all the way down here just for this show. I would definately recommend them live. Ronni
Re: Hadacol/Damnations
Marie said: Does anyone else hear strains of the Minutemen in Hadacol? There was something vaguely familiar about the vocals. I thought that it might be X, but then it hit me - D Boone. Am I crazy? Does anyone else hear it? I only hear D. Boon in the way they sing the first line of Somebody Lied. The vocals strain just like D. used to...love that stuff. Love this album too...reminds me of some sort of BoRox/Jayhawks mix--ballsy mostly mid-tempo rockers. In fact, so far I like it better than the Damnations album, which I really do enjoy--particularly the harmonies. But I'm bugged by the lack of instrumental flair on the Damnations record...seems like the songs are completely vocally oriented. Once the vocals end, so does the song, often within seconds...which is OK, just doesn't feel like a **band**. I bet they're a lot better live. Steve Kirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] np: Sebadoh--"The Sebadoh" (this isn't grabbing me yet either on listen #2, which I find hard to believeI'm particularly unimpressed by Jason's songs...hope that changes with more listens) "I've been thinking with my guts since I was 14 years old, and, frankly speaking, between you and me, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." -- Nick Hornby, "High Fidelity" ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Hadacol
I saw Hadacol last night here in Nashville. It was a sadly unattended show. I have no doubt in my mind that Ronni and I were the only ones there to see Hadacol. I was really impressed. It's kind of refreshing to hear a little keyboard mixed with your alt-country. They are good players who write good songs. My initial impression of the disc was that it was just a rung above standard generic alt-country with a few stand-out tracks. But, the more I listened to it, the more I dug it. I liked them even better live. They put a bit of a twist on things (a song about a recently deceased father done as a polka. It really was touching.). I'm guessing they have some punk rock roots. Does anyone else hear strains of the Minutemen in Hadacol? There was something vaguely familiar about the vocals. I thought that it might be X, but then it hit me - D Boone. Am I crazy? Does anyone else hear it? Anyway, I recommend seeing them. I had a great time at their show. marie
UPCOMING HADACOL DATES
UPCOMING DATES FOR HADACOL: TONIGHT-Saturday, February 20: THE SUTLER, Nashville, TN. March 4, Thursday: THE BOTTLENECK in Lawrence, KS. March 18, Thursday: GYPSY TEA ROOM in Dallas, TX. March 19, Friday: SANGERHUND HALL in Austin, TX. (SXSW) March 20, Saturday: CHECKERED PAST PARTY in Austin, TX. (SXSW) March 30, Tuesday: WILBERT'S in Cleveland, OH. March 31, Wednesday: THE RODEO in New York, NY. April 2, Friday: LYNAGH'S in Lexington, KY. More dates to come! For more information about the band, please visit their web site at: http://www.geocities.com/~hadacol/ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail
re: Jason White/Hadacol
Mr. Curry says: Oh...lastly, a "You HEard It Here First".be on the lookout for an incredibly talented young singer-songwriter, Jason White. He sung two songs at the Donald Lindley benefit and he basically left the audience floored. I'm talking about an audience full of Nashville cats. How timely. Jason White and Hadacol are playing the Sutler in Nashville this Saturday night. I'd recommend seeing both. If anyone from the area is planning on being there, give me a holler. It would be nice to say hi! marie np: psychotic herd of small dogs barking incessantly.
Hadacol questions comments
So I picked up that new Hadacol CD on the recommendations of several around here who are often to be much trusted, and I'm pretty much impressed. This is pretty straightahead alt.country in the sense most people mean it most of the time whatever that is, played and sung pretty well. As maybe befits an album produced by the Skeleton's Lou Whitney, the sound crosses lines in a sort of encyclopedia of styles liked around here. The sound influences are fairly obvious--Steve Earle (but of course; nice duo with Cisco)..John Prine, Alejandro Escovedo, somea Green on Red I think, some rockabilly, even post-Like a Rolling Stone style La Bamba changes...it all comes together pretty effectively, though it would be hard to say something clearly their own has turned up in the process. Now I'm wondering--what were these guys playing befoire. I understand is a successor band to one some of our members from the Missouri/Kansas metroplex area referred to now and then--Big Iron. (Guess they dropped that name cause Heavay Metal is one thing they're not, and they're not on the Old 97s first label either!) So what'd that ol' band sound like--and is any part of that some part of this? Barry M. (Gotta use the last initial since I noticved another Barry on the premises today!)
HADACOL
Don, David, and others, Thank you for the recommendations! I ran out last night and bought Hadacols "Better Than This" (the first store I went to was actually sold out, that really peeked my attention), it is fabulous! Since then I have listened to it about six more times, and I am still blown away! I also checked out their web site, and I must say, theyre not hard to look at either. Definitely on my list of must sees at SXSW, I bet they can really put on a show! Thanks again. SG __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
