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December 13, 2007
December 4, 2007
october 16, 2007
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Today, again John Hiatt's name has been used
for a "Frazz" cartoon. If you can't find the "Frazz" cartoon
in your newspaper today, then please visit the official
website
Thank you Gert for your message on
SOR.
Februari 2006 John could be found in a
Frazz cartoon for the first time.
september 25, 2007
September 24, 2007
Ernie Payne passed away in Los Angeles on Monday, September 17
at 8:30 in the morning. Ernie was a true original artist / song
writer and he released one record (Coercion Street / Black and
Tan Records) and toured Europe a few times.
More about Ernie Payne
here.
August 20, 2007
august 10, 2007
august 8, 2007
August 5, 2007
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From
www.aspentimes.com
By Stewart Oksenhorn
SNOWMASS VILLAGE — On his forthcoming album, for which some
17 songs are already recorded, John Hiatt has gone mostly
the acoustic route. The album, tentatively titled "What Love
Can Do," features Hiatt and Luther Dickinson of the North
Mississippi Allstars, both playing mostly acoustic guitars.
Patrick - a recent acquaintance of Hiatt's whose last name
he can't recall - contributes on upright bass.
But the album also features Kenneth Blevins, the drummer
from the Goners, one of the bands Hiatt reconvenes now and
again to record and tour with. And Hiatt, who is producing
and engineering the sessions in the studio on his farm
outside of Nashville, is making sure to give the album a
kick.
"It drives," Hiatt said by phone. "It's very acoustic, but
it's like acoustic rock in a way. I definitely like to
groove."
Those more rocking elements, drive and groove, will be
mostly absent in Hiatt's appearance Saturday in Snowmass
Village's Massive Music & Movies event. Hiatt will appear as
a solo performer, with only his acoustic guitar accompanying
him. Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin, who has been touring
with Hiatt and who opens the show at 6 p.m., likewise will
perform a solo, acoustic set.
It is not uncommon for Hiatt to leave his love of grooving
aside. He said that roughly half of his concerts are played
without a band; he has toured occasionally with Lyle Lovett,
Guy Clark and Joe Ely in a songwriters-in-the-round format.
In 2000, Hiatt released the all-acoustic album "Crossing
Muddy Waters," among his stronger efforts.
"I like the electric guitar," Hiatt said. "I also like the
acoustic guitar. I've been doing solo stuff forever; I
started out this way. It's one of the reasons I never joined
a band. I like folk singing."
It's probably more accurate to say that Hiatt likes music.
And not just in the way that most people, or even most
musicians, like music. Hiatt's belief in music - in the
sound of an instrument, the impact a rock star can have - is
palpable in his music, and in his life. A fair number of his
songs are specifically about music and musicians; it's
likely no accident that several of them have become his
best-known songs.
"Riding With the King," the title track from Hiatt's 1996
album, mixes a child's reverence for the early Elvis, and a
tinge of regret for what stardom did to "the King." But the
lingering impact of the song's last lines - "I had a guitar
hanging just about waist high/ I'm gonna play that thing
until the day I die" - seems to reveal something essential
about Hiatt. When guitar gods B.B. King and Eric Clapton
teamed for an album, they borrowed "Riding With the King" as
their own title track.
"Memphis in the Meantime," the opening song on what is
widely considered Hiatt's best album, 1987's "Bring the
Family," celebrates the sounds of Memphis. "Perfectly Good
Guitar," the title track from his 1993 album, calls into the
question the rock cliché of ruining an instrument for
theatrical value. "Master of Disaster," the title song from
his latest album, is about a musician who is smoother with
the guitar than with the ladies.
Asked what he enjoyed most about playing in the solo format,
Hiatt cracked, "You get all the attention." But then he
quickly turned to the more honest answer: Not having to
depend on a band means he can pull out any song in his
repertoire. And in the case of Hiatt, who has some 20 studio
albums to his credit, that means a deep well of music to
draw from.
"You can play whatever you want," said Hiatt, adding that he
has been drawing heavily on lesser-known songs - "Thirty
Years of Tears" and "Listening to Old Voice" - from 1990's
"Stolen Moments" album. "You're not limited to the band's
repertoire. When you've got as much material as I have, you
change the set list up a lot."
July 23, 2007
July 5, 2007
july 4, 2007
June 16, 2007
June 14, 2007
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Did you check out tourdates?? dates added
already for 2008.
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Uploaded a lot of new stuff...... go
and check out songlist and lyrics under discography. Before
any comments, please read
this
first.
Any help on this songlist is very welcome. Not all the
information or mp3's
we have are there yet, we are working on it!
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Dutch Hiatt fans: Saturday June 16, 20.00
hr. listen to
radio 2
(Live broadcasted on www.radio2.nl).
The john Hiatt archives will
add live on air the album "bring the family" to the "list of
honor".
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don't forget about John Hiatt and the
north Mississippi allstars live on Belgium blues
festival Peer. July 15. more information
here.
June 2, 2007
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Added two more issues from "in the john"
fanclub magazine back in 1992. Surf
to "collectors
> in the John".
Also added 3 other seasons greeting cards send out to
the members of the "in the john" fanclub.
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added a few older tour
itineraries. Surf to "collectors
> itineraries".
april 16, 2007
April 9, 2007
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Added a videoclip of "little head". go to
downloads >
video.
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After years of searching i finally found the
45 r p/m "sure as i'm sittin' here / ocean. see
discography.
2 more vinyl singles :
1. Full moon/Hangin'
around the observatory (1974)
2. Motorboat to heaven/Down home (1975)
If you can help me on these, please drop me a note!!
Januari 14, 2007
John's track is available through an
exclusive download with
Borders. In
other words if you buy the Borders release, there will be a
blow in card inside with a code to download the Hiatt track.
What happened in 2006
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