Extra Special Thanks to: Craig Zearfoss, Dave Schmitt, Julien Nitzberg, Storm Taylor, Jim Tucci, Amy Krueger, Dexter Romweber, Southern Culture On The Skids, Hank III & Joe Buck, Corina Sullivan, Joe Hunter, Angry Johnny & the Killbillies, Geo Ballentine & family, Christoph Mueller, Dave Nelson & Lauri Lawson, Michael Lipton, Jon & Keeley Steele,The Empty Glass, The Bluegrass Kitchen, The Corner Pocket, The Gordon Grill, The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, Irene Dolin and family, Alice Agnor and family, Jesco White and family, Unkl Ray & Tami Nutter, Johnny Lowebow, Joe Coleman & Whitney Ward, Nick Tosches, Kevin Allison, The Smacks, J.T. Dockery, SLEAZEFEST, Alex Day, Mr. Mouse, The Cavern Tavern, Local 506, Dave Robertson, Roger Robertson & family, J. Glenn, Wes & Jyl Freed, Jim Stramel, Jescofest, Ben "Stringbean" Lawes, Donnie Green, Lana Gentry, Tomi-O Music, Hinton, WV, Ghoul-A-Go-Go, Killer Southers, Casey Thromberg, Carrboro, NC, Boone County, WV, Madison Sheriff Dept, Mayor Sonny Howell, West Virginia State Police, WFMU, The Hound, Appalshop, KFC & God.
Awards
Punch one up on the Hunchin' Jukebox!
...it's FREE!!! ...Hell, play'em all ...ain't a bad one in the bunch!
They all ROCK!!!
Festivals
Rockabilly Hall of Fame,
Jescofest, Hinton, WV
Sleazefest, Chapel Hill, NC
Hasil doing the "HUBCAP HUNCH" with Southern Culture On The Skids live at SLEAZEFEST 1994 at Chapel Hill's legendary LOCAL 506! ... you'll be seeing MUCH more of Haze's legendary 94 performance including the infamous hunchin' cave girl dancer with the disappearing fur bikini!!!
Movies
"The Wild World of Hasil Adkins" by Julien Nitzberg, "Die You Zombie Bastards", "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things", "Ghoul-A-Go-Go", "Rest In Pieces", "Live & Hunchafied" and "Do You See Me Laughing"
Books
Holy Bible, Sears Catalog, Monster comics, Popular Mechanics & The Wall Street Journal
Heroes
Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Col. Harlan Sanders & KFC
"Like the Bible and toilet paper, the music of Hasil Adkins belongs in every household, and none is a home without it." - Nick Tosches
"I didn't start off to sound this way, I just had bad microphones and a cheap tapedeck. ...Lord, ...if it wasn't for cheap recording equipment I wouldn't even have a career." - Hasil "Haze" Adkins
MY BLUE STAR, the definitive documentary on the life, muses & music of primal Appalachian bluesman savant Hasil "Haze" Adkins contains never before seen personal home video of the Haze both at his remote West Virginia mountain home and out on the road.
Including appearances by Julien Nitzberg, Dexter Romweber, Hank III, Joe Buck, Scott H. Biram, Southern Culture On The Skids, Angry Johnny & the Killbillies, Jesco & Mamie White, Birtie Mae White the Miracle Woman, Larry Groce of Mountain Stage, Michael Lipton, Jon Steele and Keeley Steele from The Empty Glass, Memphis Johnny Lowebow, Joe Coleman, Crazy Amy, Jim Tucci, and many of Hasil's family and friends, ...even actually going back to Boone County with original "Wild World of Hasil Adkins" producer Julien Nitzberg 18 years later for a gripping and revealing look at what inspired him to make the original Hasil documentary ...and how Hasil almost killed him before it was over!!!
This comprehensive documentary is being produced with the full support of Hasil's manager & family and showcases many of his never before released early 1950's Country and Blues recordings as well as a variety of live concert footage spanning Haze's entire career including rare home video of Hasil on the bus with Hank III, Haze's legendary 1994 SLEAZEFEST performance,
rare concert footage with G.G.Allin, and the promo DVD Hasil sent to the Conan O'Brien show shortly before his untimely passing in April 2005.
MY BLUE STAR picks up where Nitzbergs' ground-breakingly steller "THE WILD WORLD OF HASIL ADKINS" leaves off, getting past the crazy head-choppin' raw meat eating wildman image and exploring the real man and the serious artist behind the myth, ...at home, on the road, up close and in his own words!
Many called him "The King of Rockabilly" yet Hasil himself shunned that title.
MY BLUE STAR tells what Hasil thought about his unique sound, how he created it, and what his real inspirations and passions were in a very intimate never before seen way.
A special live concert DVD "HASIL ADKINS - LIVE & HUNCHAFIED"
is also being planned for release with MY BLUE STAR
and will only be available in a special MY BLUE STAR limited edition 1,000 dvd run.
Each hand numbered limited edition dvd will contain an actual piece of wood from
the humble 3 room cabin Hasil grew up & spent most of his life in,
plus a small piece of the Hunchin' Bus, Hasil's old tour bus
(a customized NYC transit bus) that still resides in his holler like a gleeming silver monument!
Hasil's relatives & supporters have been working to preserve Hasil's family homestead
as a true West Virginia landmark and have generously donated a plank from the cabin
to musician luthier Tomi-O of Tomi-O Music in Hinton, WV to make a special custom one-of-a-kind
MY BLUE STAR "Hunchcaster" electric guitar! Like Hasil himself, it will be totally unique and will be shown & exhibited at various museums and events
to support Hasil's amazing musical legacy and help keep his name & music alive & hunchin' for generations to come.
i added some songs by you to the music player
on charles plymell's fan site; the player is under
the slide show. you sound great!! i also put the
music on his blog.
xx ginger eades
(on behalf of the plymell fan site)
We're not halfway through featuring all the 74 festival bands yet, but we will get to each and every one of them before the fest.
Today, I want to let you all know about the Deep Blues Festival "For The Love Of Jesus" gospel brunch. The last day of the fest will have a special 11am to 2pm concert by all the bands left standing. I've posted a couple versions of Hasil Adkins song "Me And Jesus" on our player today. I'm sure it will be played at the brunch by somebody.
Our film fest is coming together too, and a featured screening will be Ron Smith's documentary of Hasil "My Blue Star". We had an early edit last summer, and I can't wait to see the final cut.
You really all should go check out this blog from the hound about Hasil and the Great Lost Album here
KNEW HASIL PERSONALLY..GREW UP AROUND HIM..GREAT MAN.NO MATTER WHAT HE DID..I STILL THINK THE WORLD OF HIM AND MISS HIM GREATLY..BEEN AROUND HIM WHEN OTHERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES CAME TO WV TO MEET HIM AND HEAR HIM SING.R.I.P. HASIL..YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY ME..
Congratulations your successes. I'll tell D. I'll try to make it also. I'll be asking for an interview soon. Prepare ot be judged. xxoo hahahahahahahahahaha.
Jay Hill and Jesco White will be releasing their album within the next two weeks. This album features all orginal songs by Jay, plus two orginals by Jesco. Joe Dehart, Joe Nichols and Brandon Shuping of TDCRB all contributed to the record. It was recorded by Ryan Weaver at Silver Speaker Studios.
The CD will be available on Jesco and Jay's website and locally at:
The DCRB will be rockin' out the Empty Glass with several new tunes and offering a great night of music with Richie Tipton opening up and Whirling Dervish closing it down, with a little DCRB in the middle on Feb 28th, 2009. Check it out!!
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARIN' FROM YA AND SEEIN' YA OUT THERE.
The budget of the festival and the number of bands will be based on these presales. Please support the festival and help us bring in as many bands as possible.
We're featuring bands we like on our player each day. At least we're trying. The myspace player isn't always cooperating. We can at least give you links to the bands myspace pages or websites.
These are bands that we hope to get involved with our festival. There's a lot of them. Check them out and add them as your friends. Send us a message and tell us how you like them and who we should be sure to bring in for the festival.
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