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 & family, Alice & Shirley, the original "Hunchin’ Girls", Jesco White & the White 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 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"
Television
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 Coleman, Joe Buck, G.G.Allin, Scott H. Biram, Southern Culture On The Skids, Angry Johnny & the Killbillies, Jesco White & family, Larry Groce of Mountain Stage, Michael Lipton, Jon Steele from The Empty Glass, Shane Speal, Memphis Johnny Lowebow, the original "Hunchin' Girls", 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.
...And that's why you rule. I can hear it now. Yes God, I'd like mine covered, smothered, scattered, splattered...whatever the f they say at Waffle House.
Can't wait for the movie!!!Everyone go to reinstatehank. org and sign the petition to reinstate Hank Williams into the Grand Ole Opry. The Grand Ole Opry AIN'T SO GRAND ANYMORE! The Opry has sinned!! Also check out cashville411. com for Hank III's story on the reinstatement movement. FreeHank3. org
Hey. I re top you soon for this one. I am adding you to the tops of my other page. I am running a contest on my regular space where I will give a free piece of art to whomever I pull from the fishbowl and temporarily added someone. This contest if for my top friends. You are one. You are in the running twice anyway!.
Thanks for the add!! Sure am sorry I never had the chance to meet Hasil or see him perform. He has a great sound and an astounding stage presence. The world is obviously a darker place w/out him.
