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Originally Posted by nothingfree2002
Mindblowing blues innovator. This was pre-internet days when I ran across his work, called a number on the back anticipating a record company catalog. Told 'the operator' the album I just heard and wanted earlier work if it was available. Guy tells me, "Let me clear off my coffee table".
It was Mr. Burnside himself, and everything he ever recorded held up the slab that was his living room coffee table. He said "I still own all but about 300 albums of everything of mine ever printed".
I'm glad he finally 'hit it big' before he died, toured the world a couple times, set up his family. Made some money, and 'a name' for himself.
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There was a song writer by the name of Tim Hardin. He wrote quite a few successful tunes recorded by others such as Rod Stewart(Reason to Believe).
Three of Hardin's albums were included in the stack my uncle gave me.
The most amazing beautiful melodies and Reason to Believe and If I Were a Carpenter were among them-several years before Stewart and others fucked them up....
Hardin died in 1980 of a heroin overdose, his own singing career never being the huge success his songs were.
I still have those 3 lp's-they are priceless.