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Thread #173269   Message #4201733
Posted By: BrooklynJay
29-Apr-24 - 02:30 AM
Thread Name: Obit: original Limeliter Alex Hassilev (1932-2024)
Subject: RE: Obit: original Limeliter Alex Hassilev (1932-2024)
Alex Hassliev can be seen, pre-Limeliters, in the 1959 cult film, A Bucket of Blood. His part is very brief, but he sings a little bit of Ewan MacColl's Go Down You Murderers accompanying himself on guitar.

A Bucket of Blood on YouTube

He can be seen starting at 28:36.

Alex Hassilev was one of my musical heroes, from the day my parents brought home The Limeliters' album Tonight In Person back when I was quite young. I still have all their original vinyl LP's.

I still do a few of their songs. In fact, my knowledge of their version of Have Some Madeira, M'dear almost got me married back in the late 1970's! (But that's another story.)

R.I.P. Alex Hassilev.