The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108600   Message #2266432
Posted By: PoppaGator
19-Feb-08 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: Tim Hardin
Subject: RE: Tim Hardin
Thanks to Norman for the website link. There's more Tim Hardin material available out there than I would have thought (although much of the stuff is vinyl-only).

I also found it interesting to be reminded that his suicide occurred at about the same time as John Lennon's murder, and so was very much overshadowed. Sales of the "memorial" album released to commemorate (and/or capitalize upon) Tim's passing were apparently impacted by the public's failure to even notice his absense at a time when a much more prominent musican's death was dominating the news.

I was particularly surprised to see that video of one song featuring Tim live at Woodstock is available. I'd love to see it. I had completely forgotten that he was on the bill for that event, and it's a shame that none of his performance was included in the film or in any compilation recording.

After perusing the website's long and presumably complete list of Tim Hardin recordings, I'm even more convinced than I was at first that WLD's memory must be playing tricks on him, and that whoever included some mediocre banjo playing on a live double album has to have been someone else. Tim Hardin played guitar and, less frequently, piano, on his recordings ~ never banjo (nor mandolin, fiddle, or anything else).