The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108600   Message #2266637
Posted By: Tunesmith
19-Feb-08 - 04:03 PM
Thread Name: Tim Hardin
Subject: RE: Tim Hardin
Harvey,I have a different memories of that night in Liverpool. At the start of his performance Tim stated that he considered himself to be an improviser, and that if anyone in the audience was expecting him to faithfully reproduce his recorded versions of songs then they would be disappointed. He mentioned this again a couple of times during his performance. And, then, towards the end of the show, he noticed people leaving. "There you go", said Tim, " people don't understand what I'm trying to do and they're going!". "No", shouts back one person, "we're just leaving to catch last buses". Tim looked at the man and said " Hey, man, this sort of thing happens to me at matinees!" I thought he was great. Sang great, played both the guitar and piano great. He did seem a bit spaced out, but it didn't hurt his performance. A great artist.