Hasil Adkins /ˈhæsəl/ (April 29, 1937 – April 26, 2005) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His genres include rock and roll, country, blues and more commonly rockabilly. He generally performed as a one-man band, playing guitar and drums at the same time.
Adkins grew up in poverty in the midst of the Depression, and his spirited lifestyle is reflected in his music. His songs explored an affinity for chicken, sexual intercourse and decapitation, and were isolated in obscurity until being unearthed in the 1980s. The newfound success secured him a cult following, spawned the Norton Records label, and helped usher in the genre known as psychobilly.
Personal life
Adkins was born in Boone County, West Virginia on April 29, 1937, where he spent his entire life. He was the youngest of ten children of Wid Adkins, a coal miner, and Alice Adkins, raised in a tarpaper shack on property rented from a local coal company. Born at the time of the Great Depression, Adkins' early life was stricken by poverty. His parents were unable to provide him shoes until he was four or five years old. Some reports say he attended school for a very brief time, as few as two days of first grade.
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Hasil Adkins
ALBUMS
- The Wild Man released: 2004
- Out to Hunch released: 2002
- Drinkin' My Life Away released: 1998
- What the Hell Was I Thinking released: 1997
- Chicken Walk released: 1995
- Achy Breaky Ha Ha Ha released: 1994
- Look at That Caveman Go!! released: 1993
- Peanut Butter Rock and Roll released: 1990
- Out to Hunch released: 1986
- With the Cramps released:
- Hasil Adkins released:
- Live in Chicago released:
The Wild Man
Released 2004- Chicken Flop
- The Wild Man
- Big Red Satellite
- Pond Fork River
- Still Missing You
- Punchy Wunchy Wickey Wackey Woo
- Foggy Mountain Top
- I Don’t Want Nobody
- She’ll See Me Again
- Matchbox
- Do the Scalp
- Haunted House
- Wild Wild Friday Night
- Turning Off a Memory
- Ellen Marie
- Don’t Start Cryin’ Now
- Midnight Moan
- Everybody Loves Somebody
- California Blues / T for Texas
Out to Hunch
Released 2002- She Said
- No More Hot Dogs
- Ha Ha Cat Walk Baby
- Rockin' Robin
- Chicken Walk
- I'm Happy
- Can't Help It Blues
- We Got a Date
- Turn My Coat Tails Loose
- Hot Dog Baby
- You Don't Love Me
- Teenie Weenie Waddy Kiss
- High School Confidential
- Let Me Come In
- The Hunch
- Gee But I Love You
- Memphis
- Do It to Me Tonight
- Truly Ruly
- I Need Your Head (... This Ain't No Rock 'n' Roll Show)
Chicken Walk
Released 1995- She Said
- Shake That Thing
- Ugly Woman
- Let's Slop Tonight
- Chicken Walk
- She's Mine
- Tell Me Baby
- If You Want to Be My Baby
- Big Fat Mama
- Get Out of My Car
- Doonie Boogie
- Walk and Talk With Me
- I Need Your Head
- Roll Roll Train
- I Don't Want Nobody the Way I Want You
- I Could Never Be Blue
- I Want Some Lovin'
- Jenny Lu
- Let Me Go
- Rock the Blues
- I Don't Love You
- Rock'n Roll Tonight
- Shake With Me
- Miami Kiss
- The Hunch
- Duncens
- No More Hot Dogs
- Truly Ruly
- Is That Right
- Going Back to St. Louis
Achy Breaky Ha Ha Ha
Released 1994- Put My Guitar Away Mommy
- White Dove
- Leaves in Autumn
- I Still Miss Someone
- Gonna Have Me a Yard Sale
- Twenty Eight Years
- River of Jordan
- It’ll Be Me
- Will You Miss Me
- Song of Death
- Of Course Not
- She Thinks I Still Care
- I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
- Tomorrow I’ll Still Be Loving You
- You Win Again
- Turn Around
Look at That Caveman Go!!
Released 1993- Good Golly Miss Molly
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- Boo Boo the Cat
- She Goes Like This
- My Blue Star
- Mean Woman Blues
- Let’s Do Like We Done
- Shake That Thing
- Hammer Hunch (The Crusher)
- Reelin’ and Rockin’
- Me and My Baby’s Goin’ Steady
- In the Wind
- Mean Mean Woman
- Devonna Rock
- Still Missing You
- Chicken Walk
- Walkin’ the Dog
Peanut Butter Rock and Roll
Released 1990- Blue Suede Shoes
- If You Wanna Be My Baby
- Vivian Anne
- I Wanna Kiss Kiss Kiss Your Lips
- Peanut Butter Rock and Roll
- The Banana Boat Song
- Gimme Back My Ring
- Come on Along
- Walk and Talk With Me
- The Slop
- C'mon Little Jenny
- Chicken Twist
- Let It Rock
- Stopwatch Baby
- Took My Baby Out
- Has Anybody Walked Beside Me
With the Cramps
- She Said
- Chicken Walk
- She's Mine
- The Boo Boo
- Can't Help It Blues
- Do It to Me Tonight
- Ha Ha Cat Walk Baby
- No More Hot Dogs
- Rockin' Robin
- Sex Crazy Baby
- Shake That Thing
- The Hunch
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- She Said
- Chicken
- The Way I Walk
- Psychocat
- A New Kind of Kick
- Blue Moon Baby
- Do the Clam
- Drug Train
- Human Fly
- Jailhouse Rock
- Blues Blues Blues
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Surfin' Dead
- Peter Gunn
- Lonesome Town
- Route 66
Live in Chicago
- Hazel Jean Rock
- She Said
- No More Hot Dogs
- The Hunch
- When I Saw You
- Shake That Thing
- DPA Blues
- Reelin' and Rockin'
- Dottie Dottie
- Truley Ruley
- My Special One
- Maybellene
- Roll Roll Train
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Hey John
- Sex Crazy Baby
- 'Bully Wooly'
- Boo Boo the Cat
- This Ain't No Rock & Roll Show
- Foggy Mountain Top, She'll Be Comin' 'round the Mountain
- Duncan
- She Said
- You Got Me Cryn'
- She's Mine
- Great Balls of Fire
Born: 1937-04-29
Died: 2005-04-25
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