OT - RIP Hasil Adkins

[DPR4444]

I just read that Hasil Adkins passed away. Some of you may recognize the name as the Cramps and others covered a few of his songs. One of the truly unique musical artists around, no more.

[stuckincincy]

Death by acute PMS?

[DPR4444]

from the Associated Press:

 

Rockabilly musician Hasil Adkins, a one-man band whose hollering vocals, crazed guitar-playing and do-it-yourself approach to rhythm landed a cult following, has died. He was 67.

 

Adkins' body was found Tuesday at his Madison home, where he lived alone. The cause of death had not been determined but it did not appear to be suspicious.

 

An ultimate solo artist, Adkins sang, blew harmonica and played his amplified acoustic guitar while keeping time with his feet on bass drum and high-hat cymbal. He later admitted he thought that's how it was done on radio songs he heard, but he never changed his original method.

 

In the early 1980s, punkabilly band the Cramps covered Adkins' "She Said," which brought his primal sound to larger cult prominence. The rockabilly fan magazine, "Kicks," also provided additional attention to Adkins............