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Biography At Woodstock Tim at iTunes CDs Discography Songbook Tabs Links
Like Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin was a 60's era folk-rock musician who was sucker punched by drugs. The only time I saw Tim perform was on New Year's Eve 1979 in Seattle. He was a last minute booking at a small, now defunct neighborhood bar; seeing him was an easy decision as it was too late to get reservations anywhere. But his deterioration at that point was painfully clear. He performed none of his own compositions that night, nor did he perform anything else except "Georgia On My Mind" over and over again. He would be dead within the year at age 39.
Fortunately, his work during his most creative period is now being reissued on CD. As a result, many younger music fans are discovering him. And many of us older music fans are truly re-discovering him, as in his own time he was regarded primarily as a songwriter, with others, especially Bobby Darin, scoring hits with Tim Hardin penned songs like "If I Were a Carpenter", "Lady Came from Baltimore" and "Reason To Believe".
It's hard to find much written about Tim, but he does have a chapter
of his own in
American
Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the 60s
Tim appears one tape one of the Director's Cut of the Woodstock movie, but not while he was on stage. The interviewer comes upon him while he is tuning up and singing to himself. DVD and VHS.
Similar artists: fans of Tim are likely to also appreciate Nick Drake, Fred Neil, Pearls Before Swine and Eric Andersen.
Photo of Tim Hardin at Woodstock
The
Essential, Classic Hardin 1963-1980
The 27 tracks span his complete career. Includes
deluxe 12 page booklet with detailed liner notes and rare photos.
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cover to order this or any album now, or for more info!
Millenium
Collection
Recent single CD "greatest hits" style collection
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This
Is Tim Hardin
Actually the first album Tim recorded (1964) during his coffeehouse
days, but not released until 1967 on the Atco label. This
album was recorded in a folk blues style, with Tim accompanied only by
his own guitar therefore totally avoiding the overproduction that would
mar some of his later recordings.. Over half the tracks are
traditional
blues such as "House of the Rising Sun" and "Stagger Lee".
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more info!
Simple
Songs Of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection
This collection of his Columbia recordings includes his only big hit
with his own voice, "Simple Song of Freedom", written ironically not by
Tim but by Bobby Darin (some kind of cosmic symmetry here). There
is no track overlap with either of the above two Verve collections.
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more info!
Nine
Tim's last complete studio album, recorded 1973 in London and features
among others Peter Frampton. Includes bonus track 'Judge & Jury'
previously
only available as a single.
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Woodstock:
-Three Days of Peace and Music
This 4 cd box set includes Tim's previously unreleased Woodstock
perfomance
of "If I Were a Carpenter"
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more info!
'73-Live
at the Reading Festival
Tim and 7 other artists, the liner notes are
extensive and quite interesting.
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more info!
Although they no longer have the album available for sale (you'll
have
to scout the used market for it), Warrior Records still has Tim's 1981
"Unforgiven"
listened on their site, including album cover image and a
downloadable
sound
clip of the title track in WAV format.. "Unforgiven
represents
his last works. 8 new songs never before recorded. Some completed ...
others
with lead vocal and basic rhythm tracks and 2 "work" tapes of Tim on
vocal
and piano recorded at home on his cassette deck. No over-dubbing has
been
done".
Songbook.The Tim Hardin Songbook contains 24 songs including: If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Black Sheep Boy, Hang on to a Dream, and Misty Roses. Includes a biography and photos.
Guitar Tabulature (tabs) of some of Tim's songs.
Web Pages for musicians mentioned on this web page
Tim
Buckley
Bobby Darin
Jackson
C. Frank
Eric Andersen
Nick Drake
Fred
Neil
British Tim
Hardin fan site
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