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Post by billhammond on Jan 19, 2024 22:44:49 GMT -5
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Dub
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Hoyt/Linda
Jan 19, 2024 23:17:21 GMT -5
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Post by Dub on Jan 19, 2024 23:17:21 GMT -5
That’s just great.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 20, 2024 1:43:15 GMT -5
It occurs to me that you, Todd, should look deeply into the Hoyt Axton catalog, as his vocal range and songs are your perfect match.
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Hoyt/Linda
Jan 20, 2024 10:38:10 GMT -5
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Post by coachdoc on Jan 20, 2024 10:38:10 GMT -5
I agree, Todd.
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Post by John B on Jan 20, 2024 11:04:30 GMT -5
Village Idiot, I also agree. I first heard of/saw Mr. Axton on WKRP in Cincinnati. Then of course I knew of him from his acting tour-de-force in "Gremlins." As an actor, he was an excellent singer. And Hoyt's mom wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis, and gave him the songwriting credit. As a freelance writer she had been written a story about Hank Snow's Jamboree concerts, which had Elvis on ths lineup. She noticed every artist she interviewed talked about fame (and/or women); but Elvis talked about how he hoped he could make enough money to buy his parents a house. When she gave the song to Elvis she told him that it was the song that was going to earn him enough money to get that house.
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Post by Dub on Jan 20, 2024 13:20:55 GMT -5
Hoyt was very cool. I knew his mother wrote Heartbreak Hotel for Elvis but I didn’t know the backstory. Thinking back, it makes sense.
I knew Hoyt slightly back in 1963. We were never close but he was hanging out in Chicago back in 1963. He played at some of the same folk clubs I did, though with much greater success (LOL), and we’d sometimes drink together at a bar on Pearson.
When I first heard him sing Greenback Dollar I thought he had learned it from the Kingston Trio. (I know, right?) He wasn’t a braggadocio or anything and just treated everyone like friends.
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Post by theevan on Jan 20, 2024 14:16:32 GMT -5
Linda could sure sing.
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Post by amanajoe on Jan 20, 2024 16:29:52 GMT -5
It occurs to me that you, Todd, should look deeply into the Hoyt Axton catalog, as his vocal range and songs are your perfect match. For some reason I just can't see Todd doing Boney Fingers though. Hoyt comes on at around 33:25
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