{"id":8624,"date":"2015-10-09T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=8624"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:19:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:19:41","slug":"cold-and-bitter-tears-the-songs-of-ted-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/09\/cold-and-bitter-tears-the-songs-of-ted-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/cold_bitter_tears.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know a thing about <strong>Ted Hawkins<\/strong> and his music before arriving in Nashville. But among tastemakers, the long-dead folk\/Americana (though the term Americana wasn&#8217;t in use during his lifetime) troubadour has clearly effected great influence. Though homeless and itinerant, Hawkins became a mainstay of Venice Beach music venues, and seemed on the verge of making it big when he died in 1985 of a stroke at age 58. Long a critical favorite, his often contrary nature arguably got in the way of any more commercial success.<\/p>\n<p>The Thirty Tigers label has put together a tribute to the man, and <em>Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins<\/em> showcases some of the most revered and critically-acclaimed Americana artists performing heartfelt readings of his songs. (The album is unrelated to a similarly-titled 2009 Hawkins compilation.)<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/mcmurtry_hawkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"258\" vspace=\"10\" \/><br \/><em>Above: James McMurtry performing Ted Hawkins&#8217; &#8220;Big Things&#8221; at the Album Launch Party in Nashville, September 16.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B014YLOTRA&#038;asins=B014YLOTRA&#038;linkId=TAWJSCPTAYY7H5P4&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A brief album release party took place at one of Nashville&#8217;s watering holes during the AmericanaFest in mid-September; a roomful of record company types, legendary musicians (<strong>Jon Tiven<\/strong>, to name but one) and in-the-know music lovers enjoyed intimate, one-off performances by <strong>James McMurtry<\/strong> (\u201cBig Things\u201d), <strong>Mary Gauthier<\/strong> (\u201cSorry You&#8217;re Sick\u201d), <strong>Tim Easton<\/strong> (\u201cOne Hundred Miles\u201d) and <strong>Randy Midwood<\/strong> (\u201cMy Last Goodbye\u201d). Words from each of the artists and Thirty Tigers&#8217; <strong>Jenni Finlay<\/strong> made it clear that all of the work that went into the making \u2013 and now marketing \u2013 of <em>Cold and Bitter Tears<\/em> is a labor of love for all concerned.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins<\/em> will be released October 23.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\">Follow \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" \/> Twitter<\/a> and get notified<br \/>\nwhen new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t know a thing about Ted Hawkins and his music before arriving in Nashville. 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