Ted Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter born in Biloxi, Mississipi and who was often found busking in his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California. He toured extensively in Europe and Australia but remained largely anonymous in the United States.
Here is the elusive 1996 Janice Engel documentary in three-parts.
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Here’s a Quarantine-inspired playlist. With a story arc of sorts. Sort of like a concept album, except it’s a mix.
Curious? Why don’t you give it a listen. I’d like to hear someone else try and describe the journey of discovery I was trying to capture here. What do you think? How would you tell this story?
Playlist:
“Cold Hard Times” by Lee Hazlewood
“Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“We Will Become Silhouettes” by the Postal Service
“T.B. Sheets” by Van Morrison
“Sorry You’re Sick” by Ted Hawkins
“It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M.
“American Heartache” by the Wood Brothers
“Down With Disease” by Phish
“Down With Desperation” by Sammy Brue
“Sometimes It’s Hard” by Rainer
“Consider the Ravens” by Dustin Kensrue
“Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” by Wilco
“Shelter From The Storm” by Bob Dylan
“Love Knows (No Borders” by Howe Gelb
“I’ll Be Your Shelter” by the Housemartins
“Sisters and Brothers” by the Vespers
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