Live in Chicago

• Artist: Hasil Adkins
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• Release Date: 1992 11
• Type: Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

Hasil Adkins brings his one-man band approach out of the studio and onto the stage for Live in Chicago, a raucous concert performance from the Windy City. This is probably the closest the singer will ever come to a rapturous audience. Though, based on the chatter, a relatively small number were in attendance that night, they receive Adkins like a crazed hero, punctuating his songs with spirited shouts and hollers throughout. With the exception of their presence and the singer's between song banter however, little has changed. Songs still spring from Adkins' mouth as if they just popped into his head, then disintegrate as if he's forgotten the rest, failed to write a conclusion in the first place, or just remembered something he had to tell the audience. Most of the show is devoted to the unruly takes on rock, country, and rockabilly that are the Adkins' trademarks: each song sounding increasingly like the last. Thankfully he paces this material with a handful of appropriate covers (Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry") and even a few tender ballads. The latter are always a surprise and are all the more affecting as reprieves from Adkins' wild man persona. Such moments, as always, are few and far between. Though none of Adkins' albums are going to be user-friendly, Live in Chicago catches the singer a little too close to the brink. ~ Nathan Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Hazel Jean Rock	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(2:03)
She Said	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(:38)
No More Hot Dogs	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:20)
The Hunch	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:32)
When I Saw You	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:09)
Shake That Thing	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(:52)
DPA Blues	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(3:54)
Reelin' and Rockin'	Chuck Berry	Hasil Adkins	(:45)
Dottie Dottie	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(:34)
Truly Ruly	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(:23)
My Special One	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(2:15)
Maybellene	Chuck Berry	Hasil Adkins	(1:12)
Roll Roll Train	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(:56)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Williams	Hasil Adkins	(1:47)
Hey John	Joe "Cornbread" Thomas	Hasil Adkins	(3:45)
Sex Crazy Baby	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:57)
Wooly Bully	Domingo Samudio	Hasil Adkins	(:49)
Boo Boo the Cat	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(4:03)
This Ain't No Rock & Roll Show	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(2:33)
Foggy Mountain Top	Traditional	Hasil Adkins	(1:45)
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain	Traditional	Hasil Adkins	(2:25)
Duncan	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:50)
She Said	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:45)
You Got Me Cryin'	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(1:24)
She's Mine/Great Balls of Fire	Hasil Adkins	Hasil Adkins	(3:10)

Credits

Zeus Freidman (Engineer), Hasil Adkins (Guitar), Hasil Adkins (Vocals), Kenn Goodman (Producer), Michael Lipton (Producer), Sheila Sachs (Design), Marty Perez (Photography), Rick Mosher (Producer)