{"id":9084,"date":"2013-02-10T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T16:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=9084"},"modified":"2024-02-24T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:19:06","slug":"reason-to-believe-the-songs-of-tim-hardin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/reason-to-believe-the-songs-of-tim-hardin\/","title":{"rendered":"Reason To Believe\u2014The Songs of Tim Hardin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Hardin performing at Woodstock in 1969<\/p><\/div>\n

Tim Hardin once said “My songs aren’t personal. They sound it ‘cos it was me who revealed them, but it was my head that got the lightning shot through it.” It’s an eloquent way to describe the inspiration that guides truly great songwriters. James Timothy “Tim” Hardin<\/a> (1941-1980) was a “musicians’ musician,” writing and performing songs that were deeply heartfelt and communicated soul to soul. It is sad that while he was alive, he never achieved the level of success as the many artists, classic and contemporay, whom he influenced\u2014Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Scott Walker, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, Nico, Echo and the Bunnymen, Paul Weller, Leon Russell, Doc Watson, Robert Plant, Bob Seger, Marianne Faithfull…<\/p>\n

There is now a new generation of musicians to carry Tim Hardin’s masterpieces into the future, bringing his vision back to life. Reason To Believe\u2014The Songs of Tim Hardin<\/a><\/strong> is a celebration of Hardin’s music, performed by artists such as Smoke Fairies, Okkervil River, Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), The Phoenix Foundation, Diagrams and Hannah Peel. On this special collection, Hardin’s classic folk tunes are lovingly resurrected with each band’s unique creativity, modern sounds and sensibilities. The album’s artwork is by Miles Johnson at Third Man Records, with liner notes by Rock’s Backpages<\/a> music critic and author Barney Hoskyns.<\/p>\n