HILLY KRISTAL: Mad Mordechai
Hilly Kristal is well known as the owner of CBGB's, New York's downtown rock+roll club which, after 25 years in business, is perhaps the most famous in the world. But most people haven't heard his sonorous bass voice and quirky songs, and don't realize that he used to earn his living this way. Hilly Kristal's career always centered around music. At one point, he performed regularly at Radio City Music Hall and supported himself as a singer and writer for many years. One piece of typical bad luck was turning down a deal with Atlantic Records to go with a breakaway independent which went under without releasing even a single. Then one day, in the early eighties, after one beer too many, Hilly Kristal suggested to record producer Mike Thorne: "How about doing Mud to a disco beat?" Sure enough, a mutant rap/dance/camp/party/pop/children's record was too good an idea to let go.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.stereosociety.com
Track List:
1. Mud
2. Everybody's Buddy
3. There was a Time
4. Birds and the Bees
5. 'Sno Joke
6. An introduction
7. If I could call on you
8. Rock 'n' Roll Jackson
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- BLUES: Rockin' Blues
- FOLK: Folk Blues
- SOLO MALE ARTIST