This posts record which I picked from the regular bins on RSD is by one of its more obscure artists. Well, obscure might not be the right term here because I think he's pretty well known. Strange, weird, raw and primal might be more fitting descriptions.
Hasil Adkins - chicken walk LP - Dee Jay Jamboree DJ-LP 2043 - 1984
This pressing of the LP is nothing special but the songs on here are a compilation of some of his recordings from the 1950s of which some, I think, have not been officially released before. So it's great to have.
Just don't expect your average 1950s rockabilly his style admitedly is an acquired taste but once you're there it's great.
here's some info on the artist from discogs:
[April 29, 1937 - April 26, 2005] He was born and lived in Boone County, West Virginia and was a self taught one man band. The reason for this was because when he first heard Hank Williams on the radio he didn't know there was a band behind Hank. He thought that Hank Williams played all the instruments. He claimed a repertoire of over 9000 songs including over 7000 original compositions. Recurring themes in Adkins' work include love, heartbreak, hunchin', police, death, decapitation, commodity meat, aliens, and chicken. His life was so unusual that you couldn't begin to start writing about it here. His music has a shared appreciation by the likes of The Cramps and John Zorn.
This should give you a good idea about this character and the music he makes.
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