Happy Hour (Ted Hawkins album)

Happy Hour is an album by Ted Hawkins.[5][6] It was released in 1987.[7]

Happy Hour
Studio album by
Ted Hawkins
Released1986 (United Kingdom), 1987 (United States)
StudioMusic Lab, Los Angeles
GenreBlues
LabelWindows On The World, Rounder
ProducerBruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker[1]
Ted Hawkins chronology
On The Boardwalk (The Venice Beach Tapes) Happy Hour Dock Of The Bay (The Venice Beach Tapes II)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Hawkins blended soul and urban blues stylings with country and rural blues inflections and rhythms, making another first-rate release."[2] Trouser Press praised Hawkins's "sturdy emotional delivery."[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Theodore Hawkins, Jnr.; except where indicated

  1. "Bad Dog"
  2. "Happy Hour" (Dave Mackechnie, Steve Gillette)
  3. "Don't Make Me Explain It"
  4. "The Constitution"
  5. "My Last Goodbye"
  6. "You Pushed My Head Away"
  7. "Revenge of Scorpio"
  8. "California Song"
  9. "Cold & Bitter Tears"
  10. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield)
  11. "Ain't That Pretty"
  12. "One Hundred Miles"

Personnel
  • Ted Hawkins – vocals, guitar
  • Dale Wilson – lead guitar
  • Augie Brown – guitar
  • Dennis Walker – bass
  • Johnny Greer – drums
  • Elizabeth Hawkins – vocals
  • Robert Cray as "Night Train Clemons" – guitar on "You Pushed My Head Away" and "Gypsy Woman"

References
  1. "HAWKINS--UP FROM THE BOARDWALK". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1987.
  2. "Happy Hour - Ted Hawkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: Ted Hawkins". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 185.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. Sasfy, Joe. "Ted Hawkins--Happy Hour". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  6. "Ted Hawkins | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. Roberts, Michael (September 28, 1994). "AFTER THE BOARDWALK". Westword.
  8. "Ted Hawkins". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 October 2020.


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