Happy Hour (Ted Hawkins album) explained

Happy Hour
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ted Hawkins
Cover:	Happy Hour - Ted Hawkins.jpg
Released:	1986
Studio:	Music Lab, Los Angeles
Genre:	Blues
Label:	Windows On The World, Rounder
Producer:	Bruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker^[1]
Prev Title:	Watch Your Step
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	On the Boardwalk (The Venice Beach Tapes)
Next Year:	1986

Happy Hour is an album by Ted Hawkins.^{[2] [3]} It was released in 1986.

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." Trouser Press praised Hawkins's "sturdy emotional delivery."^[4]

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"

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAWKINS--UP FROM THE BOARDWALK. May 3, 1987. Los Angeles Times.
2. Web site: Ted Hawkins--Happy Hour. Sasfy. Joe. Chicago Reader. 14 May 1987 . en. 2018-12-17.
3. Web site: Ted Hawkins | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Ted Hawkins . Trouser Press . 13 October 2020.