John Hiatt

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John Hiatt’s sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt’s songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself. Of course, it nearly took him that long to find his own style. Hiatt began his solo career in 1974, and over the next decade he ran through a number of different styles from rock & roll to new wave pop before he finally settled on a rootsy fusion of rock & roll, country, blues, and folk with his 1987 album Bring the Family. Though the album didn’t set the charts on fire, it became his first album to reach the charts, and several of the songs on the record became hits for other artists, including Raitt and Milsap. Following its success, Hiatt became a reliable hit songwriter for other artists, and he developed a strong cult following that continued to gain strength into the mid-’90s.

While he was growing up in his hometown of Indianapolis, IN, John Hiatt played in a number of garage bands. Initially, he was inspired by the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, and the music of those two artists would echo strongly throughout his work. Out of all the bar bands he played with in the late ’60s, a group called the White Ducks was the one that received the most attention. Following his high-school graduation, he moved to Nashville at the age of 18, where he landed a job as a songwriter for Tree Publishing. For the next several years, he wrote and performed at local clubs and hotels.

Bring The Family
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Slow Turning
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Crossing Muddy Waters
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Walk On
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Top Tracks

1	Have a Little Faith in Me full track	740
2	Cry Love full track	205
3	Perfectly Good Guitar full track	178
4	Memphis in the Meantime full track	146
5	Thing Called Love full track	144
6	Slow Turning full track	138
7	Feels Like Rain full track	134
8	Drive South full track	124
9	Crossing Muddy Waters	115
10	Tennessee Plates full track	108
11	Master of Disaster full track	80
12	Lipstick Sunset full track	78
13	Buffalo River Home full track	77
14	Love You Again full track	75
15	Alone in the Dark full track	71

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Tannavae wrote:
3 hours ago

just call him dad.

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SmilinSkullRing wrote:
Sunday evening

Amazing, underrated musician. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2004.

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Zebulon_B_VDS wrote:
last month

Have to agree on the profile picture -not that it matters, but this is just a grey blob with a guitar. Another three or so votes on the runner up, and we've got ourselves a better picture.

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broomlog wrote:
last month

He plays at the Take root festival, Groningen, the Netherlands, 4th of october. I'm looking forward to it. http://www.takeroot.nl/

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Don_Diego wrote:
August 2008

If you really love him, PLEASE out-vote that horrible profile picture.

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northof90 wrote:
August 2008

Truly an American treasure !

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CopperKettle wrote:
August 2008

I like the way he sings.

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curly1721 wrote:
August 2008

Love the lyrics as well as the wonderful melodies. Never tire of hearing this guy.

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billslack wrote:
July 2008

YOUR NEW ALBUM IS AMAZING JOHN!!!!!!!

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bluesfest1 wrote:
June 2008

Can't wait to see John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties at Notodden Aug. 01 and Aug. 02

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cchrcro wrote:
June 2008

Another great track from Eugene public radio!!

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kuyffie wrote:
May 2008

I love the Stolen Moments album, It's the best i have from him.

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WilliamNl wrote:
April 2008

Hello,.. you might like the group Sonny Landreth, WHY?: Lots of really nice music stuff activity overthere! Also John Hiatt with Sonny : - ) The group introduced his own Music Newspaper! You can read the “GOT SLIDE” Newspaper headlines directly on Top of their mainpage etc! Hopefully you will join this Group. Click here for a look : Sonny Landreth Gro

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Rawe- wrote:
January 2008

Cry love, Perfectly good guitar, Master of Disaster and Have a little faith in me! /me likes

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TheRealTuatara wrote:
January 2008

I'm glad to see others appreciate John Hiatt as much as I do. I met the man when I was 7, still have the autographed poster on my wall. Very talented musician, who I hope stays under the radar. I don't want commercialism to fuck him up. :(

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fringed wrote:
November 2007

Thanks by the way for all the recommendations (either here or through pm) that I got from you all after my last shout here :)

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fringed wrote:
November 2007

I attended his Nov 4 show, and it was awesome. It was my first encounter with John live, and I was blown away. That man can play! And the fact that he was solo made it all the lot better. I took my boyfriend with me, because we had an extra ticket, and he never even heard of John Hiatt, but he said it was the best thing he has ever seen, and he is totally hooked. It's the greatest thing, really :)

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RadioTed wrote:
September 2007

John Hiatt gold CDS: Walk On, Comes Alive At Budokan and Slow Turning.

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loveofnature wrote:
September 2007

Stolen Moments is my fave album by him or just about anybody, for that matter. It was released in 1987 btw.

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fringed wrote:
September 2007

So here's the deal: I got a ticket to his Nov 4th show as a present, and even though I'm already familiar with Bring the Family, what are other key albums that I need to listen to in preparation for the show? I was at the CD store today but I didn't know which albums to buy :)

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