Acoustic Sounds News

Harry 'Big Daddy' Hypolite

"I've never come out to the front to do my thing. I'm just doing mine now. I don't want to be no rich guy. I just want to live comfortable. That's all. And to love people and to have people to love you."

Harry Hypolite, the natural-born entertainer who in the last several years had finally tasted life as an in-demand bandleader, died Wednesday, June 22, the result of a car crash near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was 68.

George Butler 1936-2005

The great bluesman George "Wild Child" Butler died Tuesday, March 1 in a Windsor, Ontario hospital, the result of a pulmonary embolism. He was 68.

Eddie Kramer – Woodstock interview

MH: Okay, so Dr. Kramer, how, how did you originally get the gig of recording at Woodstock.

EK: Oh, let's see now, you're really testing my memory banks, aren't you Mr. Hobson.

MH: Well, you know, these are questions people want to know. Like how did Kramer end up in that trailer?

EK: Yeah. I think he was transported there by visiting angels.

Remembering David Baker

A world-class recording engineer and close friend to Acoustic Sounds and Blue Heaven Studios, David Baker died Tuesday night, July 13 in his sleep. Baker, 58, was on a job in Rochester, NY when he passed.

Speakers Corner Scores The Mercury Living Presence

The first release in this monumental series comprises a three-LP box with music of the 20th Century. The three original releases are excellent recordings and are rarely found in second-hand shops. Consequently, they are extremely expensive.