Before we launch into our Father’s Day edition of our record rummage series at Som Records in Washington, DC–a few words as to Hamell on Trial for the uninitiated, courtesy of TVD’s Michael H. Little from a piece that ran here on Wednesday.
“Hamell, in case you’re not acquainted with his work, is one of the most idiosyncratic figures on the indie scene. He’s an anti-folk folkie who can play his old Gibson at about 1,000 mph, a teller of filthy jokes who is dead serious when it comes to the state of the world and its myriad casualties, and a survivor of drug addiction who still loves whores and other down-and-outers and insists upon achieving career success on his own terms, which is why he was playing Big Andy’s living room instead of Madison Square Garden.
Oh, and did I happen to mention he takes his 13-year-old son Detroit on the road with him, and even brings Detroit to the front of the stage to tell a few jokes? Hamell is truly one of a kind; a compassionate man who loves to tell his audiences to go fuck themselves, and a cynic abounding with empathy. And it’s all in good not quite clean fun, as are many of his most noteworthy songs, such as the wonderfully bilious ‘I Hate Your Kid.'”
Prior to the DC house concert referenced above, we spirited Ed and son Detroit around the block for a father and son homage to records, record stores—and that bond between parent and kid. So, let’s get to it, shall we?
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