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| years_active = Early 1950s–1962
| years_active = Early 1950s–1962
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| label = [[Sun Records]]
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'''Auburn "Pat" Hare''' (December 20, 1930 - September 26, 1980)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed January 2010]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[Memphis blues]] [[guitarist]] and [[singing|singer]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p84274/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Pat Hare |author=Koda, Cub |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=January 25, 2010}}</ref>
'''Auburn "Pat" Hare''' (December 20, 1930 - September 26, 1980)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed January 2010]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[electric blues|electric]] [[Memphis blues]] [[guitarist]] and [[singing|singer]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p84274/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Pat Hare |author=Koda, Cub |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=January 25, 2010}}</ref> His heavily [[distortion (music)|distorted]], [[power chord]]-driven [[electric guitar]] music in the early 1950s is considered an important precursor to [[heavy metal music]].<ref name="palmer">[[Robert Palmer (writer)|Robert Palmer]], "Church of the Sonic Guitar", pp. 13-38 in Anthony DeCurtis, ''Present Tense'', [[Duke University Press]], 1992, pp. 24-27. ISBN 0-8223-1265-4.</ref> His guitar work with [[Junior Parker|Little Junior's Blue Flames]] had a major influence on the [[rockabilly]] style,<ref name="gillett1984"/> while his [[blues guitar playing|guitar playing]] on [[blues]] records by artists such as [[Muddy Waters]] was influential among 1960s [[British Invasion]] [[blues rock]] bands such as [[The Rolling Stones]] and [[The Yardbirds]].<ref name="palmer"/>


==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born in [[Cherry Valley, Arkansas|Cherry Valley]], [[Arkansas]].<ref name="Dead"/> He recorded at [[Sun Studios]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], serving as a sideman for [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[James Cotton]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Bobby Bland]] and other artists.<ref name="Dead"/> He was one of the first guitarists to purposely use the effects of distortion in his playing. Reported to have been an unassuming man in private (once married to Dorothy Mae Good, with whom he had three children&nbsp;— a son and two daughters); however, he had serious, and ultimately fatal, drinking problems.<ref name="AMG"/>
He was born in [[Cherry Valley, Arkansas|Cherry Valley]], [[Arkansas]].<ref name="Dead"/> He recorded at [[Sun Studios]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], serving as a sideman for [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[James Cotton]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Bobby Bland]] and other artists.<ref name="Dead"/> Hare was one of the first guitarists to purposely use the effects of [[distortion (music)|distortion]] in his playing.<ref name="AMG"/>


In 1951, he joined a [[blues]] [[Musical ensemble|band]] formed by [[Junior Parker]], called Little Junior's Blue Flames.<ref>''Beale Streeters'' http://www.pbs.org/theblues/roadtrip/mem-louissongs.html Retrieved 08/26/07</ref> He played the [[electric guitar]] solo on "[[Mystery Train|Love My Baby]]" (1953), which later inspired the [[rockabilly]] style.<ref name="gillett1984">{{cite book|last=Gillett|first=Charlie|title=The sound of the city: the rise of rock and roll|year=1984|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|location=New York|isbn=0394726383|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lkwUAQAAIAAJ|edition=Rev.|accessdate=6 July 2012|quote="Love My Baby" in particular featured some blistering guitar playing by Pat Hare, which inspired the rockabilly style discussed elsewhere.}}</ref> One of their biggest hits was "[[Next Time You See Me]]"<ref name="Vera">{{Cite book | last = Vera | first = Billy | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Junior's Blues &ndash; The Duke Recordings Volume One (liner notes) | publisher = Duke/MCA | series = | volume = | edition = | date = 1992 | location = | page = 4&ndash;5 | language = | url = | doi = | id = MCAD-10669 | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref> which in 1957 reached #5 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard R&B]] charts and #74 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] pop chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{Cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Top R&B Singles 1942&ndash;1988 | publisher = Record Research, Inc | date = 1988 | location = | page = 319 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-89820-068-7}}</ref>
He recorded a version of the early 1940s [[Doctor Clayton]] song "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" on May 14, 1954, which has since been released on the 1990 [[Rhino Records]] [[compilation album]], ''Blue Flames: A Sun Blues Collection''. According to the album liner notes, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby", "is doubly morbid because he did just that in 1962 and spent the last 16 years of his life in prison", before succumbing to [[lung cancer]] in 1980. He also murdered a policeman sent to investigate.


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At the time of his arrest, he was playing in the blues band of [[Muddy Waters]]. He was replaced in the band by guitarist [[James "Pee Wee" Madison]].<ref name=gordon>{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Robert|title=Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters|year=2003|publisher=Back Bay Books|isbn=0-316-16494-1|pages=202–203}}</ref>
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His [[guitar solo]] on James Cotton's [[electric blues]] record "Cotton Crop Blues" (1954) was the first record to use heavily distorted [[power chord]]s, anticipating elements of [[heavy metal music]]. According to [[Robert Palmer (writer)|Robert Palmer]]: "Rarely has a grittier, nastier, more ferocious electric guitar sound been captured on record, before or since, and Hare's repeated use of a rapid series of two downward-modulating power chords, the second of which is allowed to hang menacingly in the air, is a kind of hook or structural glue. [...] The first heavy metal record? I'd say yes, with tongue only slightly in cheek."<ref name="palmer"/> The other side of the single was "Hold Me in Your Arms"; both songs "featured a guitar sound so overdriven that with the historical distance of several decades, it now sounds like a direct line to the coarse, distorted tones favored by modern [[rock music|rock]] players." According to [[Allmusic]], "what is now easily attainable by 16-year-old kids on modern-day [[Effects unit|effects pedals]] just by stomping on a switch, Hare was accomplishing with his fingers and turning the volume knob on his Sears & Roebuck cereal-box-sized [[guitar amplifier|amp]] all the way to the right until the speaker was screaming."<ref name="AMG"/>


Reported to have been an unassuming man in private (once married to Dorothy Mae Good, with whom he had three children&nbsp;— a son and two daughters); however, he had serious, and ultimately fatal, drinking problems.<ref name="AMG"/> Shortly after the "Cotton Crop Blues" recording, he recorded a version of the early 1940s [[Doctor Clayton]] song "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" on May 14, 1954, which has since been released on the 1990 [[Rhino Records]] [[compilation album]], ''Blue Flames: A Sun Blues Collection''. The record also features power chords, which remains "most fundamental in modern rock" as "the basic structure for riff-building in heavy metal bands." According to [[Robert Palmer (writer)|Robert Palmer]], the song is "as heavy metal as it gets."<ref name="palmer"/> According to the album liner notes, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby", "is doubly morbid because he did just that" in 1962 after a [[domestic violence|domestic dispute]] and also murdered a policeman sent to investigate. At the time of his arrest, he was playing in the blues band of [[Muddy Waters]]. He was replaced in the band by guitarist [[James "Pee Wee" Madison]].<ref name=gordon>{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Robert|title=Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters|year=2003|publisher=Back Bay Books|isbn=0-316-16494-1|pages=202–203}}</ref><ref name="AMG"/> Hare spent the last 16 years of his life in prison, before succumbing to [[lung cancer]] in 1980. He died in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="Dead"/>
Hare died in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="Dead"/>


==References==
==References==
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Pat Hare
Birth nameAuburn Hare
Born(1930-12-20)December 20, 1930
Cherry Valley, Arkansas, United States
DiedSeptember 26, 1980(1980-09-26) (aged 49)
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
GenresElectric blues, Memphis blues,[1] rock and roll, proto-heavy metal[2]
Occupation(s)Singer, guitarist, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, electric guitar
Years activeEarly 1950s–1962
LabelsSun Records

Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 - September 26, 1980)[3] was an American electric Memphis blues guitarist and singer.[1] His heavily distorted, power chord-driven electric guitar music in the early 1950s is considered an important precursor to heavy metal music.[2] His guitar work with Little Junior's Blue Flames had a major influence on the rockabilly style,[4] while his guitar playing on blues records by artists such as Muddy Waters was influential among 1960s British Invasion blues rock bands such as The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds.[2]

Biography

He was born in Cherry Valley, Arkansas.[3] He recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland and other artists.[3] Hare was one of the first guitarists to purposely use the effects of distortion in his playing.[1]

In 1951, he joined a blues band formed by Junior Parker, called Little Junior's Blue Flames.[5] He played the electric guitar solo on "Love My Baby" (1953), which later inspired the rockabilly style.[4] One of their biggest hits was "Next Time You See Me"[6] which in 1957 reached #5 on the Billboard R&B charts and #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.[7]

His guitar solo on James Cotton's electric blues record "Cotton Crop Blues" (1954) was the first record to use heavily distorted power chords, anticipating elements of heavy metal music. According to Robert Palmer: "Rarely has a grittier, nastier, more ferocious electric guitar sound been captured on record, before or since, and Hare's repeated use of a rapid series of two downward-modulating power chords, the second of which is allowed to hang menacingly in the air, is a kind of hook or structural glue. [...] The first heavy metal record? I'd say yes, with tongue only slightly in cheek."[2] The other side of the single was "Hold Me in Your Arms"; both songs "featured a guitar sound so overdriven that with the historical distance of several decades, it now sounds like a direct line to the coarse, distorted tones favored by modern rock players." According to Allmusic, "what is now easily attainable by 16-year-old kids on modern-day effects pedals just by stomping on a switch, Hare was accomplishing with his fingers and turning the volume knob on his Sears & Roebuck cereal-box-sized amp all the way to the right until the speaker was screaming."[1]

Reported to have been an unassuming man in private (once married to Dorothy Mae Good, with whom he had three children — a son and two daughters); however, he had serious, and ultimately fatal, drinking problems.[1] Shortly after the "Cotton Crop Blues" recording, he recorded a version of the early 1940s Doctor Clayton song "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" on May 14, 1954, which has since been released on the 1990 Rhino Records compilation album, Blue Flames: A Sun Blues Collection. The record also features power chords, which remains "most fundamental in modern rock" as "the basic structure for riff-building in heavy metal bands." According to Robert Palmer, the song is "as heavy metal as it gets."[2] According to the album liner notes, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby", "is doubly morbid because he did just that" in 1962 after a domestic dispute and also murdered a policeman sent to investigate. At the time of his arrest, he was playing in the blues band of Muddy Waters. He was replaced in the band by guitarist James "Pee Wee" Madison.[8][1] Hare spent the last 16 years of his life in prison, before succumbing to lung cancer in 1980. He died in St. Paul, Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Koda, Cub. "Pat Hare". Allmusic. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Robert Palmer, "Church of the Sonic Guitar", pp. 13-38 in Anthony DeCurtis, Present Tense, Duke University Press, 1992, pp. 24-27. ISBN 0-8223-1265-4.
  3. ^ a b c d Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed January 2010
  4. ^ a b Gillett, Charlie (1984). The sound of the city: the rise of rock and roll (Rev. ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0394726383. Retrieved 6 July 2012. "Love My Baby" in particular featured some blistering guitar playing by Pat Hare, which inspired the rockabilly style discussed elsewhere.
  5. ^ Beale Streeters http://www.pbs.org/theblues/roadtrip/mem-louissongs.html Retrieved 08/26/07
  6. ^ Vera, Billy (1992). Junior's Blues – The Duke Recordings Volume One (liner notes). Duke/MCA. p. 4–5. MCAD-10669. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 319. ISBN 0-89820-068-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Gordon, Robert (2003). Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters. Back Bay Books. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-316-16494-1.

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