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Infobox musical artist | name = James Timothy Hardin| image = TheBestOfTimHardin.jpg| caption = Cover of "The Best of Tim Hardin", 1969| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = James Timothy Hardin| alias = Tim Hardin| birth_date = birth date|1941|12|23|mf=y|birth_place = Eugene, Oregon , United States|U.S. | death_date = death date and age|1980|12|29|1941|12|23|death_place = Los Angeles, California , United States|U.S. | origin =| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano| genre = Folk music|Folk | occupation = Singer, songwriter| years_active = 1965–1980| label = Verve Records|Verve , Columbia Records|Columbia | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = James Timothy "Tim" Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980)cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 243 was an United States|American folk music|folk musician and composer . He wrote the Top 40 hit record|hits " If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If I Were a Carpenter ", covered by, among others, Bobby Darin , Joan Baez , Johnny Cash , The Four Tops , and Robert Plant ; his song " Reason to Believe " has been covered by by many artists, including Rod Stewart (who had a chart hit with the song). Hardin is also known for his own sound recording and reproduction|recording career.
Early life and career
Hardin was born in Eugene, Oregon and attended South Eugene High School . He dropped out of high school at age 18 to join the United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps . He spent part of 1959 in Vietnam as a military advisor.Citation needed|date=December 2009 Hardin is said to have discovered heroin in Vietnam.cite book| last = Brend| first = Mark| authorlink = | coauthors = | title = American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the '60s| publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation| year = 2001 | pages = 176| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=4oVAHxwYZx8C& pg=PA81& lpg=PA81& dq=%22susan+morss%22+hardin& source=web& ots=JP48IvRvQN& sig=ftDEpHImkweRvAUNdIqanIOWrr4& hl=en#PPA81,M1 | isbn = 978-0-87930-641-0
After his discharge he moved to New York City in 1961, where he briefly attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . He was dismissed because of truancy and began to focus on his musical career by performing around Greenwich Village , mostly in a blues style. http://www.zipcon.net/~highroad/hardinbi.htm Rough Guide to Rock, Tim Hardin biography Accessed July 2009
After moving to Boston, Massachusetts|Boston in 1963 he was discovered by the record producer Erik Jacobsen (later the producer for The Lovin' Spoonful ), who arranged a meeting with Columbia Records .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1998|pure_url=yes Unterberger, Richie Allmusic biography entry. Accessed July 2009 In 1964 he moved back to Greenwich Village to record for his contract with Columbia. The resulting recordings were not released and Columbia terminated Hardin's recording contract . http://www.richieunterberger.com/lovin.html Unterberger, Richie. ''Turn, Turn, Turn: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. 2002. Backbeat Books Retrieved December 2009.
After moving to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California in 1965, he met actress Susan Morss (known professionally as Susan Yardley), http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/said_the_guests_will.php Said the Gramophone: Said the Guests: Will Robinson Sheff and moved back to New York with her. He signed to the Verve Forecast label, and produced his first authorized album, Tim Hardin 1 in 1966 which contained " Reason To Believe " and the ballad "Misty Roses" which did receive Top 40 radio play.
Tim Hardin 2 was released in 1967 and contained " If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If I Were a Carpenter ".
An album entitled This is Tim Hardin , featuring covers of " House of the Rising Sun ", Fred Neil 's "Blues on the Ceilin'" and Willie Dixon 's " Hoochie Coochie Man ", among others, appeared in 1967, on the Atco Records|Atco label. The liner notes indicate the songs were recorded in 1963–1964, well prior to the release of Tim Hardin 1 by Verve Records. Tim Hardin 3 Live in Concert , released in 1968, was a collection of live recordings along with re-makes of previous songs; it was followed by Tim Hardin 4 , another collection of blues-influenced tracks believed to date from the same period as This is Tim Hardin .
In 1969, Hardin again signed with Columbia and had one of his few commercial successes, as a non-LP single of Bobby Darin 's "Simple Song of Freedom" reached the US Top 50. Hardin did not tour in support of this single and a heroin Substance dependence|addiction and glossophobia|stage fright made his live performances erratic.Citation needed|date=January 2010 Also in 1969 he appeared at the Woodstock Festival where he sang his " If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If I Were a Carpenter " song solo, as well as a full set of his music while backed by a band that included drummer Muruga Booker .
He recorded three albums for Columbia— Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One ; Bird on a Wire (Tim Hardin album)|Bird on a Wire ; and Painted Head .
In 1973, Hardin appeared on stage with Harry Chapin as part of Chapin's concert in Potsdam (town), New York|Potsdam , New York . They jammed on a blues riff that survives in a bootleg recording. Some of the topics covered in the seven-minute long jam include drug use, travel and death. In Chapin's introduction, he makes reference to Hardin's participation as a session musician on his first two albums.Citation needed|date=January 2010
Later work and death
During the following years Hardin moved between England and the U.S. His heroin addiction had taken control of his life by the time his last album, Nine (Tim Hardin album)|Nine , was released on GM Records in the UK in 1973 (the album did not see a US release until it appeared on Antilles Records in 1976).
He sold his writers' rights in the late 1970s.
Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose in 1980, http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=U3rJxPYT32MC& pg=PA364& dq=%22Tim+Hardin%22+dead+OR+death+OR+died& cd=7#v=onepage& q=%22Tim%20Hardin%22%20dead%20OR%20death%20OR%20died& f=false The guide to United States popular culture By Pat Browne. p. 364 and his remains are buried in the Twin Oaks Cemetery in Turner, Oregon|Turner , Oregon .
Discography
1966: Tim Hardin 1 (Verve Forecast FT/FTS 3004)
1967: Tim Hardin 2 (Verve Forecast FT/FTS 3022)
1967: This Is Tim Hardin (demos recorded 1963/64) (ATCO 33-210)
1968: Tim Hardin 3 Live in Concert (Verve Forecast FTS 3049)
1969: Tim Hardin 4 (Verve Forecast FTS 3064)
1969: The Best of Tim Hardin (Verve Forecast FTS3078)
1969: Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One (Columbia CS 9787)cite web
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1971: Bird on a Wire (Tim Hardin album)|Bird on a Wire (Columbia CK-30551)
1972: Painted Head (Columbia CK-31764)
1973: Nine (Tim Hardin album)|Nine (Antilles AN-7023)
1981: Unforgiven (Tim Hardin album)|Unforgiven (San Francisco Sound SFS 10810)
1981: The Tim Hardin Memorial Album (Polygram PD-1-6333)
1981: The Shock of Grace (CBS Columbia PC37164)
1981: The Homecoming Concert (Line LICD 9.00040)
1990: Reason to Believe (The Best Of) (Polydor 833954)
1994: Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings (Polydor 521583)
1996: Simple Songs of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection (Legacy /Sony 64858)
2000: Person to Person: The Essential, Classic Hardin 1963–1980 (Raven)
2002: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tim Hardin (Polydor)
2002: Black Sheep Boy: An Introduction to Tim Hardin (Universal International)
2007: Through the Years 1964–1966 (Lilith)
Covers of Hardin songs
"Black Sheep Boy" - Okkervil River (band)|Okkervil River on their concept album Black Sheep Boy , Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker on his album Scott 2 , Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller on Volume Nine , the ninth issue of Volume magazine .
" Don't Make Promises " - Helen Reddy on her album ''I Don't Know How to Love Him , Three Dog Night on their eponymous Three Dog Night (album)|first album , Bobby Darin , The Kingston Trio , Gary Puckett & The Union Gap , Rick Nelson Scottish singer Tam White, a 1969 single on Deram Records, Chris Smither on Drive You Home Again , Joan Baez on her 1995 live Ring Them Bells album.
"Eulogy to Lenny Bruce" - Nico , on her debut solo album, Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl , Damon and Naomi on their album Damon and Naomi with Ghost .
"How Can We Hang On To A Dream? " - Echo & the Bunnymen , on their Avalanche EP ; The Nice , on their Nice (The Nice album)|self-titled third album and Elegy (The Nice album)|Elegy (in both cases as "Hang On to a Dream"), Rudy Bennett in the film Zoeken naar Eileen (film)|Zoeken naar Eileen , Emerson, Lake & Palmer 's on the 4-disc retrospective The Return of the Manticore ; Gandalf (American band)|Gandalf on their eponymous debut (appearing as "Hang on to a Dream").
" If I Were A Carpenter (song)|If I Were A Carpenter " - Wes Carr , Stan Webb 's Chicken Shack , Bobby Darin , Johnny Cash and June Carter , The Four Tops , Leon Russell , Rod Stewart , Doc Watson , Joan Baez (as "If You Were a Carpenter"), Cornelis Vreeswijk , The Nice , Small Faces , Robert Plant , Leonard Nimoy , John Holt (singer)|John Holt , Smile (band) , Bob Seger , Leslie West , and Ramblin' Jack Elliot .
"The Lady Came from Baltimore" - Joan Baez, Bobby Darin (single), Scott Walker on his album Scott (album)|Scott , Jesse Malin , Lloyd Cole , John Stewart (folk musician)|John Stewart on his "Neon Beach" live album, and Bob Dylan (performed live but never released on record)
"Red Balloon" - Rick Nelson , Small Faces, Kula Shaker .
"Shiloh Town" - Mark Lanegan on his fourth solo album '' I'll Take Care of You .
"Never Too Far" - Wally Tax, member of The Outsiders (Dutch band)|The Outsiders on his solo album The Entertainer , and Gandalf (American band)|Gandalf on their eponymous debut.
"You Got a Reputation" aka "Reputation" - The Association , The Byrds (recorded during the Sweetheart of the Rodeo sessions and eventually released some 22 years later on The Byrds (box set)|The Byrds box set in 1990) and Gram Parsons (on Another Side of This Life: The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons ).
"You Upset the Grace of Living" - Gandalf (American band)|Gandalf on their eponymous debut.
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