Here's some of my favorite oddities in Music, Literature, Movies and more for your perusal and edification. Hope you enjoy them! I do.



Monday, May 10, 2010

Unknown Hinson

You knows you wantsta go see Unknown Hinson! Troubadour of Country Music, Master of Western Swing and every girls nightmare of Worst Blind Date Ever. Womerns everywhere know Unknown, probly a reason for the sharp increase in deadbolt lock and pepper spray sales. Although some find he has a certain charm. And hey, he really IS a world-class guitarist, baby. Oh, I thinks you'll like this CD, if'n you just give it a chance...

Here's Wiki to explain everything again:

Stuart Daniel Baker, better known by his stage name, Unknown Hinson, is a comedic country musician, songwriter, and voice actor on the Adult Swim cartoon Squidbillies. Baker has carefully cultivated his alter-ego. Much like Andy Kaufman's alter-ego, Tony Clifton, Unknown Hinson never breaks character in public and adamantly denies having any connection to Danny Baker.

Unknown Hinson, dressed in his signature rodeo tailor coat and black ribbon necktie, is a dark parody of the country western stars from the early/mid 20th century. With his glued on sideburns, blacked out front teeth, and dark hair slicked back to reveal a prominent widows peak, he has been referred to as the "hillbilly vampire."
The self-proclaimed "king of country-western troubadours" speaks and sings with an authentic southern drawl, commonly pronouncing words like woman "womern," and window "winder."
Hinson's personality is that of a hell-raising and hard-drinking country western singer with a preference for "party liquor," sexy women, and fine guitars.

Stuart Daniel Baker, a music teacher and studio musician from Albemarle, North Carolina, created his alter-ego for The Wild Wild South, a Charlotte area public-access program that featured comedy sketches and concert footage. Baker along with co-star Don Swan played the characters of Unknown Hinson and Rebel Helms. After Swan's death in 1995, Baker created "The Unknown Hinson Show", a direct spin-off of "The Wild Wild South". The Unknown Hinson Show won Creative Loafing's "Best Of" poll for Best Public-Access Television Show four years in a row.[3]
After the series ended, Baker continued in his role as Unknown Hinson, performing live concerts and releasing several recordings.

...I should mention that in these music clips, Unknown is playing EVERYTHING, all the instruments, backup vocals, the whole deal...









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