Fire (1994)
I recently decided to put my head down and finish acquiring all of the Karl Hendricks Trio full lengths that were released on vinyl. I've had these CDs forever, but never really committed to snagging all of the vinyl. I've now since corrected that and have a few of his records to write about in the coming weeks.
Sings About Misery and Women was wither the second or third Karl Hendricks Trio full length, depending on what you categorize Some Girls Like Cigarettes as. It was the first time the group had released an album on a moderately sized label as in the UK this came out on Fire records. I'm not exactly sure whether or not that made a huge difference for the band as it has never felt that Karl and company really got their due for being as great as they are.
This album is another prime example of that, song after song of powerful music, with Karls bitter, but never defeated lyrics. Even though his subject matter tended to focus on some of the down times in one's life, there was always a little bit of unflinching optimism peppered through everything. Glad to have finally picked this one up on vinyl.
The Karl Hendricks Trio - Sings About Misery and Women:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJe9d3AI9Sz8LI3_mPpf949EOX-JyPxuY
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