This is my first ever entry. I need some suggestions to help improve, espcially concerning the format/style. Thanks! Cacophony
- Try looking around wikipedia for other great articles on musicians and emulate those. Strive to reach the impossible ideal as discussed in Wikipedia:The_perfect_article. Especially the part regarding citing your sources in a 'References' section or similar. If you haven't used any, that would be a great start, to research and add more material. Also consider adding a 'See also' section to link to similar articles. Wikipedia's best articles have a freely licensed image reflecting the topic too. HTH - Taxman 19:38, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Needs a picture, ideally a photo of Hardin performing. Needs a category. The opening paragraph needs to explain why he is worth writing about. What is his significance? Was he a virtuoso? Innovative? Popular? The rest of the article should back this up. Did he influence other musicians? What is his legacy? Gdr 11:30, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
There is lots more stuff you could include: He married Susan Moore, before (or possibly after?) he wrote "Suite for Susan Moore" She was the main star of The Young Marrieds, a soap opera which was the highest rated show on TV then
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There is controversy about that song. Some say that its heroine, Susan Moore, was Tim Hardin's wife, although her real name was Morss, and she was from Vermont. Others say the song was written in Greenwich Village before he knew her, and the name was a coincidence. In 1970 Hardin recorded an album for Columbia called "Suite for Susan Moore." It was produced by Gary Klein, the same man who would produce "John R. Cash." He would also record a very powerful version of Leonard Cohen's "Bird On the Wire." Hardin would appear at Woodstock, but descended into a sad world and died December 29, 1980 in Los Angeles at age 39, of a heroin overdose. It was never established if it was intentional or not, but it is said that he had earned $22 million in his lifetime, and lost every penny of it--along with his wife and family--by the time he died.
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His influence is far wider than the article suggests. Check this page:
http://www.coversproject.com/artist/Tim+Hardin
His best songs have a wounded vulnerability about them, suggesting some unknown hurt in early childhood. The third most frequently-recorded cover is "Hang on to a Dream", which you don't even mention. It's his best song I think. It was also sung by Graham Parker in concert, but he never recorded it. Please mention Johnny Cash's cover.