March 30, 2020
[Note: Hal passed on November 23, 2020 . Here is an obituary from ROLLING STONE ]
Friends, Some of the best recordings I was ever involved with producing were with Hal Ketchum (co-produced with Allen Reynolds). Songs like “Small Town Saturday Night,” “Past The Point of Rescue,” “Mama Knows The Highway,””Five O’Clock World,” Hal’s own “I Know Where Love Lives” and “Someplace Far Away” sound as fresh today as when they were recorded nearly 30 years ago. All of those vocals were cut live. Hal gave every song everything he had. Today Hal is battling illness on several fronts and has finally had to stop performing.
Note: To help Hal with his mounting medical bills, there was a sold-out tribute concert this weekend for Hal at the famous Gruene Hall.was also a successful Go-Fund-Me campaign.
To listen/download the Rooney Royalton Radio show dedicated to Hal click here.
