crazy amy

I am from Minneapolis and write songs and sing. Hasil Adkins and I were engaged until his passing in 2005. Hasil was one of the most spiritual people I've ever known. Ours was a spiritual connection. He always put his Lord first. Hasil loved making people happy with his music. He was a sensitive romantic and a raging wildman. He really did love to eat raw meat, but he also loved tomatoes and ate them by the case. He liked his beer and pop warm. Hasil loved living chickens as much as the chickens on his plate. He adored watching baby chicks, he called "biddies", hop around his yard. He loved all animals. He really loved children and old people. He liked hamburgers but didn't have much use for the bun. He loved KFC and Tudor's Biscuit World...the best fast food chain anywhere. Hasil loved all his friends and his family. He was reclusive much of the time, but that didn't stop him from smiling and dialing. Hasil loved to talk on the phone and he loved the coal train that runs just on the other side of the river outside his trailer. He would hold the phone up in the air and scream, "Do you hear my choo-choo?" and scream for the engineer to blow the whistle while laughing like a maniac. I loved hearing that train whistle and listening to him get excited about the train the same as when he was a little kid. Hasil never called his place a "holler". He always called it "the bottom". Whatever it is, it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Hasil loved his home despite the fact that it was a difficult existence. Hasil was a genius. He was the greatest guitar player. What he was able to achieve was monumental given the fact that he came from the back hills of Boone County, West Virginia and only attended four days of school in his life. I am incredibly proud of him. If you don't know who Hasil Adkins was, get with the program!! Hasil and I wrote quite a few songs about each other. Here are some of my songs about him. My friends Paul Metzger, Elaine Evans, and Adam Oliansky helped me record these songs. I posted some pictures of Hasil and his guitars here. Please pray for Hasil. Thank you!