Hank Edwards (With Hal Peters And His Trio) – In the Silence of the Night
Goofin Records GOOFY 533 [1992]
In the Silence of the Night – I Wish I Has a Nickel
Another case of “wrong time, wrong place”. Had Hank Edward come from the USA and been active in the late 40’s/early 50’s, he would have shared the stage of the Opry or the Hayride with Hank Williams or some other great names of the time. Instead he comes from Sweden and began releasing records in the 80’s for an audience of fine connoisseurs.
This honky-tonk single, released on Goofin, sounds like it came straight out of the 1950s. Everything about it is near perfect: the songs (an Hank Edwards original on the A-side and a Hank Williams cover, which some may have discovered as “Tell Me Little Darlin'” on the Riverside Trio’s first album – on the B-side), the vocals, and the accompaniment provided by the ever-excellent Hal Peters and his trio.
Fred “Virgil” Turgis
