Jazz Articles about John Hasbrouck

John Hasbrouck: Ice Cream

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2003

John Hasbrouck is more Jorma Kaukonen than Leo Kottke, more John Fahey than Peter Lang, more Stephan Grossman than Kelly Joe Phelps. The edge that Mr. Hasbrouck has over about everyone else mentioned is that he is not so overly reverent as to suffocate the music (I cite his kooky “House of the Rising Sun" as the example).

Mr. Hasbrouck might be best compared to Charlie Patton. He is a songster, as opposed to a blues musician. Patton ...