Hank C. Burnette - "Jag Väntar Vid Min Mila"

Surprise, surprise!! The first ever song throughout my entire career that I dare to put up that is sung in SWEDISH!!!! I sadly erased this one from the
original reel-to-reel tape by mistake when I sold my pro studio in 1984, but last year I found a copy of it on a badly damaged cassette tape! I've since restored it the best way possible with the help of the digital gear I have now to make it listenable again (although it still have it's spots of clearly noticeable drop-outs, some hiss and 'unstable' fluttering sound, which was impossible to get rid of). The song itself was written as far back as 1915 by one of Sweden's most famous poets of all time, Daniel "Dan" Andersson (born April 6th, 1888 and died September 16th, 1920).
If my memory serves me right, I must've recorded this one in the early '70s, or perhaps towards the mid '70s. The synthesizer like sound heard is
really coming from a Multivox electric piano (manufactured and distributed by St. Louis Music in the USA) which I imported as a 'merchandise sample' from the U.S. in the mid '60s from a firm called Claude Breton Exports in New York. The rest of the instruments on the recording must've
been my Kay flat-top acoustic and the now infamous Hagström 'plank'! You English speaking Tubers won't understand a single word of what I'm
singing about here, I reckon (but I'd be grateful if you could lend an ear or two to the music, which is pretty nice, I think), so I'm pointing this at you
Scandinavians out there and hope you may get at least a little bit of thrill out of this unusual 'sidestep' in my long and illustrious career, OK?!

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[Ollischniepel]

Great!! Not the stupid covers! I like your covers, but who needs it?

[burnette44]

@Ollischniepel Thanks for the write up, but...WHO NEEDS IT? I'm not sure I grasp what you mean here, but you tell me! It happens to be one of my favorite Swedish FOLK SONGS, written by one of the greatest poets this country has ever produced, Dan Andersson! But, naturally, my rock background has changed it around and made it into yet another of my very own versions! I hate copy cat covers (as you should know by now), which in my musical book is a total waste of time, not to mention talent!!

[rahbek95]

Jag klagar inte och ja vill inte framstå som att jag jävlas med dig men ja undrar en sak, När spelar i dina låtar har du förmörkat rösten då eller är det din naturliga röst?

[burnette44]

Det är till 100% min NATURLIGA röst och något 'trixande' med elektroniska gadgets förekommer överhuvudtaget INTE på någon av mina inspelningar!!!! ROCK ON!!

Hank C...

[deltae400]

hey....you are a icon in Swedish rockn roll.You are in every Swedish cruising american cars....

Your music is just awesume.....thanks Just love the Swedish song

[burnette44]

Thanks a lot, buddy!!!! As you probably already know...I love fast music and fast cars (there's nothing like the roar of a V8 on full blast!!) and am really blessed to have friends like you!! Stay Wild & have a great weekend!! Hank C...

[irinkaification]

WHO NEEDS IT??? A very strange question. I, YES I NEED IT!!!!! I NEED THIS SONG OH SO MUCH!!! MY EARS NEED IT!!! MY HEART NEEDS IT!!! AND MY SOUL NEEDS IT!!! I LIVE ON SUCH SONGS, mind it!!! I DRINK IT, INHALE IT...IT'S MY EVERYDAY MEAL...THE BEST FOOD EVER!!! OMG!!! I don't understand a word...so what? It means nothing. THE MELODY...THE SOUL OF THE SONG...THE AWESOME VOICE, THE BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE... is it not enough TO LLLLOVE IT??? IT'S AWESSSSOME, AWESSSOME!!!

[hotdog4sex]

Hank is king

[burnette44]

Yes, my lovely, it's an old Swedish folk song, touched up by yours truly with a bit of rock influences in it! I found it by accident on an old cassette and thought it might be appropriate to upload it! Thanks a lot for the kind comments, by the way, it's always nice to hear from you!! Hank C...

[burnette44]

Det gäller att våga ibland och just den här låten råkade jag hitta på en gammal kassett, tillsammans med ett gäng andra Dan Andersson och Nils Ferlin-låtar (det norrländska svårmodet kryper fram, antar jag, har alltid gillat mollbetonade ballader med litet rockstuk över sig!). Får se om jag vågar lägga upp nå't mer på svenska!

Tack för omdömet, förresten, det värmde verkligen i vinterkylan!!!! Hank C...

[burnette44]

Vad ska man säga? Ni grabbar i cruising-svängen (?) vet sannerligen en hel del om musik (ha, ha!) och allt jag kan göra är att buga och bocka och...(se repliken till 'cruising84'). Utan er skulle jag förmodligen ha lagt av för evigheter sedan, men nu gäller det att hålla lågan och gitarrsamlingen vid liv! Det är ju oerhört inspirerande att få tillmälen av det här slaget, så här gäller det onekligen att lägga på ytterligare ett kol, det må bära eller brista, ha, ha! Hank C...