a r t i s t : Bruce Haack And Ted Pandel
t i t l e : Ebenezer Electric
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : king
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2007
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 29,2 MB
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Bruce Clinton Haack was born May 4, 1931 in Nordegg or
Saunders Creek in the Province of Alberta, Canada.
The area is on the eastern slopes of the Canadian rockies just
west of Rocky Mountain house where Bruce's family later moved
to. Bruce's father Clark Russell Haack (born in Montevideo,
Minnesota)was an accountant for the Brazeau Collieries, and
his mother whose maiden name was Bertha Ann Bell (from Novra,
Mannitoba) was a schoolteacher.
According to Bruce his life as a young child was isolated and
somewhat lonely. There were no easily travelled roads into our
out of the mining town and the main event was a train that
came into the town once a week to pickup coal.One early
recollection that Bruce shared is of a light that is always
glowing in front of a mining supply store. Small picture of
the house where Bruce was born at bottom of album cover. Note:
File size is 200 KB.
He also said we in New York City didn't know the meaning of
the word SNOW!
Bruce was very proud of his Canadian roots and of his parents.
After arriving in New York City in 1954 he only returned to
the Rocky Mountain House area for visits.
Bruce showed musical abilities at a very early age at the
familiy piano apparenly picking out melodies at the piano at
age 3 or 4.
By age 12 he was giving piano lessons and later organized
country & western bands. Later he used "country" music
harmonic and rhythmic patterns in many of his records for
children (which were really for adults also).
Bruce applied to the University of Alberta in Edmonton to
study music he was rejected because he couldn't notate, or
write down, music well enough.
Instead of music he studied and received his degree in
psychology at Edmonton. During his University days in Edmonton
he wrote and taped music for theatre productions, had a band
and also a weekly radio show. Bruce met Charles Laughton who
introduced the idea of going to New York City.
After graduation from Edmonton he received a Canadian
government scholarship to attend the Julliard School in New
York City to study composition with Vincent Persichetti. A
tape was sent of a composition of Bruces to Juilliard that
somehow led to the scholarship. What composition that was
submitted is not known.
In 1954 Bruce arrived in New York City in as he put it, "with
a chicken sandwhich and 60 dollars".
The change from Alberta and Edmonton to New York City must
have been radical to say the least.
He dropped out of Julliard's composition program in 8 months.
But his musical efforts were to continue full force after
Julliard.
(http://www.brucehaack.com)
(http://www.brucehaack.com/ebenezer.asp)
(http://www.discogs.com/release/323069)
(http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/brucehaack/index.html)
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01-Introduction [00:59]
02-Pro-Log [01:24]
03-Ebenezer [03:13]
04-Oo-Bah-Humbug [03:12]
05-The Ghost Of Christmas Past [03:29]
06-Written In The Snow [02:44]
07-I Like Christmas [04:20]
08-The Ghost With The Most [04:27]
09-God Bless Us, Every One [02:35]
10-Goodnight Elephant [04:15]
11-Christmas Eve [02:18]
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32:56 min