![]() I myself didn't have a girlfriend yet, that's why I decided to write about her. The first song I ever wrote was called Beth-Ann and was about a girl a friend of mine was in love with. brother Michael committed suicide at twenty-one.Foyt and Mario Andretti as the gods of his youth. And being from Indianapolis, home of one of the most famous Formula One races, it is not surprising that he still considers racers like J.A. He admired Elvis Presley, and among his other musical heroes were Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones and Howlin' Wolf. Because of these traumatic experiences John developed a high level of existential angst, one of the leitmotifs in his music.The atmosphere in the Hiatt-household - with seven childeren - was tense and to escape from it all John listened to the radio a lot. (On a lighter note: imagine John being a choir boy.) Two years later his father died. His mother Ruth and his father didn't have a happy marriage and Michael, who John worshipped, committed suicide at twenty-one (John was nine at that time), which must have been hard to cope with, especially because the Hiatt-family was Catholic. Although John is a very private person and does not like to talk about his personal life and past (except in his songs), it is known that his childhood was not alltogether a happy one. When he got sick, John's elder brother Michael took over the business. His father Robert, who stood model for one of John's most pungent songs about the American way of life, "Your Dad Did" (Bring the Family) was a kitchen cabinet and metal school locker salesman and not in very good health. John Robert Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on August 20th 1952. Mother "Ruth", father "Robert" and 6 brothers and sister ![]() John Hiatt unauthorized and based on facts and fiction from different sources.Īugust 20, John R Hiatt born in Indianapolis, indiana.
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