![]() ![]() His upbringing in the isolated mining town of Rocky Mountain House in Alberta, Canada, gave Haack plenty of time to develop his musical gifts. This musical vision appeared at age four, when Haack started picking out melodies on his family's piano by age 12, he gave piano lessons and played in country & western bands as a teen. Followers like Luke Vibert and Add N to X championed his unique musical vision, which embraced concepts like "powerlove" and turned household appliances into synthesizers and modulators. Haack's innovations and desire to teach still sound fresh, making his music a favorite with fans of analog synths and esoteric recordings. Despite - or perhaps because of - his intended audience, his music was unusually expressive, combining homemade analog synths classical, country, pop, and rock elements and surreal, idealistic lyrics. ![]() ![]() Bruce Haack, born on May 4, 1931, was one of the most musically and lyrically inventive children's songwriters of the '60s and '70s. ![]()
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