'Little Criminal'
Albums
It's no secret that my absolute music hero is Oscar, Grammy, Emmy
& Golden Globe winner Randy Newman. The Little Criminals are a bunch
of erudite, wonderful, kind-hearted loonies who support Randy and, amongst other
things, have produced their own albums.; two of which I am proud to
be a part of. They are:
The album: 'Maybe We're Singing It Wrong'
'Maybe We're Singing It Wrong' album cover. Artwork by Pulitzer
Prize winner Jim Morin
It's a double album of Randy covers - the last being a previously unreleased track by Randy himself, so a must of you're a fan. On it is my primitive version of 'God's Song':
Listen to God's Song by Randy Newman - piano & vocals by Haze 
The Little Criminals still go on and Randy thanked us all
on the sleevenotes of his last album (posh!). Randy and his manager,
the lovely Cathy Kerr, are very kind and sweet people. I didn't realise
when I recorded this that it's his favourite of his own songs so I was
absolutely drenching my 'Tenalady' catch-the dribbles-when-you-cough-pads
when I found out and knew he'd hear it. I hadn't been well enough to
sing for years at this time - a lot of the time I was too weak even to
speak (much to everyone's relief) and got someone to come to my home
and try out their new recording equipment. I was still too weak to sing
and play and sing all the way through and, no kidding, had to have a
long lie down between the verse and the chorus. The quality is poor
but it marks a point for me when I was returning to the land of the
living and the wonderful Little Criminals and music were so important
to my, albeit limited, resurrection. The producer, the indomitable
Susan McTigue, got Randy to sign copies of the album for each
of the contributers. He'd written on mine: "Haze - A truly great
job. Hope to see you again soon. You made me a believer. Love, Randy."
Now I know it's not cool to boast and he was hardly likely to write:
"Haze - that was a big pile of shit and I'm suing you," and
I will confess to other endorsements from big famousies from my gigging
days, but the Randy one is the only one that matters, ironically at
I time when I was broken and negated, and I confess I flaunt it...so
yah, boo sucks. 
SEE DETAILS & BUY HERE
The album: 'Crime
Doesn't Pay'
'Crime Doesn't Pay' album cover. Artwork, again,
by Jim
Morin.
Produced by Ralph H. this features the Little Criminal's own works. I have two tracks on it: Cocoon & Liverpool Lazarus (see previous page for track downloads & details). SEE DETAILS & BUY HERE
The album: 'Mama
Told Me Not To Sing'
'Mama
Told Me Not To Sing' album cover. Artwork, again,
by Jim
Morin.
The first of the Little Criminal Albums (this one sans Haze). More great covers of Randy tunes by them, including a previously unreleased track performed by Randy himself. Produced by Queen of The Little Criminals: Joan Manners. SEE DETAILS & BUY HERE