Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), k… Read Full Bio ↴Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), known professionally as Del Wood, was an American pianist.
Hendricks was born in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by the influences of early country music and the remaining vestiges of ragtime, particularly through the guitar pickers. She took up piano at age five, and played ragtime, gospel, and country music. Despite her parent's best efforts to encourage a direction towards classical music, the environment in Nashville, plus the early local programming on radio, convinced her that she wanted to play piano in the honky-tonk style. Her dream goal was the Grand Ole Opry, something she would realize in her early 30s.
Shortening her married name (Adelaide Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Wood began playing in bands and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After a decade of building repertoire and reputation, she spent some time as a staff pianist at WLBJ in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was there that she was heard playing "Down Yonder" among other pieces, which led to a gig with a recording group called Hugh `Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners. This led to the first of many recording sessions for the Tennessee Records label starting in 1951. "Down Yonder" soon became a national hit in both the country and pop categories in Billboard record charts, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She is probably the first female country solo instrumentalist to sell a million copies of a record.
This success was turned into appearances on the Grand Ole Opry starting in 1952, which led to an eventual full-time gig there in 1953, fulfilling her long-time dream. Two years later her fame culminated with a contract from RCA Victor Records, where she would make some of the first country/honky-tonk stereo recordings in the late 1950s. While nothing else that she put out had the same success as "Down Yonder", her offerings over the next decade were frequent and consistent. Wood gained the title, Queen of the Ragtime Pianists, sometimes shared with junior fellow plunker Jo Ann Castle. She was also divorced from her stage-namesake, Carson Hazelwood, during this period, but not before adopting a son they named Wesley.
During the Vietnam War, Wood was part of one of the Grand Ole Opry package tours that entertained troops overseas in 1968. Her recordings after the late 1960s were infrequent at best, but her appearances on the Opry continued until just before her death from a stroke on October 3, 1989 at the age of 69.
She was interred in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.
Hendricks was born in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by the influences of early country music and the remaining vestiges of ragtime, particularly through the guitar pickers. She took up piano at age five, and played ragtime, gospel, and country music. Despite her parent's best efforts to encourage a direction towards classical music, the environment in Nashville, plus the early local programming on radio, convinced her that she wanted to play piano in the honky-tonk style. Her dream goal was the Grand Ole Opry, something she would realize in her early 30s.
Shortening her married name (Adelaide Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Wood began playing in bands and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After a decade of building repertoire and reputation, she spent some time as a staff pianist at WLBJ in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was there that she was heard playing "Down Yonder" among other pieces, which led to a gig with a recording group called Hugh `Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners. This led to the first of many recording sessions for the Tennessee Records label starting in 1951. "Down Yonder" soon became a national hit in both the country and pop categories in Billboard record charts, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She is probably the first female country solo instrumentalist to sell a million copies of a record.
This success was turned into appearances on the Grand Ole Opry starting in 1952, which led to an eventual full-time gig there in 1953, fulfilling her long-time dream. Two years later her fame culminated with a contract from RCA Victor Records, where she would make some of the first country/honky-tonk stereo recordings in the late 1950s. While nothing else that she put out had the same success as "Down Yonder", her offerings over the next decade were frequent and consistent. Wood gained the title, Queen of the Ragtime Pianists, sometimes shared with junior fellow plunker Jo Ann Castle. She was also divorced from her stage-namesake, Carson Hazelwood, during this period, but not before adopting a son they named Wesley.
During the Vietnam War, Wood was part of one of the Grand Ole Opry package tours that entertained troops overseas in 1968. Her recordings after the late 1960s were infrequent at best, but her appearances on the Opry continued until just before her death from a stroke on October 3, 1989 at the age of 69.
She was interred in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.
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Weston Loomis
@One Hell of an Opinion that's why you always build redundancy into your system so that any one part failing doesn't compromise the safety of the system.
The method he's using is quite safe if done properly.
He's using both a dead man's switch and a main switch, is turning the system on from a distance and then turning both power sources off before approaching, and is using insulated gloves to pick up the lead, one at a time, before replacing it and putting the board back down on the insulated surface before returning to a safe distance and turning both switches on prior to activating the circuit again.
Plenty of redundancy. Not a perfect system but pretty damn safe if you treat it with respect.
I understand people's horror at the idea of being shocked by these voltages and current - it's extremey dangerous and I'm really surprised that more people didn't die when they were essentially hooking up wires to a microwave transformer, splashing electrolyte solution everywhere, turning on the egregiously powerful current, and then manipulating the wires with their bare hands.
It's astounding they're not all dead tbh. But the hysteria caused by that woman's video and the egregiously negligent and unsafe practices of some have lead to a hysteria where people regale anyone who mentions fractal wood burning with stories of an electrician who died from doing it and using this as proof that noone should ever do it ever as it's impossible to mitigate the risk.
It's electricity, not black magic. You can mitigate the risk and you can do it relatively safely.
Wait Wat
i do appreciate how your intent is not to encourage fractal wood burning, and you emphasize multiple times that it is a bad idea and you are making these wood pieces understandkmg the risk, but instead your intent is "there are going to be some people who ignore the warnings, who dont care about the risks and are going to try it anyways. let me do the best i can to make sure those people are at least doing it as safe as possible"
i mean, personally id argue there is no such thing as a safe way to do this, and based on your video i bet you would agree. but you are right, in that some people just do not care how dangerous something is. they will do what they want regardless.
so i appreciate and thank you for doing your best to protect those dumbasses who think doing stupidly dangerous stuff for cool results is a good idea. ideally, absolutely nobody would ever do this unless there is a way to make it 100% absolutely safe (or well 99.99% since 100% safe of anything isnt really possible but you get my point) but that just isnt reality.
some people are stupid. so i respect you trying to make sure those people are at least being stupid in a less dangerous way.
with that said though you really shouldnt risk it, its just not worth it. im sure there are ways to get similar results without the risk, maybe by using a soldering iron and a light touch
•*.Cass.*•
If you're thinking about giving this a go, don't. Its so incredibly dangerous and can leave you permanently disabled, or worse, dead. The amount of electricity that the device produces is incredibly high, and could easily be fatal if even the slightest thing goes wrong. There have already been over 30 reported deaths from fractal wood burning accidents in the US alone, don't be the
BruceBurns Woodshop
Absolutely right! It’s very dangerous!
J M
Ok boomer.
You're NotSoSmart Bro
@J M 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Larry Moore
Today, 6 1 23,they are burying a 43 year old,self taught expert.😢
Larry Moore
@BruceBurns Woodshop Today we are burying a 43 year old self taught "expert" June 1,st .2023.
Frankie Vivian
Thank you for taking the time to show others some great safety tips. I'm off to look at your art and make a purchase just because of this video. In the comments people are making changes, that's awesome!
Michelle Jobe BLS Millhollon Ferris *B.L.S.*
Thank you for this. I will be adding a Deadman switch to our unit ASAP. We were introduced to this last year but after a scare I have not wanted anything to do with this type of burn but now I will be giving it a fresh look. I do appreciate the art if it but continue the respect for death enough to be careful. Thanks again & remain safe. Your work is beautiful.
BruceBurns Woodshop
Thank you and glad I could help!! 👍 stay safe!
Ed
using two deadman switches, with covers, in series will give you even better protect. you have to depress two foot switches or two hand switches is even safer