>Ha, I mean Hank Thompson. I was listening this morning to "We've Gone Too
>Far," on the Capitol Collector's Series CD, and caught what sure sounded
>like a Dale Potter lick on the fiddle break, but I don't know that Potter
>ever recorded with Thompson, at least not that early (1954), and I was under
>the impression, perhaps wrongly, that Thompson was recording out west. So
>now I'm really curious as to who the fiddler was; does anyone have the
>Thompson boxed set to check it out?
>
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>Being the lucky owner of the Hank Thompson box set (yes I think he is the
pick of the Hanks as well) the fiddlers listed on this session were:
Amos Lee Hedrick and Bob White.
Rest of the players were:
Billy Gray - guitar
Merle Travis - lead guitar
Bobbie White - Steel guitar
Pee Wee Whitewing - Steel guitar
Billy Briggs Stewart - Bass guitar
Kermit L Baca- Drums
Gilbert Baca - piano
You have to question the motives of record companies when they allow series
as good as the "Capitol Collectors" to be largely out of print. I believe
there were something like 40 cds issued and there are probably only half a
dozen or so available now.
There is a great el cheapo Hank Thompson cd on the Fat Boy label out of
England. Although a label of dubious origins it offers an excellent
selection of his Dot recordings much better than the two US collections.
As far as box sets go this, along with the Willie Nelson Rca Years and the
Maddox Brothers and Rose are my personal favourites. And it is hard to beat
Hank Thompson's "Songs for Rounders" when nominating the all time great
country albums. And the hard cover book is just so great as well!!
Steve Reid
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