Oh, yeah - he also broke Elvis Presley. Snow's manager was of course Colonel
Tom Parker.
I know Snow isn't to everyone's taste but I'm just biased since I was
brought up listening to his music through my dad.
At least say you'll give him a try Joe. Please?
Junior ;-)
NP: Madame Lasonga was teaching the Conga/ in a little cabana in old Havana
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walker, Jason [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 1999 10:04
> To: passenger side
> Subject: RE: Hank question
>
> Joe,
> I have to say that I take great exception to your assessment of Hank Snow
> as
> a mediocre talent. Far from it - this country music legend overcame a
> number
> of obstacles - being very much an outsider to the Grand Ole Opry as a
> Canadian, he none the less spent years travelling the United States to
> break
> in to the exclusive country music scene.
> His songs are an odd mixture of pathos, bathos and weird humour not to
> mention his phenomenal lead guitar skills - like Hank Thompson he played
> his
> own lead breaks. He recorded a number of award-winning instrumental albums
> with none other than Chet Atkins, who says that he thinks Snow is one of
> the
> most distinctive lead guitarists he's ever heard.
> IMO, a mediocre talent he definitely is not.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Gracey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 1999 8:58
> > To: passenger side
> > Subject: Re: Hank question
> >
> > Jon Weisberger wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I realize I'm probably in the minority on this, but for sheer
> enjoyment,
> > > I'll take Hank Thompson over Hank Williams just about any day.
> >
> > Well, yeah. HT wasn't drenched in angst. Actually, though, HW did his
> > share of goofy novelty stuff too, it's just not what you think of when
> > you think of listening to him.
> >
> > Thompson falls into an odd place for me- he's too goofy to take very
> > seriously but too accomplished and soulful to dismiss. He took Bob
> > Will's playfulness and Ernest Tubb's soulfulness and kind of merged
> > them, and of course he was one of the only singers who could also play
> > his own lead solos. He liked to experiment with recording techniques-
> > witness the weird reverbs being turned up in certain spots in his
> > records. I think if he hadn't seemed to descend into painfully forced
> > novelties on his way out of the charts, he would be remembered more
> > kindly.
> >
> >
> > > Hank Snow,
> > > too, for that matter. Ain't taste a wonderful thing?
> >
> > I for one can only attribute Hank Snow's success to the power of the
> > Opry apparatus to foist mediocre talent on people for 'way too many
> > years.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joe Gracey
> > President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
> > http://www.kimmierhodes.com
