Barry Mazor nailed part of what makes Snow so enjoyable for me, and the
perceptive comment about Snow being a very "white" singer explains part of
what made his stuff so interesting to me when I discovered him, along about
1971, when I came across a copy of his Travellin' Blues album, a
...part of what made his stuff so interesting to me .. Snow had a lot
of Rodgers to him,...Now, Jimmie Rodgers' blues stuff often has that straight,
non-note-bending "white" side to it around the 3rd (less so around the 7th),
but Snow's almost always has it, and to someone like me, who had
Personal breakup fave: "Will Your Lawyer Talk To God For You?" - Kitty Wells
You know, I don't listen to a lot of Hank W. myself because, frankly-in
what can only be considered a pretty high compliment-he just scares the hell
out of me.
Dan Bentele
Joe Gracey wrote;
son, I was playing Hank Snow records on the radio in 1966 when he was
still a star, and I couldn't stand him then, either.
-Hank Snow has a reputation of being a cantankerous old bastard, but he
made enough good stuff that warrants a listen. "Music Makin' Mama from
Memphis"
You REALLY don't like him, do you? Don't sugar coat it for me, I can take
it.
All the best,
Junior
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Amen to that, Steve - his toupe is a work of art as is his house, I hear.
Junior
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Joe
"Walker, Jason" wrote:
You REALLY don't like him, do you? Don't sugar coat it for me, I can take
it.
All the best,
Junior
Actually, I do like him in sort of the same way you like a goofy old
uncle who wears a terrible toupee and gets all worked up about weird
stuff. See, Hank was so weird
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
At 09:15 AM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
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
Here's the track listings for the RCA Essential Hank Snow compilation.
I'd say it looks like a solid Snow primer. Unfortunately, unlike all the
other American major-label country music reissue series, RCA charges full
price for their Essential comps (and generally does a shoddier job to
boot).
Some of the Hank Snow songs Don mentioned got me to thinking.
Valentine's Day is coming up, and I'm doing my annual love songs and
breakup songs shows in the next couple of weeks. Anyone have favorites
from either camp? Depending on our library, I'm open to requests.
Carl Z.
Jon, you mention Hank Snow, an artist I'd love to buy a good
compilation of. Can you recommend one?
The Bombmeister is right that The Essential is a decent collection and that
you'll probably have to pay full price for it. There's another widely
available collection, Snow Country (Pair)
Speaking of Hank S. - "Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" would be
good for both shows. Heh, heh.
Erin
At 12:40 PM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
Some of the Hank Snow songs Don mentioned got me to thinking.
Valentine's Day is coming up, and I'm doing my annual love songs and
breakup songs
Erin says:
Speaking of Hank S. - "Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" would be
good for both shows. Heh, heh.
Which is on Snow Country, but not on The Essential.
On the other hand, "I Went To Your Wedding" is on The Essential, but not the
2 CDs I recommended, and it's another one you
I'll take any suggestions as well for the Hot, Sweet and Sour Valentine's
Day Show.
Jamie
Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Some of the Hank Snow songs Don mentioned got me to thinking.
Valentine's Day is coming up, and I'm doing my annual love songs and
breakup songs shows in the next couple of
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. Hank Snow,
too, for that matter. Ain't taste a wonderful thing?
Well, any chance to agree with Jon shouldn't be missed. g Um, me
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 2-Feb-99 RE: songs of love
and hate .. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne
Erin says:
Speaking of Hank S. - "Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" would be
good for both shows. Heh, heh.
Which is on Snow Country, but not on The Essential.
On
t: Re: Hank question
"Walker, Jason" wrote:
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
Hank Thompson ,well.a tiny maybe..but taking Hank SNOW over Hank
Williams is beyond my comprehension... (I'm not sure we rally need to Rank
the Hanks at this late date anyway!)
I start out pretty much agreeing with Joe Gracey on this one...Mr. Snow, to
my ear, has one of the less soulful and
of country music don't excite me none.
Junior Walker
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Hank Thompson ,well.a tiny
There's an interesting program being shown on our local PBS station about
the contribution of African Americans to American popular culture. It's a
documentary by Spike Lee called "I'll Make Me A World"
(http://www.pbs.org/immaw/ for more).
The doc ain't by Spike Lee but by the guy who did
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