Hi Rodney,we lost too many of our great singers and songwriters far too early, I'm so greatfull for sites like this to remind us of what we once had and what we will never see the likes of again, cheers from Tasmania
I took my lady too see Hank at The Greenwich Ct, civic center, Twice. First time backed up by the Statler brothers. Second time by an all-girl group called the Violenettes. That was the night Hank announced in his Hank Snow voice that he had just signed another ninety-year contract with RCA Victor records. The crowd went wild. We all wanted Hank to be there to honor that contract. Great thrill just to see the Hank snow bus parked out there. My lady was not a country music fan. But Hank quickly changed that. I married Peggy and she still talks about those Hank Snow nights out. We both loved Hank and to this day we both love each other. Thank you, Mr. Clarence Hank Snow. You are still the best. Love you, Peggy, Yup I do.
Nope, it was not a bomb, Gary. "Same Train Different Time" was a beautiful tribute to the singing brakeman. And as usual Haggard did a magnificent job. I bought that album over 50 years ago and I still play it. Can't have a better combination than Jimmie and Merle. Nothing like it in today's counterfeit country world. Thank you.
@@caesarwarrick4735 I think @garstotler3149 was referring to the Hank Snow album. Hard to say if it was a flop. There was no Billboard Country Albums chart at the time of the Hank Snow release. I have had both the stereo and mono versions of this record throughout the years at very little expense, so I'm guess the album did okay by country standards at the time, which meant around 25,000 copies, a very low bar. Lefty Frizzell, Hank Snow, and Ernest Tubb had all done Jimmie Rogers tribute albums at this point, and his induction into the inaugural class of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961 probably helped sales too.
