"The Essential Hank Snow"
Tender ballads, urgent travel songs,
infectious boogies--Canadian Hank Snow not only handled them
all, but he handled them quite well and rode them all to the
top of the country charts. His music was a logical extension
of his idol Jimmie Rodgers's style, and Hank Snow's letter-perfect,
prudently effective vocal delivery and crisp, tasteful acoustic-guitar
runs graced countless (actually, 36) top 10 country hits. This
20-song collection provides a nice introduction to his various
styles and captures all of his best-known songs. His own compositions
"I'm Movin' On" and "Rhumba Boogie" plus
covers like "I've Been Everywhere" and "I Don't
Hurt Anymore" were not only hugely dominant hits (Shania
wasn't the first Canadian country phenom), but they remain cornerstones
of country. --Marc Greilsamer |
Customer review from Amazon
Reviewer: ac.dc@get2net.dk from DENMARK
I have a problem! I was born and raised in London, Ontario, in
Canada and have been fed country music all my life. After moving
to Denmark 2o years ago and have been sending a Country Hour
on our little voluntary Radio station for the last 13 years trying
to let the people here know there is more to Country than Dolly
and Kenny, I think I'm finally succeeding!!! Too bad that all
the Canadians had to go to the States to be seen and heard, and
there are many,many of them, not only in music, but in film,
theater, T.V., ballet,opera. Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, Lorne
Greene, Glen Ford, Christoffer Plummer, Anne Murray, and many
many more. Hank is one of the greatest people that really got
things going in the Country Music field and even tho he's an
oldtimer, they Love it over here when I play his music along
with the rest of the others. |
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