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Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher (Box Set) (CD)

By: Tom T. Hall (Artist)

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Tom T. Hall Artist Snapshot:

Tom T. Hall was enormously successful on the country music scene of the '60s and '70s thanks to his unique songwriting style. He mated simple melodies to a narrative lyrical approach more akin to short story writers like O. Henry than to any other country artists. By the '80s his output and performance schedule slowed, but he remained active into the 21st century.

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DISC 1 for Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher (Box Set) (CD) Album By Tom T. Hall (Artist)
1   Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine
2   Magnificent Music Machine
3   Million Miles To The City, A
4   I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
5   Hitch-Hiker, The
6   Ballad Of Forty Dollars
7   I Hope It Rains At My Funeral
8   Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
9   Strawberry Farms
10   Watergate Blues
11   I Want To See The Parade
12   100 Children
13   Year That Clayton Delaney Died, The
14   Son Of Clayton Delaney, The
15   Old Side Of Town, The
16   I Can't Dance
17   Last Of The Drifters - (with Johnny Cash)
18   Mama Bake A Pie
19   Week In A Country Jail, A
20   Spokane Motel Blues
21   Homecoming
22   Ravishing Ruby
23   Hello, We're Lonely - (with Patti Page)
24   Down At The Mall
25   Fox On The Run
 
DISC 2 for Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher (Box Set) (CD) Album By Tom T. Hall (Artist)
1   Shoeshine Man
2   Flat Footin' It
3   Old Five And Dimers Like Me
4   Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
5   More About John Henry
6   Give Her My Best - (previously unreleased)
7   Pamela Brown
8   I Flew Over Our House Last Night
9   Molly And Tenbrooks - (with Bill Monroe)
10   Monkey That Became President, The
11   That's How I Got To Memphis
12   Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
13   I Like Beer
14   Day Drinkin' - (with Dave Dudley)
15   That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
16   Salute To A Switchblade
17   Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn
18   Subdivision Blues
19   America The Ugly
20   Hang Them All
21   Levi Jones - (previously unreleased)
22   Faster Horses
23   I'm Forty Now
24   Deal
25   Me And Jesus
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: Tom T. Hall (vocals, guitar); Johnny Cash, Patti Page, Dave Dudley (vocals); Jerry Kennedy (6 & 12-string guitars, dobro, sitar); Randy Scruggs (guitar, banjo); Ray Edenton (guitar, mandolin); Dale Sellers, (guitar, dobro); Harold Bradley (guitar, electric bass); Jerry Shook, Chip Young (guitar); Pete Drake (steel guitar, dobro); Weldon Myrick (steel guitar); Bobby Thompson (dobro, banjo); Bill Monroe, Donna Stoneman, Jodi Drumwright (mandolin); Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble, Murrell Counts (fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, vibraphone, marimba, bass); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, organ); Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki (bass); Buddy Harmon (drums).

Producer: Jerry Kennedy.

Compilation producer: Robert K. Oermann.

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee between 1968 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Robert K. Oermann.

Digitally remastered by Gary Mayo (Polygram Studios).

Besides being one of the finest, most original country songwriters, Tom T. Hall was a key transitional figure between the straight-laced Nashville Sound of the 1960s and the iconoclastic Outlaw Country of the '70s. Hall's uniquely detailed, narrative lyrics were like short stories set to music. Some were character studies ("I Hope it Rains at My Funeral"), some were novelistic observations ("Ballad of Forty Dollars"), and some were well-spun tall tales ("A Week in a Country Jail"), with the best of them included here on this generous two-disc anthology.

Hall's guy-next-door vocal delivery is a perfect, low-key vehicle for his sharply written story-songs, whether he's describing a killer's electrocution ("Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On") or an itinerant musician's strained relationship with his father ("Homecoming"). Besides the brilliant writing, the key that really turns the lock here is Hall's indefatigable sense of humor, adding sparkle to even the darkest tales. STORYTELLER, POET, PHILOSOPHER is the definitive collection of this one-of-a-kind artist's work.

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