RIP Tom T

[Gatordiddy]

One of the best ever…

Tom T. Hall dies at 85 in Tennessee: The Storyteller of country music

@Fodderwing posted some great covers of That’s How I Got to Memphis in the Best Covers thread.

A couple of my favorites:



and this one written by he and his wife Dixie (an “onion cutter” of a song) - Tom recorded it but Chris Jones knocks it out of the park:

 

[Gatordiddy]

And:



Tom T. Hall: 10 Essential Songs

 

[Loogis]

Died in Tennessee. I think at one time he was living on St. George Island.

Anyway, a sad day.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Was "Hall" to difficult to add to the thread title.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Great songwriter and storyteller. The genre died with Jones and Hag, this is just another shovel of dirt on it.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

 

[Gatordiddy]

Was "Hall" to difficult to add to the thread title.

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