Catalogue: JASMCD 3522
Price Code: A
Release Date: 01/11/2000
Bar Code: 604988 35222 1
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Hank SNOWBlues For My Blue Eyes
 
Hank Snow’s singing and song-writing is hallmarked
by a sentimental and sometimes melancholic style, a reflection of his earliest
musical influences and the circumstances of his upbringing. This collection
focuses on that reflective, ‘bluesy’ side of Hank, significantly with a number
of Jimmie Rodgers’ songs like "My Good Gal’s Gone" and "Mississippi River
Blues". There is also a ‘blue-eyes’ theme, including "I’m Thinking Tonight Of My
Blue Eyes" (from the Carter Family and a 1944 hit for Gene Autry), and the
beautiful "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain". This latter song, from the pen of Fred
Rose, was to become a massive hit for Willie Nelson in 1975, and it is easy to
suppose that Nelson drew some inspiration from an earlier Snow interpretation.
Incidentally, the two artists are also linked by their proficiency on, and
preference for, the acoustic guitar; Hank’s agility abounds on this set, not
least on the instrumental "Wabash Blues", although he is content to play rhythm
behind his band on "Bye Bye Blues". Two other tracks worth mentioning: Hank
gives a strictly Country interpretation of the classic Blues "Trouble In Mind",
and the same on Ivory Joe Hunter’s 1950 R&B hit "I Almost Lost
Also Available By Hank Snow JASMCD3531, JASMCD3556
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