Canadian Cowboy
* Hank Snow: Brand On My Heart (3.5 mb) | I’m Movin’ On (3.0 mb) | The End Of The World (3.5 mb) | The Last Letter (3.5 mb)
From Thesaurus Transcriptions : Bear Family Records : BCD 15488
What I’m trying to figure out is how this born and bred Canadian so perfectly captured the soul and music of the country cowboy. Starting at the young age of 16, Mr. Hank Snow was playing concerts and capturing ears everywhere he went. In 1950, invited by Ernest Tubb, he played the Grand Old Opry and quickly became a regular on the show. He would go on to play there almost 50 years, even going so far as to give a certain Mr. Elvis Presley his first shot at the Opry.
While the genre of country music seems to be much maligned amongst the people that I’ve met, there’s something about the more traditional, old school country music that I really love.
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