A Public Plea For Tom T. Hall To Record At Least One More Album

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I think it would really be special if Tom T. Hall did a new album of material completely stripped down and without much studio adornment or trickery. Much like Johnny Cash's "American Recordings" but better...because it's Hall and not Cash.

I have no idea if Mr.Hall is currently of a good health or not. I hope he is happy and living well. I just tracked down a copy of his out of print autobiography and it was a terrific read. Many of his albums are hard to find at this point but the search is worth it (vinyl country sections at used stores). The albums are far better than all of the greatest hits collections they've churned out.

That's what I wanted to say this morning. Thanks for reading!

― -----, Friday, 16 September 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

I totally agree with the Tom T Hall should record a new album part.

Maybe he should update "Watergate Blues" so it talks about the most recent presidential election. And maybe do a version of "Salute to a Switchblade" set in the middle east instead of Germany.

About the "stripped down and without much studio adornment or trickery," I don't care so much. Stripped down arrangements usually just lead to boredom anyway. Jazzy backup musicians would be nice.

― xhuxk, Friday, 16 September 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

"About the "stripped down and without much studio adornment or trickery," I don't care so much. Stripped down arrangements usually just lead to boredom anyway. Jazzy backup musicians would be nice."

Mostly what I meant by that comment was that I would rather not hear Tom T Hall as backed up by Korg Synthesizers like he was on "Songs From Sopchoppy" (Mercury, 1996). It made me sad. Really plastic sounding. Put a good producer in the booth and, yes, I don't really mind if it is not so stripped down.

― -------, Friday, 16 September 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Tom T. is in good health--he did a show recently in N-ville at the Country Music Museum, which I was outta town for but heard great things about. Me, I wish he would do something with a full band, something modern. If Frank Black can get Cropper and Reggie Young and those guys to make his boring singer-songwriter album in Nashville, then one of the greatest songwriters of all time could maybe do the same.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Give him a good band with a decent drummer and let him do his thing. That would be fantastic, absolutely.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

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