![]() ![]() Find out about this fine CD at The Tom T. It shouldn't be any surprise that Johnny Cash, Joe Henry, Whiskeytown, Mark Olson, Victoria Williams, Kelly Willis, Freedy Johnston, Ron Sexsmith, Iris Dement, Syd Straw and many others pay tribute to his work on the recent Real- The Tom T. All the marketing geniuses in Nashville, all the urban cowboys, all the latest crop of pretty-boy stars couldn't touch the wonderful gift he has with a song. His whole tone is so life-like and seemingly conventional that you'd think that an old friend is telling you about some folks that he knows. What they keep coming back to and finding are simple, eloquently stated stories about real peoples' live- their loves, hates, fears, hopes, dreams, insanity, aspirations. Riley (who had a multi-million selling smash with his "Harper Valley P.T.A", helping to begin his career) and many others. I listen to his voice and his songs and think 'why in the name of God isn't this the way all country music sounds?' Even though he's been in retirement since the early '80's, his songs continue to be heard and felt by each successive generation of musicians and fans- being a songwriter's songwriter, he's seen his material covered by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Jeannie C. Hall is the kind of country artist who makes me hate country music. ![]() HALL INTERVIEW The Storyteller tells his story ![]()
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