STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - HANK THOMPSON - HANK !

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Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember honky tonk Western swing guitarist and vocalist Hank Thompson, on what would have been his 95th Birthday. Thompson, whose career spanned 7 decades, passed away in 2007, age 82, from lung cancer. To honor his legacy, we find ourselves spinning his 5th studio album, Hank !. Hank ! was released in 1957 on the Capitol label. If the album or songs charted I cannot find any evidence, but it is a joy to listen to Hank ! . He is backed by his longtime band, the Brazos Valley Boys who have seen a lot of members go through their ranks. In lieu of credits for this album, I'll list the long list of members that I was able to find on their website. From what I can tell, some version of the band still exists.

1
Hang Your Head in Shame
Ed Nelson, Jr. / Steve Nelson / Fred Rose
02:35 

2
String of Pearls
Eddie DeLange / Jerry Gray
02:47 

3
Gypsy
Billy Reid
03:01 

4
You'll Be the One
Lyle Gaston / Orville Proctor
02:39 

5
Don't Be That Way
Benny Goodman / Mitchell Parish / Edgar Sampson
02:10 

6
Ole Napoleon
02:41 

7
I Don't Want to Know
Don Clay / Hank Thompson
02:43 

8
Prosperity Special
Hank Thompson
02:40 

9
Someone Can Steal You from Me
Hank Thompson
02:12 

10
Don't Look Now
Hank Thompson
02:50 

11
Across the Alley of the Alamo
Hank Thompson
02:15 

12
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
02:08

Maurice “Reese” Anderson – Steel guitar

Bill Armstrong – Fiddle
Gil “Tripod” Baca – Piano

Kermit Baca – Drums
Bob Bain – Guitar
Frankie Behrens – Steel guitar

Jim Belkin – Fiddle
Henry Boatman – Saxaphone
Marvin Bredemeier – Fiddle
Thom Bresh – Guitar

Roddy Bristol – Fiddle
Reggie Brown – Vocals, Bass guitar
Pete Burke Jr. – Bass guitar
Tommy Canfield – Fiddle
Billy Carson – Guitar

Harold Lee “Curly” Chalker – Steel guitar

Hugh Chambers – Drums
Roy Clark – Guitar

Keith Coleman – Fiddle
Merle David – Fiddle
Vic Davis – Piano

Dubert Dobson – Trumpet
Ben Dorsey – Road manager
Ron Earley – Drums
James Favor – Fiddle

Wayne Foster – Drums
Robert “Bobby” John Garrett – Steel guitar
Rip Giersdorf – Bass guitar
Billy Gray – Guitar and band leader
John Louis “Jack” Greenbach – Bass guitar

Ludy Harris – Vocals, drums and guitar

Roy Harte – Drums
Joe Hayes – Fiddle

Rich Hawkins – Piano
Kenneth Hayes – Fiddle
Red Hayes – Fiddle

Amos Hendrick – Fiddle
Harold Hensley – Fiddle
Gary Hogue – Steel guitar
Wanda Lavonne Jackson – Vocals

Ray Jones – Fiddle
Mark Jordan – Keyboard
Junior Knight – Steel guitar
Jim Lebak – Bass guitar
Curly Lewis – Fiddle

Joe Losciuto – Piano

Curtis Lovejoy – Band leader & Bass guitar
Joe Maphis – Guitar

Johnny Mason – Fiddle
Billy McBay – Fiddle
Paul McGee – Drums

Donnie McDonald – Piano
Ray Mellis – Fiddle
Johnny Migetto – Drums
Brad Miller – guitar

Terry Miller – Steel guitar
Jimmy Murphy – Steel guitar
Red Murrell – Guitar
Lefty Nason – Bass and Steel guitar
Gwin Merle “Junior” Nichols – Drums

Billy Peters – Fiddle

Curtis Potter – Vocals and Bass guitar
Jimmy Pruett – Piano

Pee Wee Reed – Bass guitar
Doug Rogers – Drums
Bert Rivera – Steel guitar

Bill Jack Saucier – Fiddle
Joe Settlemires – Guitar
Jerry Smithey – Vocals and guitar
Clifford “Cliffie Stone” Snyder – Bass Fiddle and guitar

Billy “Round Boy” Stewart – Bass guitar
Dusty Stewart – Steel guitar
Gary Sullivan – Drums
Morey Sullivan – Band leader & Bass guitar
Will Taylor – Vocals and drums

Tommy Dee Thacher – Drums

Billy Thompson – Guitar and Bass guitar
Merle Travis – Guitar

George Uptmore – Fiddle
Billy Walker – Vocals and guitar
Bob White – Fiddle and Mandolin

Floyd Lester “Bobbie” White – Steel guitar
J.D. Walter – Steel guitar
John Sterling “Buddy” White – Drums
Wayma K. “Pee Wee” Whitewing – Steel guitar

Wade Wood – Fiddle
Randy “Panda” Woolery – Drums
Bernard Young – Drums