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Andy Alford Member Posts: 841 |
posted 26 April 2000 04:57 AM
What defined the Hank Snow Sound and why do you like it? |
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C Dixon Member Posts: 5912 |
posted 26 April 2000 05:26 AM
Kayton Roberts was a big part for me. Kayton was a very different kind of steel player. Bent over with his legs outside the legs of his D-8 lap Fender playing it sooooooo sweet and smooth as he embelished Hank's voice. One can hear shades of JB in Kayton's style. Also a lot of Joe Talbott's playing shows in Kayton's playing. It should. When Hank hired him over 30 yrs ago, he told Kayton to make it sound like Joe had sounded on "Moving On". Hank was a fan of Jerry Byrd too. So Kayton obliged and the rest is that sound that so identified Hank Snow. Hank also was a unique guitar player. Played it differently than most lead players. His voice had a Northern type of southern accent that was appealing to many I believe. Like so many stars of the past, his sound was immediately identifiable. Not so today. Most all of it sounds much the same. And one thing I always admired. He stood up at the microphone, did not have his mouth on it, trying to eat the thing and he played a guitar without going thru all kinds of antics trying to "act" out something he wasn't. Just simply stood up there played his guitar and sang in his special way. May Our Precious Lord rest his soul, carl [This message was edited by C Dixon on 26 April 2000 at 05:28 AM.] |
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ed packard Member Posts: 1355 |
posted 26 April 2000 06:12 AM
It was Hank Snow in the "Halifax" years that got me started on guitar. His songs on Bluebird records, and his radio shows in Halifax did the job. His style was simple and straight forward, ..the lyrics told stories and pulled emotions. The first, and maybe best lead picking that I recall by Hank was on "Sweet Texas Bluebonnet Queen". Simple story telling clearly spoken lyrics coupled with uncluttered backup fitted to the song defined Hank's music. |
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Al Johnson Member Posts: 255 |
posted 26 April 2000 06:26 AM
Nothing to really do with a steel here, but I believe Hank always had one in fact played lap steel himself on his son's first recordings. Hank said was a early fan of Karl Farr's guitar picking(Sons of the Pioneers) and worked at playing like Karl. I saw Hank in person once in Davenport, Iowa during a break I got his autograph. I said I really enjoy your guitar playing, Hank smiled a big grin and said Thank you, like he was happy somebody liked his playing. |
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Fred Murphy Member Posts: 669 |
posted 26 April 2000 07:34 PM
I always thought that Hank had one of the best and most distinct sounding flatops that I ever heard, and he knew how to get that sound out of it. |
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Richard Bass Member Posts: 579 |
posted 26 April 2000 07:57 PM
I was very fortunate to be on several package shows with Hank Snow. His Martin guitar sounded like he put new strings on it every hour. What a great sound. His version of "Tammy" will always be one of my favorites. Richard |
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Tim Rowley Member Posts: 957 |
posted 26 April 2000 08:03 PM
For you 6-string pickers out there, I dare you to duplicate Hank's flat-top licks on the "Rhumba Boogie". I double-dare you. |
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Murray Cullen Member Posts: 292 |
posted 26 April 2000 10:30 PM
A few years back, I saw a video of a 50s TV show with Hank doin' "I'm Movin' On". Had to run out and get a steel right then. He had a perfection thing that worked, and the recording quality of his early 50s recordings are tops. His diction (when singing) was clear as a bell. He looked like a train engineer to me, not like Faron, or Carl Smith or Elvis, which I like. When he performed, he made himself look real important, like he was the captain of a big ship. He plucked some neat lead guitar too. |
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Murray Cullen Member Posts: 292 |
posted 26 April 2000 10:43 PM
Oh, by the way, I got this RCA BA6A compressor (50s), huge and full of tubes, and when you pick guitar through it, really sounds like what Hank might have played through (on the early 50s RCA recordings). I have many old tube compressors, but the BA6A gets that same attack and sustain. |
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Cal Sharp Member Posts: 731 |
posted 27 April 2000 01:01 AM
One of Faron's favorite stories was the time he was playing a package show at a hockey arena in Canada with Hank and several other acts. Poor ol' Hank slipped on a wet spot backstage (they just had plywood walkways covering the ice) and went down on his butt. When Hank saw Faron laughing, he said in that inimitable voice: "That's not very funny, Far-ron. I could have been seriously hurt." C# |
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Garryharris Member Posts: 156 |
posted 27 April 2000 10:35 AM
It was reported that Hank recorded over eight hundred songs. I bought a used Fender Harvard from Hank's music store....still have it. |
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