Tom T. Hall Dies

[warren]

He never really got over "Miss Dixie's" death. A songwriter, author, and devoted husband, he will be missed by most. I had the singular honor of having more than a few drinks with him, a gentle soul. He hated touring, missed his wife when away from home.

Rest in Peace Mr. Hall and say hello to Miss Dixie.

 

[OlJawBone]

Harper valley pta is one of the greatest country songs ever

 

[Chasing Embers]

He'll be singing Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine with the angels now. R.I.P.

 

[OlJawBone]

rip

 

[charf]

Homecoming is my favourite song of his. Sad to hear he has passed.

 

[kcghost]

"I Remember the Year That Clayton Delaney Dies" is one of my favorite country songs. And he has so many others too. R.I.P.

 

[peregrinus]

As a young aspiring guitar player I remember watching Tom T. Hall do a live version of “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died“. I remember being stuck by how simple and honest a song it was and being absolutely fascinated by how he held his guitar up so high while he played.
Rest In Peace

 

[Tar Wheel]

“I Love” is one of my Mother’s favorite songs and I can still, to this day, hear her singing it as she went about her household chores. May He rest in peace.

 

[lochinvar]

Another favorite gone. Sitting around the campfire with sundowners, Tom gets sung quite a bit, usually "Me and Jesus" followed by "I like Beer"......usually several times Rest In Peace.

 

[mahew]

I live in Kentucky, near where Tom T. Hall grew up. My neighbor who is about 90 tells me she grew up in the same holler with Tom and that she knew the young man who inspired “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died”. May he Rest In Peace.

 

[scout19d3]

RIP
some of his songs that come to mind that I enjoy hearing - I'll only mention the ones that have not already been listed in this thread


A Week In A Country Jail - "hot bologna, eggs, and gravy" "where's the guy that thinks that this is Indianapolis" "that part about who I was, did not impress him"


The Cowboy And The Poet - "he had to drink a beer to keep his britches on his hips" "Son, it's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money" "There was somethin' cold and shiny laying by my head, So I started to believe the things he said"

 

[tbradsim1]

His songs were simple but straight to the heart, loved him!

 

[kcghost]

One of the greatest songwriters of our generation dies and very few of us care. Let some doped rock drummer die and people are throwing themselves on his funeral pyre.

 

[warren]

Let some doped rock drummer die and people are throwing themselves on his funeral pyre.

Not everyone enjoys a storyteller or desires to understand his sophisticated tales of life. The music might have been simple accompaniments but, the stories were often complicated observations of life, Tom T. was nothing if not a serious observer of humans and their frailties and strengths.