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1965 was the year Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys began a run of drinking records, and this was the first. A Six Pack to Go is a classic by any country music standard: It is full of honky tonk songs, heartbreak songs, a couple of polkas, and a few Western swing tunes to boot. With all of the songs centering around drinking -- the title track, "Drunkard's Blues," "Hangover Heart," the Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan classic "Bubbles in My Beer," "Honky Tonk Town," and the downright depressing "Hangover Tavern" among others. The delivery Thompson gives them is all but depressing, however. He is a bouncy singer with a band that always plays on the right side of honky tonk and has Western swing in the heart of everything they play. But what sets A Six Pack to Go apart from many of Thompson's other recordings is the playing of guitar icon Merle Travis kicking it on the lead. He bends and turns notes no matter how laid-back the track. Thompson's effortless delivery stands in sharp contrast to this and makes for a startling kind of intensity in the proceedings. Each song is a furthering of the journey into alcoholism, its cause -- usually women -- and no cure. While the songs have a cherry feel to them, this is one dark record, and there is no redemption anywhere present. A classic.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Hank Thompson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Lowe, ComposerLyricist - Dick Hart, ComposerLyricist - The Brazos, MainArtist
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2004 Capitol Nashville
Hank Thompson, Composer, MainArtist - Bud, Auge, Composer - Zubulake, Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1961 Nashville Catalog
Hank Thompson, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Hagan Jr., Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1959 Nashville Catalog
L. Brown, Composer - Jaromir Vejvoda, Composer - Hank Thompson, MainArtist - Wladimir Timm, Composer - Vaclav Zeman, Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1964 Capitol Records Nashville
Traditional, Composer - Hank Thompson, MainArtist
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1959 Capitol Records Nashville
Cindy Walker, Composer - Bob Wills, Composer - Hank Thompson, MainArtist - Tommy Duncan, Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1957 Nashville Catalog
Hank Thompson, Composer, MainArtist - Johnny Lowe, Composer - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys, MainArtist
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1960 Capitol Records Nashville
Arlie Carter, Composer - William Warren, Composer - Ken Nelson, Producer - Hank Thompson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1964 Capitol Records Nashville
Ward, Composer - Gerlach, Composer - Hank Thompson, MainArtist - Demey, Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1957 Nashville Catalog
B. Gray, Composer - Hank Thompson, Composer, MainArtist - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys, MainArtist
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1956 Nashville Catalog
Cindy Walker, Composer - Hank Thompson, MainArtist - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys, MainArtist
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1958 Nashville Catalog
Hank Thompson, MainArtist - Alan Flatt, Composer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1950 Nashville Catalog
Album review
1965 was the year Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys began a run of drinking records, and this was the first. A Six Pack to Go is a classic by any country music standard: It is full of honky tonk songs, heartbreak songs, a couple of polkas, and a few Western swing tunes to boot. With all of the songs centering around drinking -- the title track, "Drunkard's Blues," "Hangover Heart," the Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan classic "Bubbles in My Beer," "Honky Tonk Town," and the downright depressing "Hangover Tavern" among others. The delivery Thompson gives them is all but depressing, however. He is a bouncy singer with a band that always plays on the right side of honky tonk and has Western swing in the heart of everything they play. But what sets A Six Pack to Go apart from many of Thompson's other recordings is the playing of guitar icon Merle Travis kicking it on the lead. He bends and turns notes no matter how laid-back the track. Thompson's effortless delivery stands in sharp contrast to this and makes for a startling kind of intensity in the proceedings. Each song is a furthering of the journey into alcoholism, its cause -- usually women -- and no cure. While the songs have a cherry feel to them, this is one dark record, and there is no redemption anywhere present. A classic.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:12
- Main artists: Hank Thompson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1966 Capitol Records Nashville
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