Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Akin to a religious experience:

My son gave this album to me, his 69 year old father, and hearing Hank's warm, natural, soothing voice bridged the span of years from 1953 when I first heard it overseas in Japan, and 2001 as though they were but a moment in time. I was transported to the year 1953, was 22 and memorizing every word on his album Capitol H418, Songs of the Brazos Valley. What a great pleasure to know he is still bringing his music to yet another generation in yet another century! His lyrics reveal, without preaching, a... more info

Sing, Shout & Swing!:

I set my CD player on the front porch last summer, and this CD spent more time in it than any other! This is classic stuff, folks, but some of the best cuts on the album may be tracks you're not familiar with. Wake Up, Irene and Total Stranger make me grin every time I hear the lyrics. For those of you who remember how to dance to REAL western swing, there is the rollicking instrumental version of Wildwood Flower. Hank's roadhouse voice, hot band and tight arrangements are the perfect accompaniments to... more info

Thompson/ the heart of man:

Thompsons music is truely a dream. Nursery rymes in a Honk-Tonk, only he could do it with style ! I have loved him from childhood and am glad to see I can still find his music and it fits as good today as it did 30 years ago.

Tracks:

1. (I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart
2. Whoa Sailor
3. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love
4. The Wild Side Of Life
5. Wake Up, Irene
6. Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea
7. A Fooler, A Faker
8. Wildwood Flower (Instrumental)
9. Honky-Tonk Girl
10. How Cold Hearted Can You Get
11. This Train
12. Yesterday's Girl
13. The New Green Light
14. Big Beaver (Instrumental)
15. Total Stranger
16. A Six Pack To Go

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