Whatever Happened To The Storyteller Tom T. Hall?
Country Music is about a lot of things, but I think most of all Country Music is really about one thing most of all.
Telling a story The story might be about drinking, cheating, living or dying, but country music is nothing if not about.stories.
So if your nickname is The Storyteller , well, that would be just about the highest compliment a country singer/songwriter could receive.
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From his first Top 10 Country hit in 1968 The Ballad of Forty Dollars to his first #1 hit in 1969 A Week In A Country Jail and continuing on through all those great Classic Country stories . Salute To A Swicthblade , Shoeshine Man , Ravishing Ruby , I Love and I Care , along with so many more, including his signature song and my favorite Tom T. Classic which he sings (and talks about) in this video, Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine .