Live at the State Fair of Texas

Hank Thompson

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Live at the State Fair of Texas Review

by Bruce Eder

It took serious effort, against genuine sonic adversity, to get a usable album from these October 1962 live dates, but the effort was worth it -- the group sounds really good, the choice of material is perfect, and if the Golden Nugget album didn't exist, this wouldn't be a terrible substitute. Needless to say, many of the songs dwell on the Lone Star State, including a cover of Ernest Tubb's "There's A Little Bit of Everything In Texas." The fiddle playing by Jimmy Belkin, Roddy Bristol, and Billy Jack Saucer is especially dazzling, and Merle Travis and Billy Gray acquit themselves well on guitar as well.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Stream
1	Deep in the Heart of Texas June Hershey / Don Swander	Hank Thompson	Amazon
2	My Heart Is a Playground Billy Gray / Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
3	Charmaine Lew Pollack / Erno Rapee	Hank Thompson	Amazon
4	How Many Teardrops Will It Take Billy Gray / Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
5	New Wears Off Too Fast Billy Gray / Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
6	Rub-A-Dub-Dub Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
7	Beautiful Texas W. Lee O'Daniel	Hank Thompson	Amazon
8	Will We Start It All Over Again Billy Gray / Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
9	River Road Two-Step Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart	Hank Thompson	Amazon
10	I Cast a Lonesome Shadow Lynn Russwurm / Hank Thompson	Hank Thompson	Amazon
11	Simple Simon Simple Heart	Hank Thompson	Amazon
12	There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas Ernest Tubb	Hank Thompson	Amazon