Keeping Hank's Music Alive

ID: 2296 ~ Source: The Curio Cowboys, interviewed by Jean Boyd, July 24, 2014, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Baylor Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview
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Curio Cowboys band member John Feldman emphasizes the impact of Hank on country music and how his band continues to play his songs.

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By Anabel Burke
“The King of Western Swing,” the “living root of country music.” Henry William “Hank” Thompson became a western swing and country music star right from his hometown of Waco. Hank was born in Waco on September 3, 1925 to German-Czech immigrant…