Hank and the Brazos Valley Boys
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The Brazos Valley Boys really became a part of Hank’s sound in the first years of the 1950s when Hank dove into the dance hall circuit. The band was so well known in its own that sometimes Hank would take breaks and go visit with people in the audience while the band continued to play.
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Henry William "Hank" Thompson
“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…