Still Singing at 82
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Still touring at eighty-two, Hank often performed while sitting down. He would not let his age keep him from singing. He is pictured here on a stop of his Sunset Tour in Missouri at the Ozark Heritage Festival.
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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…