Losing Musicians to Hank

ID: 2298 ~ Source: Allsup, Tommy, interviewed by Jean Boyd, July 14, 2002, in Crowell, Texas, Baylor Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview
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Western swing musician Tommy Allsup explains what would happen when one of his musicians would leave to work for Hank.

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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…