Hank Snow and The Rainbow Ranch Boys Born:  May 9, 1914 Died:  December 20, 1999 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Country Music Hall of Fame (1979) Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1978) Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame (1997) WSM Grand Ole Opry WWVA Original Jamboree WWVA Wheeling, WV CHNS Halifax, NS (1933) Veteran U. S. Army

About The Artist Hank Snow By Mark Brine Throughout the years, I've heard much said of Hank Snow and his temperament and nature. This was much to the contrary of what I found him to be truly like. Of course, all I can speak of is what I knew of him, the kind of person he really was from my first hand observations. The very first thing that comes to mind, in my recall, is a particular situation that I think best relates his true and deeper nature. It was an event that occurred in his Grand Ole Opry dressing room, the night before my debut there. I had come to see him and as well, appear on the Friday Night Opry's taping of the Grand Ole Gospel show (The Gospel show was recorded after the Opry went off the air on Friday night and was aired on Sundays I believe.) In any event, all of the Rainbow Ranch Boys were there in the dressing room. They were just as friendly a group of fellas as could be. In all the conversations, at last, one broke out with a story that recalled a 'voluptouous' woman that they had encountered in their touring days. One that literally 'threw herself' (again, voluptuously and literally speaking...!) upon them. I believe you understand what I mean by that. She was speaking right up in their faces, purposely and shamelessly flaunting her wares! That's all it amounted to ... and every one sort of got a chuckle out of it and moved on to other conversation subjects. I really didn't think much of that story as you hear so much of that kind of talk, in and about the business and life, in general. The next morning, in my hotel room, I get a call from Hank ... apologizing for the incident and assuring me that he had told the band not to be carrying on like that in the dressing room with guests present. I assured him it hadn't bothered me and that I've heard much of the like, many times before. Besides, it was almost 'innocent' humor ... few details supplied and well, just mild, compared to what else I'd heard in my time. This greatly impressed me! This to me, was 'the man' - Hank Snow! High moral fiber, willing to risk whatever ridicule, etc. that might come of his speaking out for the 'decent way'! Not that what the band had said, had even bordered on the more infamous trash-mouths of our time! Again, it was mild comparatively, but again, Hank was that kind of man! A real, super decent man! Another incident related to the appearance on the Opry shows more Hank's nature. BMI was supposed to send out a photographer that night (per my label at the time) and shoot some promotional shots for the forthcoming CD, "Rig Rock Jukebox" (which featured my "New Blue Yodel" and my 'debut' song for that night), but had something else come up. Hank employed his friend, Ruth Bauer, to shoot the photos instead. This, was all unbeknownst to me, until much later. He was a top-rate person! A quiet man, which is often misread as a stuck-up, etc. (for its reclusive similarities...) but he had a big heart. A good heart. One...that had probably been abused by 'takers' in the past and so, the retreat. I am truly proud to have known him and blessed by his acquaintance. Credits & Sources Article courtesy of Mark Brine, a singer/songwriter and guitarist who hails from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He spent eleven years in Nashville and performed on the Grand Ole Opry as a guest of Hank Snow. His style of music is a blend of folk, traditional country and blues, that ultimately creates his own unique style of Americana. Baltimore's "Citypaper" summed it up: "Brine knows his stuff well enough to know that there was a time in this country when blues, country, jazz, gospel and popular song were not nearly as isolated from each other as they are today." Mark Brine Music www.markbrine.com Related Web Links • Hank Snow Country Music Centre Sound Sample—(YouTube Video Format) Nobody's Child Appearance History This Month Read More About The Artist Buy this Book Hank Snow Story By Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger with Jack Owenbey and Bob Burris University of Illinois Press 1994 555 Pages ISBN:  0-252-02089-8

Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)

RCA Victor
Rec. No.	Side	Song Title
20-2835	A	My Mother
20-2835	B	My Sweet Texas Blue Bonnet Queen
20-2962	A	Brand On My Heart
20-2962	B	I'll Not Forget My Mother's Prayer
20-3126	A	Just A Faded Petal From A Beautiful Bouquet
20-3126	B	I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye
20-3240	A	Little Buddy
20-3240	B	You Played Love On The Strings Of My Heart
20-3241	A	Little Buddie
20-3241	B	Maple On The Hill
20-4095	A	The Wreck Of The Old 97
20-4095	B	Hobo Bill's Last Ride
20-4096	A	Ben Dewberry's Final Run
20-4096	B	The Engineer's Child
20-4097	A	The Mystery Of Number Five
20-4097	B	One More Ride
20-4346	A	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis
20-4346	B	The Highest Bidder
20-4398	A	These Things Shall Pass
20-4522	A	The Gold Rush Is Over
20-4522	B	Why Do You Punish Me?
20-4593	A	I'm Movin' On
20-4593	B	Marriage Vows
20-4594	A	Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts
20-4594	B	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis
20-4595	A	Rhumba Boogie
20-4595	B	Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart
20-4596	A	Bluebird Island
20-4596	B	Golden Rocket
20-4632	A	I Just Telephoned Upstairs
20-4632	B	My Mother
20-4733	A	Married By The Bible, Divorced By The Law
20-4733	B	Lady's Man
20-4856	A	I'm In Love With Jesus
20-4856	B	Jesus Wept
20-4909	A	The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud
20-4909	B	I Went To Your Wedding
20-4973	A	Golden River
20-4973	B	Zeb Turney's Gal
20-4974	A	I Knew That We'd Meet Again
20-4974	B	Moanin'
20-4975	A	Yodeling Cowboy
20-4975	B	My Little Golden Horseshoe Fas
20-4976	A	Confused With The Blues
20-4976	B	On That Old Hawaiian Shore With You
20-5021	A	He'll Understand And Say Well Done
20-5021	B	I'm Moving On To Glory
20-5034	A	A Fool Such As I
20-5034	B	The Gal Who Invented Kissin'
20-5153	A	Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship
20-5153	B	There Wasn't An Organ At Our Wedding
20-5155	A	Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship
20-5155	B	There Wasn't An Organ At Our Wedding
20-5190	A	Treasure Untold
20-5190	B	Why Did You Give Me Your Love?
20-5191	A	Jimmy The Kid
20-5191	B	Southern Cannonball
20-5220	A	My Blue-Eyed Jane
20-5220	B	Jimmie The Kid
20-5221	A	Treasure Untold
20-5221	B	When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye
20-5222	A	Anniversary Blue Yodel
20-5222	B	The Southern Cannonball
20-5223	A	Mississippi River Blues
20-5223	B	Why Did You Give Me Your Love
20-5249	A	Glory Land March
20-5249	B	In Daddy's Footsteps
20-5296	A	Spanish Fire Ball
20-5296	B	Between Fire And Water
20-5340	A	The Reindeer Boogie
20-5340	B	Christmas Roses
20-5341	A	Frosty The Snowman
20-5341	B	Silent Night
20-5380	A	A Message From The Tradewinds
20-5380	B	For Now And Always
20-5490	A	When Mexican Jose Met Jolie Blon
20-5490	B	No Longer A Prisoner
20-5548	A	I'm Glad I'm On The Inside (Lookin' Out) (w/Blackwood Brothers Quartet)
20-5548	B	Invisible Hands (w/Blackwood Brothers Quartet)
20-5592	A	Panamama
20-5592	B	Act 1, Act 2, Act 3
20-5651	A	My Empty Arms
20-5651	B	Stolen Moments
20-5698	A	My Arabian Baby
20-5698	B	I Don't Hurt Anymore
20-5794	A	The Alphabet
20-5794	B	My Religion's Not Old-Fashioned
20-5912	A	The Next Voice You Hear
20-5912	B	That Carzy Mambo Thing
20-5960	A	I've Forgotten You
20-5960	B	Let Me Go, Lover
20-5995	A	Silver Bell (w/Chet Atkins)
20-5995	B	The Old Spinning Wheel (w/Chet Atkins)
20-6057	A	Would You Mind?
20-6057	B	Yellow Roses
20-6154	A	I'm Glad I Got To See You Once Again
20-6154	B	Cryin', Prayin', Waitin', Hopin'
20-6269	A	Mainliner (The Hawk With Silver Wings)
20-6269	B	Born To Be Happy
20-6326	A	In An Eighteenth Century Drawing Room (Guitar Solo)
20-6326	B	La Cucaracha
20-6379	A	I'm Moving On
20-6379	B	These Hands
20-6500	A	It's You, Only You That I Love
20-6500	B	Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas
20-6558	A	Reminiscing (w/Chet Atkins)
20-6558	B	New Spanish Two-Step (w/Chet Atkins)
20-6578	A	Conscience, I'm Guilty
20-6578	B	Hula Rock
20-6715	A	Stolen Moments
20-6715	B	Two Won't Care
20-6772	A	Carnival Of Venice
20-6772	B	Oh Wonderful World
20-6831	A	Calypso Sweetheart
20-6831	B	Marriage And Divorce
20-6955	A	My Arms Are A House
20-6955	B	Tangled Mind
20-7060	A	Squid Jigglin' Around
20-7060	B	Unfaithful
20-7121	A	Blue Danube Waltz
20-7121	B	Under The Double Eagle
20-7123	A	Loves Call From The Mountain
20-7123	B	Unfaithful
20-7154	A	I Wish I Was The Moon
20-7154	B	Whispering Rain
20-7233	A	Big Wheels
20-7233	B	I'm Hurting All Over
21-0028	A	Only A Rose From My Mother's Grave
21-0028	B	Blue Ranger
21-0062	A	Marriage Vow
21-0062	B	The Star Spangled Waltz
21-0089	A	The Blind Boy's Dog
21-0089	B	The Anniversary Of My Broken Heart
21-0101	A	My Filipino Rose
21-0101	B	The Law Of Love
21-0143	A	Nobody's Child
21-0143	B	The Only Rose
21-0303	A	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
21-0303	B	The Drunkard's Son
21-0356	A	I Cried But My Tears Were Too Late
21-0356	B	The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin
21-0363	A	My Tow-Timin' Woman
21-0363	B	Wasted Love
21-0364	A	Somewhere Along Life's Highway
21-0364	B	Within This Broken Heart Of Mine
21-0400	A	The Golden Rocket
21-0400	B	Paving The Highways With Tears
21-0431	A	The Rhumba Boogie
21-0431	A	The Rhumba Boogie
21-0431	B	You Pass Me By
21-0431	B	You Pass Me By
21-0441	A	Bluebird Island
21-0441	B	Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts
21-0498	A	Your Locket Is My Borken Heart
21-0498	B	Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart
21-5034	A	(Now And Then) There's A Fool Such As I
21-5034	B	The Gal Who Invented Kissin'
210328	A	I'm Moving On
210328	B	With This Ring I Thee Wed
6713	A	Stolen Moments
6713	B	Two Won't Care
9012	A	Hula Love
9012	B	A Letter From Viet Nam