Hank Thompson - Early 1960's - Just to Ease the Pain

[braintech928]

oohh yea it was in those Oklahoma hills...lol

[braintech928]

i got so see hank in concert and got to meet him back stage he signed my buddys half 50 dallor bill....hank was awesome

[zoryada]

SHARMING..........SO MUCH....

[BubbaDon1]

Bert Rivera still plays once a month at Artz Rib House in Austin, Texas.

[elisa1257]

what a lose to the countru music

[luggo]

Hugo Chambers on drums

[peteykkk]

Hank was a fabulous talent! 5 stars!

[jfrankley55]

Thanks for posting this reminder of how ABSOLUTELY AND UNQUESTIONABLY GREAT a band was Hank and the Brazos Valley Boys.

[diamanteguy]

What an enormous talent and class act! (AND still listen to him regularly)

[TorBle12]

Just great! Such fantastic musicians and superb singer.

[jimirsaysbuddy]

Amazing!! No fireworks on stage, no dancing girls, no profanity. How did this guy ever make it big??!!!  Oh, right,.....TALENT.

[JackGrider]

@jimirsaysbuddy BINGO!

[Tertiarygrowth]

@jimirsaysbuddy You forgot about his rhinestone suit

[jjjazzz1]

Bert Rivera, steel player in this video, has some recent live performances posted by jjjazzz1.

[hcmalibu72]

Hank had a way with words like no other. I'm speechless!

Hank Thompson, you wrote my life......

[GracieFleury]

What a singer,Thanks for sharing.

[lee3sant]

Yeahman, quality shout.....'living fast won't hide the past, its just to ease the pain ' luv it xx

[jpeanrkode]

Enunciation! YES!

[davycrocket65]

Great preformer. Glad to see his music well keep on going, thanks for posting this video.

[PEKERWOOD45]

love this song,beautiful music too

[21536987]

Jimmy sold his company I heard and they quit using him for thier ads because the wanted to attract younger people.

[drfligo]

Jimmy lives here in Richmond, VA. Has a nice place on the James River. I believe that this is his wife's hometown.

[papawx3]

Look at that Nudie suit! See how it sparkles in the film? LOVE HANK. He was the king of honky tonk, hands down. Love his tavern songs. Too many favorites to pick just one. Wonder what Jimmie Dean is doing these days besides selling sausage?

[gharms8]

I thought I'd heard all of Hank's songs. "Yesterday's Girl" used to be my favorite, but now this one is. Almost everytime I turn on my computer I have to listen to it.

[canoebelue]

Didn't this guy do "The night Miss Nancy Ann's hotel burned down"? Late 60's or so.

[mrfiddleman]

@canoebelue Tex Williams did Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel. Jimmy may have done it too, but Tex had the hit.

[highnrising]

A so-so singer, but a great musician.

[Elizabethsaddiction]

i miss him so much....he was a great guy

[adamgoodale]

Bert Rivera on steel.

[maurieer]

Besides being a great singer, he

was a great finger style guitarist.

[annie92220]

HE WAS A GREAT SINGER. tHANKS

[joeman335td]

Wow...what a singer...what a band...we're going to miss him! RIP Hank

[machenderson]

why RIP? he is NOT dead, he is still performing today

[joeman335td]

No...he passed away November 6 of lung cancer.

[machenderson]

ya, i was looking it up on the net , then found out, sorry for the "mis-imformation", what a loss, i'v got his music on lp's and " YUOTUBE", thanks, Mac

[7246a]

Hank Thompson has a Great voice!..great posting..5*****

[Mjollnir1234]

That man could sing into a Gene Rayburn condensor mike, boy-o