Hank Thompson - Six Pack To Go
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Track List: Six Pack To Go
- Six Pack to Go
- Honky Tonk Town
- Hangover Heart
- Beer Barrel Polka
- Drunkard's Blues
- Bubbles in My Beer
- Hangover Tavern
- Wild Side of Life
- Bartender's Polka
- Anybody's Girl
- Warm Red Wine
- Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer
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Album Details: Six Pack To Go
- Release Date:
- 07/27/2004
- Label:
- Sundazed Music Inc.
- UPC:
- 090771900524
User Reviews: Six Pack To Go
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Super collection of Thompson's work at Capitol
, December 24, 2004
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Hank Thompson His Brazos Valley Boys began a run of drinking records in 1965, and this was the first. A Six Pack to Go is a classic by any country music standard: it is full of honky tonk songs, heartbreak songs, a couple of polkas, and a few Western swing tunes to boot. All of the songs center around drinking, including the title track, "Drunkard's Blues," "Hangover Heart," the Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan classic "Bubbles in My Beer," "Honky Tonk Town," and the downright depressing "Hangover Tavern," among others. The delivery Thompson gives them is all but depressing, however. He is a bouncy singer with a band that always plays on the right side of honky tonk and has Western swing in the heart of everything. But what sets A Six Pack to Go apart from many of Thompson's other recordings is the playing of guitar icon Merle Travis kicking it on the lead. He bends and turns notes no matter how laidback the track. Thompson's effortless delivery stands in sharp contrast to this and makes for a startling kind of intensity in the proceedings. Each song is a furthering of the journey into alcoholism, its cause (usually women), and no cure. While the songs have a cheery feel to them, this is one dark record, and there is no redemption anywhere present. A classic. - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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By the time of this album's 1966 release, Thompson was already two years removed from his tenure at Capitol. His then-former label pulled this 12-pack from tracks Thompson recorded in the late '50s and early 60's, including the 1961 title smash. Like many of the albums Thompson recorded in the late '50s, Capitol assembled this one along a thematic line, with bars and drinking at the center of every song.
Thompson's Western Swing is equally at home on the two-stepping "Honky Tonk Town" as it is on the polkas "Beer Barrel Polka" and "Bartender's Polka." His voice is warm and surprisingly upbeat given the tenor of the material. His 1952 smash "The Wild Side of Life" is heard here is a 1962 remake (though not the stereo of which the liner notes speak), retaining its pathos even with the undercutting of a choral background. Better yet is Allen Flatt's "A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer," which manages to swing along even as tears soak the bar.
Besides rounding up a nice collection of drinking-related titles, Capitol also picked sides on which legendary guitarist Merle Travis lent his distinctive leads. Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys add superb support with fine steel and fiddle throughout. Most of Thompson's original theme albums remain out of print (e.g., "Songs for Rounders"), but lucky for us, Capitol did a fine job of assembling this one, and Sundazed has returned it to domestic print. ...