Hancock Family Song Box Session 2008-03-24
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General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Hancock Family Song Box Session
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Date: March 24, 2008
Location: Austin, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 384 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Original Session, Young Sailors Waltz, 5-27-80, Right around the Crotch, 87, Swinging (Parody), Tommt 84’, Cattle truck driving boogie, He don’t have you, The born again Zenner, Bringing back the bong, “This song is sung to save our lungs”, They start singing the song, It is a parody of bringing in the rain, On the phone again – 82’, Parody (On the road again), They sing this song, Whiskey Liver 83’, He sings this song, Lord Buckley’s Golden Rule, They play that song, Be Cool, Rancho Grande de Texas Tech, Emma Cardoso- wrote the music, Restroom Wall 76’, Our last Rendezvous, They sing the song, Elvira’s Climax, Make me feel like a man, River Tubers 89’, The sing that song, Primlita, Mc 3’s, Dear John Letter to Vietnam, 83’, They sing the song, Written before the war was over, City of Houston 82’, To Steve Austin, He goes through the lyrics, They sing the song, Pistol packing Mama 67’, They sing the song, Tonight the Bible let me down, They sing the song, The Curtain Never Falls- Freddy Hart, Hello Charlie (The Stationary Coca), Leroy, Lost in North Austin, He sings the song, My baby is a truck, What you are to me, They sing the song, Old Hippies, Tamales 81’, Harvey Mudd’s Dog, Remember?, He reads the lyrics, Moaning Izzy, He sings the song, Betty, Gayla Fiesta Waltz, Drummer Boy Boogie, There is a bug in the synthesizer, They were the first country band that had a synthesizer, Let me make memories, Out of the mood, They play the song, Southern Wind, Hamburger Hill
Tape 1, Side 2:
Continuing Mc 3’s, Rita Bonita, Theme Song, Jack to a Queen to a King, They play the song, A big hit, They play the song, What would I do?, They play the song, Jalapeño baby, They sing the song, Lonely 58’, Jimmy Day 47’, He plays the song, Wake me up, A happy woman 82’, Not faded love, They play the song, Farmers Daughter, San Antonio, Texas, Old Lady had rules posted everywhere, No hats, No smoking, No drinking, No Mexican Music (They played a Mexican song : p), Lulling, Texas, Weird vibe at this one gig, Played one song and then packed up and left, Farmers Daughter cont, Rumor was that she dated Bob Wills, That’s why she hated musicians, Thus had all the nonsense rules, Songs from the S’s in their collection, Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Written by Peter Paul and Mary, Silver Wings – Merle Haggard, Sin ain’t nothing but the blues, They play the song (The girls sing)
Tape 2, Side 1:
They are re singing the song that cut off from tape 2, Sin ain’t nothing but the blues, They talked about the depression songs, Continuing through their collection, Sincerely – Jim Vines, They sing the song, Vines was a drummer, Sing a sad song- Jimmy Peters, Charlene sings the song, Singing the sunshine, Send me back home- Merle Haggard, Singing the blues, Six days on the road, Six pack to go, Six roads a day, Sixteen tons, Sixty minute man, They sing the song
Tape 2, Side 2:
March 25, 2008, Tommy’s 79th birthday, Day 2 of the song box session, Somewhere in the S’s, Slow poke- Pee Wee King, Skip a rope, Slippin around, Floyd Tillman, Slowly- Red Pierce, Shot Gun Boogie-, Tennessee Ernie, The Snakes Crawl at Night, Smoke Rings-, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Snow Bird-, Ann Marie, So used to loving you-, Red Pierce, Someone stole my Peony, Someone stole my heart, So Long- Russ Morgan, Spanish Fireball- Hank Snow, Snow was a Canadian Cowboy, Elvis opened for him once, Around 1950, Tommy’s family name was Lukenbill, They changed it to Stevens, eventually dropped the Stevens, To Hancock, Spanish Fandango- Bob Wills, Sweet Bunch of Daisies- Chad Adkins, Someday, Someday Soon- Judith Collins 1969, I Still Believe in Love (Believe it or not), Something on your mind, Song of my Honor
Tape 3, Side 1:
Continue in the S’s, Somewhere my Love-, Dr. Shavaho, The Twin Fiddles played this song, And that is how they happened to start playing it, Sue City Sue, Still Water Runs Deepest, Sparkling Brown Eyes- Red Pierce, Springtime in the Rockies, Split Personality- Tommy Hancock, Lonnie Mac, Joe Gracie, Bobby Earl Smith, Keith Ferguson all were present, Squirrels along the Yukon, St. Louie Blues- Lavern Baker, Stand By Your Man- Tammie Wynett, St. Louie Blues- Bob Wills, Stardust- Carmichael, Stay as Sweet as you are, Sweet and Lovely- Farren Young, I started loving you again, Sunday down in Tennessee, Stay a little longer- Bob Wills, Still- Bill Anderson, Sweet Thang- 1966, Stop the World and Let Me off- Patsy Cline, Stealing in the name of the Lord, Reggae tune, Strangers- Roy Drusky the first to put out the song
Tape 3, Side 2:
Cont’, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Sugar Blues- Bob Wills, Summer Wine 1967, Late 60’s early 70’s, Summer Love, Swanny, Sweet Dreams- Farren Young, Sweeter than Roses in May, Sweet Dreams Baby, Sweet Kind of Love, Swinging, Sweet Lovin Music- Char and Tom, Sweeter than the Flowers- Mullikan, Sweethearts are Strangers- Jimmy Davis, He was the governor of Louisiana, T’s, Taylor Made Woman, The Last Letter, You have to be sad in order to sing that song well, Melodramatic was popular because it was a way for, People to cope with the Depression, Appalachian Mountain Music, dead babies, Native Americans are big on understanding the feeling, Of the music’s emotions, Wayland Jennings was popular with Native Americans before, He was popular with other people, Taint Nice, There Stands the Glass, Don Thompson, Take a Chance- Christine Albert, Take Me- George Jones, Take out some Insurance, Jimmy Reed, There was a story where he shared a limo with Joan Crawford
Tape 4, Side 1:
Day Three, March 26, 2008, Tommy sings some of his original songs, Rojo (Big Red), The next song was written about Hank Williams, New wife, before he died, He was there watching the whole thing, King Solomon, T’s on the list, Take these changes from my heart, Hank Jr., That’s my trade mark, Takes a lot to laugh, Bob Dylan, If fingerprints turned up on skin, Tea for two, Tenderly, Teardrops in my heart, Tennessee Baby, Texas Sand, Time nor Tide, Tennessee Saturday Night, Tennessee Waltz, Too Young, Texas Waltz- Al Dexter, There will be no teardrops tonight, Thank You for letting me be myself
Tape 4, Side 2:
T’s continued, That will be the day, That’s Amore- Dean Martin, The Cry of the Wild Goose, There is no room for the blues, There is a new moon over my shoulder, Jimmy Davis, The Gods were angry with me, The Love Bug Itch, They will never take her love from me, Them Duck Pluckers, Them Moose Goosers, Them Sticker Getters, There goes my everything, There She Goes- Carl Smith, There won’t be anymore, Try me one more time, There is a little bit of everything in Texas, Till the end of the world, These boots are made for walkin, Thing called sadness- Ray Price, Things have gone to pieces- George Jones, The Third Man Thing, This room is so crowded, Tie a Yellow Ribbon- 1972, Though I Tried, Tomorrow Night, To My Sorrow, This Cold War with You, Tiger by the Tail- Buck Owens, Till I waltz again with you, Till Then, Tramp on the Street, Together Again, Tomorrow Night, Turn the Radio on
Tape 5, Side 1:
Last bit of the T’s, Too in Love, Too Ra Loorah – Irish Lullaby, Toot Toot, Truck Drivin Man, Take me- George Jones, Troublin Mind-Bob Wills, Tuxedo Junction, The Twist- Chubby Checker, Twist in the USA, Uncle Pen
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