1940s High School Yearbook w/ senior HANK THOMPSON ~ The Brazos Valley Boys ~ ++

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1940's High School annual
with great photographs and text showing the students and faculty, activities and sports, candids and graphics, pictures of school and surrounding. And including graduating senior and future Country Music Hall of Fame performer Hank Thompson. Great pictures and period design, from a small school.
Hank Thompson
was an American
country music
singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades. His
musical style, characterized as
honky tonk Western swing
, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and
steel guitar
that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band,
The Brazos Valley Boys
, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by
Billboard
.
The 1987 novel
Crazy Heart
by
Thomas Cobb
was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009 Cobb's novel was turned into a successful
film
directed by
Scott Cooper
and starring
Jeff Bridges
. Thompson's hit songs include: The Wild Side of Life, Honky Tonk Girl, Wildwood Flower, Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart, No Help Wanted, Wake Up Irene, I've Run Out of Tomorrows, Oklahoma Hills, Cab Driver, I've Come Awful Close, On Tap In the Can or In the Bottle, Hangover Tavern, A Six Pack to Go, Don't Take it Out on Me, Most of All, The New Green Light, Breakin' the Rules, and others.
Very Good condition
hardback with tight binding and text and clean pages; with no must or mildew or missing pieces, with mild shelf wear.  Clean and Solid.
Great rarity giving a great look at the early life and times of one of the all time great country music stars.
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