RIP Tom T. Hall: The country singer/songwriter known for penning “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” as well as his own crossover hit “I Love,” has died at age 85
“Few could tell a story like Tom T. Hall," Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern said in a statement following his death."As a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, he was one of those triple threat artists who continued to make an impact on the next generation. I’ll always remember growing up listening to Tom T.’s music with my father, who was a huge bluegrass and Country fan.
Hall, who often gifted friends with homemade moonshine from his own still, was born May 25, 1936, in Olive Hill, Ky. By the time he was a teenager, Hall had joined his first bluegrass band, the Kentucky Travelers. He also worked as a DJ before he joined the Army in 1957. Though a rarity now, Hall tended to write alone instead of enlisting other songwriters."I said very arrogantly one time that writing a song is like writing a letter to your mother: You don't need three or four guys to help you do it," Hall toldTom T. Hall's 'Me and Jesus': An Unlikely 'Voice'-Resurrected Hit That Somehow Feels Very 2016
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