In Search of a Song

Infobox Album
Name = In Search of a Song
Type = studio
Artist = Tom T. Hall


Released = 1971
Recorded = May 1971, Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, except tracks 1 & 9, recorded March 26, 1971

Genre = country
Length =
Label = Mercury
Producer = Jerry Kennedy
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|5|5 McCall, Michael, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fjfexqq5ldae "Review: "In Search of a Song"] , "Allmusic"]
*Review-Christgau|A|album=3984
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) Cromelin, Richard "Review: Tom T. Hall, "In Search of a Song", "Rolling Stone", January 6, 1972 ( [http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=8241 link via rocksbackpages.com] )]
Last album = "One Hundred Children"
(1970)
This album = "In search of a Song"
(1971)
Next album = "We All Got Together and..."
(1972)

"In Search of a Song" is a 1971 album by country singer and songwriter, Tom T. Hall. The album includes eleven songs based on Hall's observations of rural life. It became a number eight top country album and the opening track, "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" became a number one country single.

History

"In Search of a Song" was released amid Hall's years with Mercury Records (1969-1977) during which he released one or more albums each year (see Tom T. Hall discography). It is the first full album to result from one of Hall's "song-hunting" trips to Kentucky. Hall was known to make periodic visits to rural Kentucky. He didn't actually write songs on these trips so much as take notes and gather raw material that he would later write about. He typically traveled backroads by car, sometimes with a photographer, to find inspiration by observing and visiting with the common people of his home state.Wolfe, Charles, K., "Kentucky Country", University of Kentucky Press, 1982, p.146]

Track listing

All songs by Tom T. Hall
# "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" - 2:42
# "Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs" - 2:35
# "Trip to Hyden" - 2:52
# "Tulsa Telephone Book" - 2:21
# "It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines" - 2:53
# "The Little Lady Preacher" - 2:53
# "L.A. Blues" - 2:40
# "Kentucky, February 27, 1971" - 3:16
# "A Million Miles to the City" - 2:51
# "Second Handed Flowers" - 2:55
# "Ramona's Revenge" - 2:53

Personnel

Musicians

* Tom T. Hall - guitar, vocals
* Jerry Kennedy - guitar/dobro/sitar
* Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
* Harold Bradley - bass guitar/banjo
* Pete Drake - steel/dobro
* Bob Moore - bass
* Buddy Harman - drums
* Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
* George Tidwell - trumpet
* Charlie McCoy - harmonica/vibes

Production

* Jerry Kennedy - Producer
* Recorded May 1971, Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, except tracks 1 & 9, recorded March 26, 1971

Charts

Releases

References