Hank Locklin- Original Country and Western Stars

Hank Week is chugging along with this album from Hank Locklin.  This was $1. I got it for the song that I am posting. Back in 5/11/1968, this album belonged to a person by the name of Blackmon.

Locklin, (1918-2009) was a singer-songwriter and close to 50 year veteran of the Grand Ole Opry.  From 1949 to 1971, he had 70 charting singles.  This was a greatest hits album that appears to be a series from Design Records.

This album was released in 1962.  A good chunk of his hits are on here but the album is notably missing a few including “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” and “Geisha Girl”.  Perhaps this is due to licencing issues.

I bought this album for Locklin’s big hit and perhaps signature number which would be covered by many in both country and pop music as well as referenced by Morrisey, “Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On”.  I liked this song so much I started playing it myself but I have kind of modified it.  I changed the vocal structure a bit as well as one of the lines.  I never liked the chorus line “I still care for you”.  If a guy is going to sing about heartbreak, he needs a stronger emotion than caring.  I switched it out to ” I’m still in love with you”.  Due to these modifications, I can no longer listen to the original versions.  But this still is a great song and the blueprint to what I am doing so here it is as a sample.

As of late, I have been going back thru the blog’s musical archives and I believe this is probably the most posted song besides “Brazil”.  As far as the album, meh.  Could have been a better compilation.  No strike against Locklin.

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