08-22-2021, 12:17 PM
Tom T. Hall, legendary country songwriter passed away August 20, 2021 at age 85. Like Dylan and Kristofferson, he first gained fame as a writer before he did as a performer. He was the writer of the Jeannie C. Riley mega-hit “Harper Valley PTA”. He then launched his own recording career specializing in story songs such as Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine”, “The Year Clayton Delaney Died”, as well as the tongue-in-cheek comedic “Ode to a Half a Pound of Ground Round”. His sentimental ballad “I Love” also scored on the Billboard pop and easy listening charts. His wife Dixie, who passed in 2015, was a songwriter as well.