Tom T. Hall - Ol' T's In Town / A Soldier Of Fortune

Tom T. Hall has been dubbed The Storyteller, The Poet of Nashville and the Mark Twain of Country Music. �One thing�s for sure � Tom T. Hall is one of the all-time great songwriters, with the multi-million-selling �Harper Valley P.T.A.� being his most well-known composition. ��Ol� T�s In Town� was released in 1979 and produced three chart singles, �You Show Me Your Heart (And I�ll Show You Mine)�, � The Old Side Of Town� and �Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone)�. ��A Soldier Of Fortune� covers diverse ground with the title track, penned by Gary Sefton, finding the singer in bluegrass territory accompanied by the genre�s Jimmy Martin and the Osborne Brothers, while the only other non-original, Shel Silverstein�s wonderful �Me And Jimmie Rodgers�, recalls innocent days and childhood heroes. Otherwise it�s original material throughout, with the writer recounting more past times, (�Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon�) and characters (�The World According To Raymond�), while �Texas Never Fell in Love With Me� is a humorous contradiction of the cowboy lifestyle. �Tom T. Hall is one of the most successful recording artists in the history of Country Music. �Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. �