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  Tom T. Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter.
Hall's big break came in 1963 when singer Jimmy Newman recorded his song "DJ For a Day." In 1964 Hall moved to Nashville, TN, and within months had songs climbing the charts.
He has a son, Dean Hall, who is also a singer and member of the MuzikMafia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_T._Hall   (369 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall
Hall described the family home as "a frame house of pale-grey boards and a porch from which to view the dusty road and the promise of elsewhere beyond the hills - the birthplace of a dreamer".
Hall, who started to learn to play a schoolfriend's guitar at the age of 10, was influenced by a local musician who died of tuberculosis when only 22 years old, hence his classic song, "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died".
Hall's mother died of cancer when he was 13 and, two years later, his father was injured in a shooting accident, which necessitated Hall leaving school to look after the family.
98.6.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_2519.html?print=true   (287 words)

  
 Tom Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Hall is a game designer born in Wisconsin.
Hall also left Midway early that year and did independent game consultation work out of the Austin, TX, until in February he joined a startup company called KingsIsle Entertainment based in the same area.
Hall is also the creator of the Dopefish, a large, green, buck-toothed, belching, dimwitted fish whose thought process is restricted to "Swim, swim, hungry." The Dopefish first appeared in Commander Keen, and references to it have appeared in many other games since.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Hall   (284 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Tom T. Hall is known as a storyteller, a songwriter with a keen eye for detail and a knack for narrative.
Hall is the son of a bricklaying minister, who gave his child a guitar at the age of eight.
In 1957, Hall enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Germany.
www.music.com /person/tom_t_hall/1   (982 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Ex-Qwest Exec Tom Hall to Plead Guilty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall, a former senior vice president at the Denver-based regional telephone company, was the last of four former Qwest managers still to go on trial for conspiring to illegally boost Qwest revenues.
Hall and three other Qwest former managers went on trial earlier this year on charges of boosting revenues for the second quarter of 2001 by more than $33 million from a deal to wire Arizona schools to the Internet.
Hall was re-indicted by a federal grand jury in June on four counts, compared to the 12 counts he had faced in the first trial.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/09/17/ex_qwest_exec_tom_hall_to_plead_guilty?mode=PF   (380 words)

  
 Notes from the Producers of R E A L - the Tom T. Hall Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Tom wrote about what he knew--his experiences growing up in a small Kentucky town, his experiences in the Army--but he soon found he was running out of experiences.
Tom's songs are intricately detailed pen-and-ink renderings, and the artists herein make them their own with their individual palettes of vividly expressive oil paints.
The Tom T. Hall Project would like to see Tom be recognized as the exceptional artist he is. The artists represented herein feel he's one of the greats, and with their bold reinterpretations of his songs they pay homage to the Storyteller.
www.indie44.com /tthall/real/notes   (734 words)

  
 Popular Music and Society: Various Artists. Real: The Tom T. Hall Project. - sound recording review
Hall's songs are littered with the displaced, impoverished, and isolated, often struggling, musicians who cannot ignore the call of art and the road, even though, paradoxically, they understand it is the source of their isolation.
Tom T. Hall's music suggests he would choose the latter, which makes him terribly out of step by today's standards when all a performer really needs is a hat, tight jeans, a personal trainer, and a slick producer to make it on Country Music Television.
When Hall's traditional songs are revised by other, mostly younger, artists, several things happen: the music is reinvigorated, and the artistry of Hall's writing highlighted; this, in turn, calls attention to the innovations of those musicians who have followed him and to their respect for Hall's music.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_2001_Fall-Winter/ai_100440160   (1315 words)

  
 Interview with Tom Hall, Designer of Anachronox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
TOM HALL: Well, I played a game called Monster on a teletype terminal in my high school, and I think part of the original Colossal Cave.
TOM HALL: It was the first game that really made a interesting, self-contained world that you could explore.
TOM HALL: It would have had minor story components at the start, at the end, and a reason for what you are doing.
eboredom.20m.com /features/interviews/hall.html   (968 words)

  
 Twangin'! Reviews ~ Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall is like an old dog or comfortable pair of boots.
Tom T. told the folks at Mercury that he wanted to make a record, and he wanted to do it his way.
Tom T. was eating breakfast while talking with a waiter about a Frank Sinatra song being played over the restaurant radio.
www.steamiron.com /twangin/r-hall.html   (768 words)

  
 The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy : Tom Hall Tributes
Tom Hall, itinerant musician, songwriter, overt sartorial provocateur, player of unlikely ancient instruments and 109% solid platinum genius, died at three o'clock this morning.
The fact that Tom was not a household name around the English-speaking world merely bears witness to what a sad, grey place that world had already become.
Tom was alive and real and inspiring and all over the place and too many people smiled indulgently and took him for granted and they must be dead in their stupid wee damn heads for it.
www.jazzbutcher.com /htdb/tomhall   (1658 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Elected into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1978 and inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1980, Hall is considered one of the greatest country songwriters ever.
Tom and his wife, "Miss Dixie," have been burning up the bluegrass charts as the best contemporary bluegrass artists are cutting their unique, Hall-hewn, small-town songs in great number and with great success.
Dixie Hall was named Songwriter of the Year in 2004 by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America.
www.herald-dispatch.com /countrymusichighway/page01.htm   (276 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall to pay visit to South Plains College Friday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall has been a benefactor and ambassador of the college's unique studies in country and bluegrass music for the past 20 years.
Hall is credited with helping to generate the first large surge in the program's enrollment, thanks to publicity resulting from the broadcast.
During the 1987 festivities, Hall was awarded an honorary associate degree from the college and was named an adjunct professor of music.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/030197/tomthall.htm   (397 words)

  
 Tom Hanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Tom Hanks sips caffe latte with nonfat milk and looks...
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed moviess.
Tom Hanks's (partial) family tree (links him to former US president Abraham Lincoln)
hallencyclopedia.com /Tom_Hanks   (636 words)

  
 Tom Hall's Personal Page
Tom is the middle son of three of us.
Tom is employed at the Kraft Foods company, where he tests milk for dairy products.
Tom and Georgia celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary at Kurt and Ursula's in San Antonio TX.
www.chadh.com /tom.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Tom T. Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall's eye for the telling character detail and knack for spinning a yarn are on full display on tracks like "Ballad of Forty Dollars," which is about the old time funerals he used to see in his home town.
Hall's 1972 hit "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine" is a heartfelt slice of life number that offers a simple philosophy of life.
Hall later attempted to repeat the sentiment on tunes like "I Love" and "I Care," but those songs are almost too simple, though charming in their own way.
www.ink19.com /issues/july2001/wetInk/musicH/tomTHall.html   (578 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall is the Raymond Carver of country songwriters: like no one before or since, he writes vignettes that are at once incredibly sad and funny, acute in detail, deep in common, human wisdom.
Focusing on his strongest and frequently overlooked material, this overview is a tribute to Hall the narrative craftsman, the journalist of the interiors and exteriors of country life.
I've enjoyed the work of Tom T. Hall since I was 5 or 6 years old and my dad played "Sneaky Snake" for me. His songs still impress me so much; at his best, he'll make you laugh and cry and shrug and smile, all in the same song.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001EDY?v=glance   (1537 words)

  
 CMT.com : Tom T. Hall : Biography
Hall began learning music and performing techniques from a musician who lived relatively near his home, Lonnie Easterly.
The first singer to have a hit with one of Hall's songs was Jimmy C. Newman, who brought "DJ for a Day" into the Top 10 in 1963.
The back-to-back success convinced Hall to move to Nashville to continue his career as a professional songwriter.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/hall_tom_t_/bio.jhtml   (865 words)

  
 Tom Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall has incorporated a number of innovative elements into Choral Arts concerts, including collaborations with many prominent artists and ensembles, such as the King's Singers, Chanticleer, Dave Brubeck, Robert Levin, James Morris, the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, the Washington Chamber Symphony, and Peter Schickele.
Hall is active as a guest conductor in the United States and in Europe.
Hall served on the faculty of the Chorus America/Chicago Symphony Association Choral-Orchestral Conducting Workshop and Masterclass, he developed the popular “Scripture and Song” series at Baltimore’s Beth Am Synagogue with the biblical scholar Noam Zion, and he was an Artist in Residence at Indiana University.
baltimorechoralarts.org /content/index.cfm/ContentID/764/SectionID/223   (633 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall
After Johnnie Wright had a number one hit with Hall's "Hello Vietnam," the music industry was pressuring Tom to become a performer.
Then, in the late summer of 1968, Jeannie C. Riley had a major hit with Hall's "Harper Valley P.T.A.," which spent three weeks at the top of the charts and was voted the Single of the Year by the Country Music Association.
Throughout 1969, he had a string of hit singles, culminated by the release of the number one single "A Week in a Country Jail" at the end of the year.
www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++230705   (853 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Ultimate Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Tom says that "this generation should entertain this generation", meaning that the youth of today should listen to singers closer to their own age.
Tom had 21 Top-10 hits as a singer and several more as a songwriter {Hall wrote the George Jones 1980 classic "I'm Not Ready Yet"; Alan Jackson's "Little Bitty"; Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA"; among others}.
Tom T Hall was one of the finest country singers of the 70's and this collection serves him justice.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005KB9K?v=glance   (2052 words)

  
 Country Standard Time: Tom T. Hall, October 1997
Hall had actually "retired" a few years ago, but his wife wouldn't let him use that word.
Hall's first Number One record, "A Week In A Country Jail," and his most famous song, "Harper Valley P.T.A.," are both set in small towns.
Hall is not a person to dwell in the past.
members.aol.com /countryst/tomthallFEATURE.html   (1239 words)

  
 Tom Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Hall, T. (with P. Chaney and A. Pithouse) (eds) 2001.
Hall, T. Savages and scroungers: underclass fears in England at the close of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hall, T. Caught not taught: ethnographic research at a young people's accommodation project.
www.cf.ac.uk /socsi/whoswho/hall.html   (731 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Tom T. Hall performing at the opening of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, a Kentucky native, has had six number-one songs on the national country charts.
The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum is in Renfro Valley, which is adjacent to Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.
members.iglou.com /perkins/newkpf/2002_05/home9280.htm   (62 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall MP3 Downloads - Tom T. Hall Music Downloads - Tom T. Hall Music Videos
Tom T's songs are stories filled with interesting characters.
And, some of his most interesting characters are gathered on this record which celebrates the first 20 years of Hall's career as a performer.
(Hall was a writer first with his most famous pre-performer song being "Harper Valley PTA.") Whether you're looking for a hits package (which this isn't, strictly speaking) or just want to learn more about Hall, this is a fine place to start.
www.mp3.com /albums/70491/summary.html   (236 words)

  
 Alibris: Tom Hall
Hall has had an extensive music career (he wrote Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 hit, "Harper Valley P.T.A.") and his encouraging...
by Hall, Tom T. From a compelling mix of big-money, high-tech industry and down-home, tradition-bound Southern culture, veteran Nashville songwriter Tom T. Hall weaves a compelling novel of change and continuity, family and industry, anger and healing.
by Hall, Tom T. Tom T. Hall, "The Storyteller" to millions of country music devotees, breaks all the rules and dazzles with his social and political satire.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Tom_Hall   (838 words)

  
 TOMTOMTOM.com - The Tom Hall Press
Tom recently failed to lose an iPod or camera for the seventh straight month in row..
However, Tom does plan to lose a few things soon, like three fl socks, his wallet (which he plans to find inside the couch later), and fifteen pounds, ten of which he might find again around Thanksgiving.
Tom and his family have moved to Austin, TX from San Diego.
www.tomtomtom.com   (543 words)

  
 Tom T. Hall ~ Homegrown
Tom T. Hall came to Nashville in 1964 with $46 and a guitar.
His simple and poignant style of writing and performing have earned him the title of "the poet laureate of country music." His songs are stories about the real life of everyday people: a daydreaming waitress, a down-and-out musician, a starry-eyed lover, a janitor, a war veteran, an innocent country kid, a hobo, and many others.
Lewis had heard Hall talk about wanting to do a completely acoustic album, so he persuaded the star to become a record producer for the first time in his career.
www.mercurynashville.com /tomthall   (1215 words)

  
 TOM T HALL: THINKING MAN'S COUNTRY MUSIC as translated into "Redneck"
Tom T Hall is the archetype of country moosic fo' th' reckonin' man - wif all due respeck t'Johnny-Boy Cash an' Merle Haggard among others.
Tom T junerally comes t'rather less dismal cornclushuns.
Buoyed by Jedtian faif thet is inlightened hoominism based on the example of Jedt rather than foolish judgmental houn'dogmatism, Tom T has writ menny thunkful, melodic songs thet quietly an' unpretentiously retch into th' depphs of th' hoomin experience.
www.morethings.com /music/tomt/tomthall.redneck.html   (225 words)

  
 TOM T HALL: THINKING MAN'S COUNTRY MUSIC
Tom T Hall is the archetype of country music for the thinking man - with all due respect to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard among others.
Buoyed by Christian faith that is enlightened humanism based on the example of Christ rather than foolish judgmental dogmatism, Tom T has written many thoughtful, melodic songs that quietly and unpretentiously reach into the depths of the human experience.
Visit the authorized Tom T Hall website, which has album lists, lyrics and schedules.
www.morethings.com /music/tomt   (212 words)

  
 The Tom T. Hall Page - Read about The Tom T. Hall Page at Family First   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
I saw Tom in concert in Hawaii in 1974 while I was in the Navy.
I (Tom's son) saw the fool walking back towards his bus with dad's jacket on, and told him to put it backstage where he belonged, and he told me to F off and mind my own business.
I live in the same town Tom T. Hall lived Olive Hill,Ky. He came to many doing in this town, he even tried to help the old here.He wanted to give back to this town, and it wasn't his fault the way things went here, it was the city.
www.familyfirst.com /the_tom_t_hall_page.html   (989 words)

  
 Rap Sheet - Person : Tom A. Hall
TOM HALL A Wisconsin native, Tom went to college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, getting a B.S. in Computer Science.
Tom A. Hall was credited on a game as early as 1990 and as recently as 2005.
Tom A. Hall is also a MobyGames user.
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,891   (551 words)

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