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Tales of the Yukon
Tales of the Yukon
Hank Snow / CD / 1968
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Artist
Hank Snow
Format
CD
Genre
Country
Label Name
Bear Family
Producer
Chester B. Atkins
Release Date
2008 02 05
Song List
1: The Face on the Barroom Floor (5:24)
2: The Shooting of Dan McGrew (5:03)
3: The Cremation of Sam McGee (5:19)
4: The Spell of the Yukon (3:46)
5: The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill (6:02)
6: The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike (4:33)
7: The Ballad of Hard Luck Henry (4:36)
8: My Friends (3:21)
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Country Boogie, Honky Tonk, Cowboy, Traditional Country
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Hank Snow
isn't generally thought of as a spoken word artist, but
the Singing Ranger
did dabble in dramatic readings during the course of a recording career that spanned four decades;
Snow
recorded the album
Old Doc Brown and Other Narrations
in 1955, and cut his best-known spoken album,
Tales of the Yukon
, in 1968. Proud Canadian
Snow
doubtless felt an affinity for the narrative poems of
Robert William Service
, who earned international fame for his rough-hewn but often sentimental tales of men in the Northern territories, and here
Snow
recites seven of
Service
's works (along with
"The Face on the Barroom Floor,"
often attributed to
Service
but actually penned by
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
), accompanied by minimal, unobtrusive musical backings.
Snow
recites
Service
's yarns with genuine gusto and shows a real feel for the material; if he's not quite a great actor, he knows the strengths of this material and he has a sense of drama that brings
"The Cremation of Sam McGee"
and
"The Ballad of Hard Luck Henry"
to life. And while
Snow
seems to understand the flashes of humor in these poems, he isn't afraid to serve up their melodramatic side at face value, and the readings are clever, thoughtful, and effective.
Tales of the Yukon
is an interesting curio for fans of
Hank Snow
, and folks with a fondness for
Robert William Service
's stories of rugged lives in Northern Canada should enjoy this immensely. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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