HANK SNOW BIRTHDAY TODAY….
MAY 9, 1914 WAS A SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR ALL COUNTRY MUSIC LOVERS. THAT IS THE DAY HALL OF FAMER, HANK SNOW WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NOVA SCOTIA.
HANK’S LIFE STORY WHICH HE CHRONICLED IN HIS AUTIOBIOGRAPHY IN HIS BOOK “THE HANK SNOW STORY…. HANK SNOW, the Singing Ranger” WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT THE HANK SNOW HOME TOWN MUSEUM.
AS OUTLINED BY SENATOR WILFRED MOORE IN HIS TRIBUTE TO HANK SNOW AT THE CANADIAN SENATE AND DOCUMENTED IN HIS BOOK ‘FOR THE RECORD’,
“HIS STORY IS ABSOLUTELY COMPELLING. HANK WAS A PERSON WHO OVERCAME ABJECT ADVERSITY – POVERTY, CHILDHOOD ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS AND A GRADE 5 EDUCATION – TO BECOME A LENGENDARY COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER, SONGWRITER AND WORLD-CLASS HORSE TRICK-RIDING SHOWMAN. HIS CAREER IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT ONE CAN ACHIEVE HIS OR HER DREAMS WITH DRIVE, COMMITMENT, TALENT AND SHEER DETERMINATION”
A DEDICATED GROUP OF FOLKS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PRESERVE HIS MEMORY BY ESTABLISHING THE HANK SNOW COUNTRY MUSIC CENTRE WHICH MORPHED INTO THE HANK SNOW HOME TOWN MUSEUM. WHEN THEY CONTACTED HANK ABOUT USING THE LIVERPOOL TRAIN STATION AS A MUSEUM FOR HIM, HE TOLD THEM THAT HE SLEPT THERE WHEN HE WOULD TRY TO GET AWAY FROM PHYSICAL ABUSE FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER. HAVING HIS MUSEUM IN THE TRAIN STATION IS SO SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONAL LOVE FOR THE STATION AND FOR THE TRAIN MUSIC OF HIS IDOL, JIMMIE RODGERS.
HIS RAINBOW RANCH HOME IN MADISON, TENNESSEE A SUBURB OF NASHVILLE, WAS WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE MINNIE AND SON JIMMIE RODGERS SNOW LIVED DURING HIS NASHVILLE YEARS REMAINS TO THIS DAY AS AN AIR B&B RUN BY HIS GREAT NEPHEW.
HANK BEGAN HIS CAREER AT CHNS IN HALIFAX BUT EVENTUALLY BECAME KNOWN AND LOVED BY FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD. HIS MUSEUM SEES VISITORS FROM ALL OVER CANADA, THE USA, AND FROM MANY INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES.
HIS LEGACY INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF LP ALBUMS, A LONG CAREER AS A MEMBER OF THE GRAND OLD OPRY, INDUCTION TO NAME A FEW: Songwriters Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Juno Awards Hall of Fame, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
EACH YEAR A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO HANK SNOW IS HELD THE THIRD WEEKEND IN AUGUST IN LIVERPOOL WHERE TALENTED MUSICIANS CONTINUE TO PERFORM AND ENTERTAIN IN HIS HONOUR.
HE IS THE ONLY CANADIAN MALE TO BE INDUCTED TO THE NASHVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.. WHAT AN HONOUR FOR OUR NATIVE NOVA SCOTIAN.
HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT MUSICIAN AND HUMANITARIAN… HANK SNOW (CLARENCE EUGENE “HANK” SNOW !