Tom T. Hall

Tom T.Hall keeps a rappin' (Oct 1997)

Mercury Records has jumped into the "alternative country" field with Tom T. Hall's new album "Home Grown." Yes, it's the same Tom T. Hall who's recorded 21 Top Ten records. It's the same Tom T. Hall who has written countless other Top Ten hits for other artists, from "D.J. For A Day" by Jimmy Newman in 1963 to Alan Jackson's recent Number One "Little Bitty." Alternative? When someone makes an album, and both he and his label know full well that it has no chance of getting mainstream radio play, that's "alternative." So what if it sounds the same as all those hits he had? Times have changed.  ...