Needless to sy I am a big Hank Snow fan. Hank had perfect diction and nearly perfect pitch – autotune would have been a complete waste of time with Hank Snow.

He was also a terrific guitar player who played his own lead guitar for most of his career. Hank recorded five instrumental albums, two of them with Chet Atkins. If you look at the names Chet recorded instrumental duet albums with – Les Paul, Merle Travis, Jerry Reed, Lenny Breau, Mark Knoffler, Tommy Emmanuel – they were all great musicians. Hank Snow fits comfortably within the group.

I would have Hank a bit higher but I glad you actually remembered him at all. Apart from his music, Hank did much on behalf of abused children establishing the Hank Snow International Foundation For Prevention Of Child Abuse in 1976, long before it was a fashionable cause.

He was one heck of a fine entertainer. I was fortunate to see him at the Opry on two occasions during the 1980s