Ernest Tubb - Thanks Troubadour Thanks: The Legendary [DVD]

If there was ever anyone with a face made for radio, it was Ernest Tubb, with his gaunt death's head leer and creepy hypnotic stare. But he nevertheless managed to develop a musical career that lasted nearly fifty years, through his talent and his ability to work a crowd. This 1987 documentary, Thanks Troubadour Thanks, shot three years after his 1984 death, chronicles the life and career of the Texas Troubadour.

The finale is devoted to the 1982 tribute program An American Original that reveals just how sick the man was. Decades of smoking had led him to a case of emphysema that had him using an oxygen tank in the wings and barely able to labor through a line. His face cannot help but betray how unhappy he is at disappointing his fans by being unable to keep in key. That would be Tubb, devoted to his audience to the very end. ~ Full Review at DigitallyObsessed

Stars: Ernest Tubb, Johnny 'K' Koval
Other Stars: Roy Acuff, Skeeter Davis, Jimmy Dickens, Tom T. Hall, Loretta Lynn, Hank Snow, Randy Travis, Justin Tubb, Conway Twitty, Porter wagoner, Cindy Walker, Kitty Wells
Director: Mark Hall