Artist:Tompall and the Glaser Brothers
Song:Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
Album:Lovin' Her Was Easier/After All These Years
After having country music chart success in the early 70s, Tompall and the Glaser Brothers split up and Tompall had solo success as part of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings' Outlaw movement. They reformed in the early 80s and had their greatest chart success with the 1981 single Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again). Tompall, Chuck and Jim Glaser are from Spalding, NE. They started performing as teens at country fairs. Their big break came in 1957 on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. They moved to Nashville and toured with Marty Robbins. They also toured with Johnny Cash. They also had songwriting success. The biggest of these was when Jim Glaser's song Woman Woman was an international pop hit for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. They signed with MGM and producer Cowboy Jack Clement in 1966. Their only top ten hit on MGM was Rings in 1971. They split up in 1972. After recording a couple of solo albums. Tompall was on the 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws with Nelson and Jennings. Meanwhile Chuck suffered a stroke in 1975 and left the music business. In 1981 they reformed and signed with Elektra and producer Jimmy Bowen. Lovin' Her Was Easier reached #2 on the Country Singles chart. Kris Kristofferson wrote the song and recorded it in 1971. Roger Miller charted with his cover. Tompall and the Glaser Brothers released two albums on Elektra and Tompall and Jim returned to solo careers. The Elektra albums are available as a twofer from Collector's Choice. Tompall died in 2013 and Chuck and Jim died in 2019. Here's Tompall and the Glaser Brothers performing Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) on Nashville Now 1981.
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