Author : George William Koon
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578062836
An authoritative separation of myth from fact in the life of the great country music star
Author : Roger M. Williams
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252008610
Few American entertainers have had the explosive impact, wide-ranging appeal, and continuing popularity of country music star Hank Williams. Such Williams standards as "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Jambalaya," and "I Saw the Light" have all entered the pantheon of great American song. Roger Williams recounts the story of Hank's rise from impoverished Southern roots, his coming of age during and after World War II, his meteoric climb to national acclaim and star status on the Grand Ole Opry, his chronic bouts with alcoholism and the alienation it created in those he loved and sang for, and finally his tragic death at twenty-nine and subsequent emergence as a folk hero. The book also features a thorough discography compiled by Bob Pinson of the Country Music Foundation.
Author : Paul Hemphill
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0143037714
Hank Williams, the quintessential country music singer and songwriter, lived a life as lonesome, desolate, and filled with sorrow as his timeless songs. From Williams's dirt- poor beginnings as a sickly child to his emergence as a star of the Grand Ole Opry, Lovesick Blues is the definitive biography of the man and his music.
Author : Hank Williams
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 21,69 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1458446891
(Guitar Chord Songbook). A resource of nearly 70 Williams' classics, including: Cold, Cold Heart * Hey, Good Lookin' * Honky Tonk Blues * Honky Tonkin' * I Saw the Light * I'm a Long Gone Daddy * Jambalaya (On the Bayou) * Long Gone Lonesome Blues * My Son Calls Another Man Daddy * Take These Chains from My Heart * Your Cheatin' Heart * and more.
Author : Randal Myler
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822219859
THE STORY: HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY is the spectacular musical biography of the legendary singer-songwriter frequently mentioned alongside Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Elvis and Bob Dylan as one of the great innovators of Ame
Author : William MacEwen
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2009-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316074632
- Long considered the last word on Hank Williams, this biography has remained continuously in print since its first publication in 1994.- This new edition has been completely updated and includes many previously unpublished photographs, as well as a complete catalog detailing all the songs Hank Williams ever wrote, even those he never recorded.- Colin Escott is codirector and cowriter of the forth-coming two-hour PBS/BBC television documentary on Hank Williams, set to broadcast in spring 2004, and coauthor of "Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway.- HANK WILLIAMS was the third-prize winner of the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award.
Author : Hank Williams
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1458488500
(Guitar Collection). This fantastic collection of 26 classics by the great Hank Williams features easy-to-intermediate fingerpicking and flatpicking arrangements in notes and tab. Includes: Cold, Cold Heart * Hey, Good Lookin' * Honky Tonkin' * I Saw the Light * I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry * Jambalaya (On the Bayou) * Long Gone Lonesome Blues * Mansion on the Hill * There's a Tear in My Beer * You Win Again * Your Cheatin' Heart * and more. Also includes an introduction by Fred Sokolow and notes about each song.
Author : Cecelia Tichi
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780807846087
A close-up look at country music argues that it has become a national art form, reflecting the same themes that have characterized American art and literature over three centuries
Author : Paul R. Nail, Ph.D.
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1682359654
Volume II picks up in 1943-44, right where Volume I left off, with Hank’s courtship and marriage to first wife, Audrey (Sheppard) Guy Williams, his rise to fame at the Louisiana Hayride, 1948-49, and at the Grand Ole Opry, 1949-50, before success began closing in on him by December 1950. Hank was only 27 years old at the time, and no one knew that he had only two more years to live. Despite Hank’s growing alcoholism, marital and health problems, and eventual addiction to prescription drugs, his last two years were perhaps the most productive and successful of his career. “A special feature of Volume II is that Dr. Nail devotes an entire chapter to the art and craft of songwriting. Here, Nail provides what I believe is the most accurate and comprehensive analysis to date of the relative contributions of Hank and his publisher/song editor, Fred Rose, to Hank’s songs. Like Volume I, Volume II is a must-read for anyone seeking greater understanding and insight into the short but fabulous life and career of the legendary Hank Williams. I wholeheartedly recommend it.” – Ed Guy, noted Hank Williams expert
Author : Hank Williams
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476801894
(Easy Guitar). Features 32 of his most famous hits arranged for easy guitar. Includes: Cold, Cold Heart * Hey, Good Lookin' * Honky Tonk Blues * Honky Tonkin' * I Saw the Light * I'm a Long Gone Daddy * I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry * Jambalaya (On the Bayou) * A Mansion on the Hill * My Son Calls Another Man Daddy * Ramblin' Man * There's a Tear in My Beer * Your Cheatin' Heart * more.
