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Hank Williams—the lonesome Alabama country boy who rose to fame and riches with an $8 guitar and a melancholy voice—had a premonition of his own death several months ago. Need a break? Play ...
She and Williams, the 73-year-old son of late country legend Hank Williams, met in 1985 at one of his concerts and were married in 1990. They shared daughter Katherine, who died in a car crash in ...
Yet, more than 60 years after his premature death at age 29, no country artist living or dead can approach the familiarity the general public has with Hank Williams, whose sad, lonely songs are ...
In his first statement since the death of his wife, Mary Jane, Hank Williams Jr. thanks fans and friends for their prayers.. In his grief, on March 29, the country star and son of country legend ...
Hank Williams is believed to have written nearly 200 songs. Hank Williams was a storyteller. Even though he was so young when he died, he had done a lot of living, and he wrote about what he knew.
New Year’s Day marks the 60th anniversary of the death of American music legend Hank Williams, whose words and music echo across decades with a timelessness that transcends genre. A prolific ...
A Nashville court has freed for release 150 "lost songs" recorded by the late country legend Hank Williams. ... The official cause of death was heart failure.
When a young Hank Williams made the move from Alabama to Nashville to try and break into the country music business, he pitched his songs to Acuff-Rose — dealing with Fred Rose himself ...
The artist to whom they’re referring, of course, is Hank Williams, and the song is “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Recorded in 1949 and reflecting Hank’s tormented feelings toward Audrey ...