Hank Williams The Biography

by MacEwen, William; Merritt, George; Escott, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780316734974
• ISBN10: 0316734977
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-13
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

- 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print since its first publication in 1994.- This new edition has been completely updated and includes many previously unpublished photographs, as well as a complete catalog detailing all the songs Hank Williams ever wrote, even those he never recorded.- Colin Escott is codirector and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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: To a Hillbilly Singer Dying Young	vii
The Drifting Cowboy's Dream	3	(13)
``Roy Acuff, Then God!''	16	(18)
Sweet Audrey from Pike	34	(16)
Songs for Home Folks	50	(15)
The Year of the Lion	65	(17)
The Hayride	82	(14)
A Feeling Called the Blues	96	(17)
``Tonight, Live from Nashville, Tennessee . . .''	113	(21)
``Hurried Southern Trips . . .''	134	(17)
A Good Year for the Roses	151	(17)
Folk and Western Music to Sell	168	(15)
The Haddy-Cole Bounce	183	(18)
``A Good Time All the Time''	201	(18)
Billie Jean	219	(15)
``I'm So Tired of It All''	234	(23)
Midnight	257	(16)
Wuthering Depths	273	(28)
Appendix 1: Dissolve to Black --- Hank in Hollywood	301	(6)
Appendix 2: Hank Williams Songography	307	(20)
Appendix 3: Discography	327	(22)
Sources	349	(12)
Index	361