Hank Williams : Snapshots from the Lost Highway

by Escott, Colin; Florita, Kira

• ISBN13: 9781903985113
• ISBN10: 1903985110
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-15
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Escott and Florita present a previously undiscovered wealth of private family snapshots, letters, unpublished interviews, and other ephemera--including Williams' final lyric, found in the back seat of the car where he died. In paperback for the first time, this is a windfall of memorabilia for Hank fans everywhere. 200 photos.

Author Biography

Colin Escott is an award-winning music historian and the author of four books, among them Hank Williams: The Biography and Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. He lives in Nashville. Kira Florita is the VP of Marketing for Lost Highway Records. Together with Colin Escott and the Country Music Foundation, she co-produced the ten-CD Complete Hank Williams boxed set in 1998, which won two Grammy Awards. She lives in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Foreword	p. 13
Preface	p. 15
Introduction	p. 17
I Wish I Had a Dad..	p. 21
The Wap Blues	p. 33
This Ain't No Place for Me	p. 45
The 'Lovesick Blues' Boy: Spring 1948-spring 1949	p. 63
Hilbilly Hits the Jackpot: Nashville, 1949-1951	p. 89
I'm So Tired of It All: January-june 1952	p. 145
Then Came That Fatal Day: June-december 1952	p. 157
The Funeral	p. 175
Aftermath	p. 187
Credits	p. 207
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