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The Honky Tonk Man [Remaster]Hank Williams
Release Date: 06/14/2005
Original Release:
2005
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 591132_CD
UPC # 723721121952
Label: American Legends
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Performer: Hank Williams
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist Notes: Liner Note Author: Gary Tanenbaum. This woefully short collection has a couple of classic Hank Williams songs, including the iconic "Lost Highway" and the everybody-gets-it "Lovesick Blues," but it lacks songs like "Your Cheatin' Heart," the eerily prescient "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," the buoyant faux bayou party tune "Jambalaya," and the economic-as-a-haiku "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," making it a pretty sparse set that is hardly worth the effort spent trying to find it. Any Hank Williams is better than no Hank Williams at all, though, so if you're in a truck stop and you see this compilation, and it's not too much change to buy, pick it up and it'll be sure to get you down the road a short bit. Just don't expect to get too far before the program repeats. ~ Steve Leggett
The Robert Johnson of country, Hank Williams was a troubled visionary who hung around just long enough to change the face of American music forever. He added electric instruments and touches of Western swing and proto-rockabilly to the post-hillbilly sound of his idol Roy Acuff, writing a wealth of unforgettable tunes along the way. In the late 1940s and early '50s, Williams rose to fame with a series of these chart-topping hits, including "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Hey, Good Lookin'." Though Williams' hard living caught up with him in 1953, his legacy lives on in his timeless songs and the legions of musicians he inspired.
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Acuff, Roy Carter Family Delmore Brothers (The) Griffin, Rex Guthrie, Woody Hutchison, Frank Johnson, Robert Miller, Emmett (Country) Rodgers, Jimmie (Country) Rogers, Will Tubb, Ernest
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