An Ill-Fated Attempt At A Post........
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Track:Weary Blues from Waitin'
Good friend dermahrk is guiding us through the world n music of the incredible Hank Williams. It is quite impossible to overstate Mr Williams' influence on Country, Blues, & Pop music in Post-war (WWII) America. His songs seeped into every corner of the country, every genre. So many of his songs, covered & recovered countless times, float through the collective conciousness. Like Woody, & Willie Dixon & Jimmie Rodgers, .....Hank Williams helped wrest music from the cities to the folks in the real world. All of them standing on some very tall shoulders, building on what had come before, they each synthesized a sound, uniquely American, universally appealling, thjat would serve as living, breathing blueprints of almost everything that has come since.
So check out dermahrk's post & listen. And of course listen to this.
We hope Mark keeps on posting.
Comments (8)
God bless Hank and H3!!!
Shame about the shameless huckster between Hanks 1 and 3, though. BTW, I'm a football fan, and all my rowdy friends agree with me about Hank, Jr.
True words But ole bloated Bocephus has left a few great tracks scattered across his sad career.
How right you are, deadmandeadman. Here are two I have lying around, songs he (the son) wrote, the first from 1968, the second from 1979.
Hank II takes a lot of flack for his patriotism. He has a legitimate body of good work to define his own legacy. Nothing like his dad's of course, but able to stand on it's own.
@Spike...two excellent examples.
Thanks. This is representative of the only era of country I listen to. I never have trioed out H3, don't know much. Perhaps you can enlighten?
You know, I thought I had most of Hank's tracks, having two box sets with over 150 tracks between them. Then a new one pops out of the woodwork, like this one. The sound's a little rough but I like the song - maybe I should check out what else is on iTunes. From whence does this track come?
And, Spike, thanks for the HWII tracks. He's always been a football clown in my mind, but I like that first one. His voice shares some of his father's qualities.