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245 10 a| Hank Williams :b| snapshots from the lost highway /c| Colin Escott & Kira Florita ; foreword by Rick Bragg ; preface by Marty Stuart.;

250 a| First Da Capo Press edition.;

260 a| Cambridge, MA :b| Da Capo Press,c| 2001.;

300 a| 207 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 x 27 cm;

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505 0 a| Foreword / by Rick Bragg -- Preface / by Marty Stuart -- Introduction -- "I wish I had a Dad" -- "WPA blues" -- "This ain't no place for me" -- "Lovesick blues boy": spring 1948-spring 1949 -- "Hillbilly hits the jackpot": Nashville, 1949-1951 -- Europe, November 1949 -- Montgomery homecoming, July 15, 1951 -- Hadacol Caravan, August-September 1951 -- "I'm so tired of it all": January-June 1952 -- "Then cam that fatal day": June-December 1952 -- Funeral -- Aftermath.;

520 a| He was twenty-nine years old and had recorded just eighty sessions when he died on New Year's Day 1953. Yet those songs -- "Hey Good Lookin'," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- made Hank Williams the most influential country musician ever. He is the essential pre-Elvis performer, molding American music into a new art form, and creating descendants that range from Garth Brooks to Beck. But for all that his music reveals, we know remarkably little of the man himself. His formal interviews barely filled a page, and even those who claimed him as a friend admit they barely knew him. Hank Williams fans, devoted and avid, have been cherishing the same few Hank pictures and reminiscences for decades. Now this book will reveal a previously unseen wealth of photographs, letters, interviews, and the handwritten lyrics to twenty-nine newly discovered songs in a beautifully designed tribute. Arranged chronologically and enhanced by testimonials from Hank's family, friends, and the musicians he inspired, Hank Williams is a revelation.;

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Hank Williams : snapshots from the lost highway / Colin Escott & Kira Florita ; foreword by Rick Bragg ; preface by Marty Stuart.

Author/creator	Escott, Colin
Other author	Florita, Kira.
Format	Book
Edition	First Da Capo Press edition.
Publication Info	Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2001.
Description	207 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Subjects	Williams, Hank, 1923-1953. Williams, Hank, 1923-1953--Pictorial works. Country musicians--United States. --Biography. Country musicians--United States. --Pictorial works.

Contents	Foreword / by Rick Bragg -- Preface / by Marty Stuart -- Introduction -- "I wish I had a Dad" -- "WPA blues" -- "This ain't no place for me" -- "Lovesick blues boy": spring 1948-spring 1949 -- "Hillbilly hits the jackpot": Nashville, 1949-1951 -- Europe, November 1949 -- Montgomery homecoming, July 15, 1951 -- Hadacol Caravan, August-September 1951 -- "I'm so tired of it all": January-June 1952 -- "Then cam that fatal day": June-December 1952 -- Funeral -- Aftermath.
Abstract	He was twenty-nine years old and had recorded just eighty sessions when he died on New Year's Day 1953. Yet those songs -- "Hey Good Lookin'," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- made Hank Williams the most influential country musician ever. He is the essential pre-Elvis performer, molding American music into a new art form, and creating descendants that range from Garth Brooks to Beck. But for all that his music reveals, we know remarkably little of the man himself. His formal interviews barely filled a page, and even those who claimed him as a friend admit they barely knew him. Hank Williams fans, devoted and avid, have been cherishing the same few Hank pictures and reminiscences for decades. Now this book will reveal a previously unseen wealth of photographs, letters, interviews, and the handwritten lyrics to twenty-nine newly discovered songs in a beautifully designed tribute. Arranged chronologically and enhanced by testimonials from Hank's family, friends, and the musicians he inspired, Hank Williams is a revelation.
ISBN	0306810522

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