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The Hank Williams reader / edited by Patrick Huber, Steve Goodson, and David M. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Readers on American Musicians
- Readers on American musicians
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country music--History and criticism.
- Country music.
- Country musicians--United States.
- Country musicians.
- Williams, Hank, 1923-1953--Criticism and interpretation.
- Williams, Hank.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (662 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Hank Williams died on New Year's Day 1953 at the age of twenty-nine, his passing appeared to bring an abrupt end to a saga of rags-to-riches success and anguished self-destruction. As it turned out, however, an equally gripping story was only just beginning, as Williams's meteoric rise to stardom, extraordinary musical achievements, turbulent personal life, and mysterious death all combined to make him an endlessly intriguing historical figure. For more than sixty years, an ever-lengthening parade of journalists, family and friends, musical contemporaries, biographers, historians and scho
- Contents:
- part I. "King of the hillbillies": chronicling Hank Williams during his lifetime (1947-1953)
- part II. "Hank, it will never be the same without you": mourning the death of Hank Williams (January-February 1953)
- part III. "Hand Williams won't die": the legend emerges (1953-1964)
- part IV. Bringing the legend to life: the search for the "real" Hank Williams (1965-1974)
- part V. Scenes from the lost highway: shedding light on the dark side (1975-1984)
- part VI. "Gone but not forgotten blues": entering the American mainstream (1985-1994)
- part VII. Our Hank Williams: becoming an American Icon (1995-2013).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-934989-4
- 0-19-934988-6
- OCLC:
- 869096200
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