It's Hank Williams's birthday
So live it up.
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His grandson Hank III is keeping the family tradition alive with his style of "alt" country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn4V-9rPAjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGP4PFD3ZrY
Did you know that Williams and Johnny Horton, who covered a couple Williams tunes, were married to the same woman at the time of their deaths, and played their last shows at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas.
Williams' widow married Horton nine months after Hank's death in '53. Horton died in 1960 in a head-on collision with a drunken driver.
Posted by Pat Malach | September 17, 2008 2:28 PM
It's hard to believe Hank only made it to 29 years of age.
Posted by none | September 17, 2008 5:48 PM
Why do you drink?
Why do you smoke?
So you don't have to turn 30!
Posted by Mister Tee | September 17, 2008 7:34 PM
Rumor has it that the Rhinestoners will be playing a sequence of Hank I, Hank Jr., and Hank III songs at Hornings Hideout at exactly 5:28 p.m. this Saturday, September 20, 2008.
Posted by Pete Buick | September 17, 2008 10:52 PM