Hank Williams Live July 13th 1952 Sunset Park, West Grove, PA Rare Live Performance Recording.
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Rare recording of a Hank Williams live show. Recorded at Sunset Park in Pennsylvania by Melvin Price, a musician in a local band.
1. introduction
2. Hey Good Lookin' (incomplete)
3. The Iceman (joke dialogue)
4. Fire On The Mountain (Jerry Rivers)
5. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow
6. Jambalaya
7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
8. Half As Much
9. I Saw The Light
10. Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams: vocal, guitar
Jerry Rivers: fiddle
Don Helms: steel guitar
Bobby Montgomery: rhythm guitar
Roy Perkins: bass
In 1953 I climbed on the school bus and a friend said did you hear Hank Williams died, since we didn’t have a radio, I had not heard , so we sat down and talked about him all the way to school. I’ll. never forget that day as long as I live, I’m 82 now and still love Hank.
beautiful et very sad souvenire
best regards from FRANCE
Yeah, man.. a man of God!
Tis is actually really cool that you shared this, I'm 22 and absolutely love Hanks music. I really dont know or have any family members old enough to remember when he was alive. I scroll through the internet daily to hear or see more live performances or experiences people of that era share. Thanks for sharing.
@@GamingGrumpy awesome Hunter! Glad you're liking this stuff! Check out Ken Burns Country Music documentary for more ideas.
Thank you for sharing. I'm 55 but have only just discovered Hank for myself. Better late than never!
In my opinion Hank had the perfect voice for the country music that he sung he's the Greatest
Listening closely to this. Lovesick Blues touched me like it never did. I'm 72 looking back over many relationships It has a different effect. Absolutely true
He did lay a lot of the ground rules from the voice through the telling lyrics all backed up by just perfect instrumentation. He capped all that by his writing. Sad but mostly not morbid with a two step beat.
I am a fan of many country singers, but there will never be another Hank Williams.
We love Hanks songs especially YOU WIN AGAIN
Yeah, but there was a Merle Haggard. and John Cash... We are all individuals .
Actually there are 3 sorry to break it to ya
Amen to that 🙌
@@johnholland723 pl
this should definitely be in the national archives... the recording quality and historical significance is amazing!@!
Yes I hope this is archived too at the Library of Congress
This is the BEST "LIVE" recording of Hank Ive ever heard.
He's fronting the band, talking to the folks and telling jokes
.........and singing all of his hits.
❤ Man this is a LOST Treasure.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did
this man was unbelievable...the true king of country and weston
want to say a BIG thank you to tee tot....I read once hank said there's no one who could teach you to sing a sad song like tee tot ....
I'm proud to say i am blessed to be from Butler County, Alabama just like Hank and since the nearest hospital that delivered babies was Andalusia, Alabama that's where i was born, the same town Hank and Miss Audrey were married. I was born in 1971, about to be 50 yr old and there has never been a bigger ol' Hank fan than me. I'm proud to say I've walked some of the same streets as Hank did in Georgiana, Alabama and the surrounding areas and have rode that ol Lost Highway.
One of those artists i wish i could have seen in person.
"If the Good Lord's willin and the creeks don't rise.."
Walking on sacred ground brother
That enthusiastic MC/announcer introducing Hank at the beginning of the show is my own father, (Ray Davis) who met my mother on this very day behind the stage. He passed away a few years ago. I just Love this live show recording of Hank Williams!
That’s soooo Cool 😊👍
@@jimrushing5365 ...we think so too! This live concert by Hank Williams is really awesome! Wish I was there to see him!
@@FidlerSongs If you close your eyes and listen, it is almost like you are there.
This is one of the best stories ever.
@@AudioRevive thank you! I think it's an amazing family story🥰
Don Helms on steel. Man, he was one of the best steel players ever. And even a better human.
I played two shows with Helms at Tootsies in Nashville. Great player and a really cool guy!
@@stephenkatko3236 Awesome Stephen! Life is pretty neat sometimes :)
@Annette F 1996 or 7
I heard a lot of great steel guitar pickers but I never wanted to take it up until I heard Don Helms play now that's what I'd call inspiration man !!!
I got to meet Don Helms and Jerry Rivers when they were backing Jett Williams.
My grandfather was at this show. He used to talk about it when I was little. Now I'm a Hank fan too. He'd have loved to hear this recording before he died.
Every song he does is greater than ANY song out now!!
And there have been a LOT OF GREAT SONGS WRITTEN.
You should check out Colter Wall
If they only knew
Best there was and will be
Anyone that wants to sing country music should have to prove it by singing Hank. If they can’t, they ain’t country. I was just a year old when he died but even as a toddler I could pick out his records, loved him.
Hank is the Man, always was and always will be, he is gone but but not forgotten, greatest country singer ever.
This is a piece of true Americana. Perhaps the most pure lyrical legend. “Old Hank” died a folk legend long before the American public would appreciate his brilliance.
Sound quality is amazing considering the age and being a live recording! I could listen to Hank all day!
Me too
A lot of country singers have come and gone since Hank WIlliams passed. None have left a mark on country music as much as Hank done. We still listen and love to listen to his music almost 70 years later.
He had a God given talent! No singing lessons and stage performance lessons just pure talent!
I was born in Vancouver 1951, raised up in Horsefly in Northern BC, after the age of four, with my father, a Welsh WWII veteran, singing me and my younger brothers to sleep with these songs, as well as playing them at parties with other local musos in Horsefly (near Williams Lake) with his guitar....tears, tears, and joy as well they bring to my old ears...he died one week off a 100 two years ago in Reefton, SI in NZ...his name was Barry Williams...so here's to him and Hank.
This is what real country music is at it best. Unlike the crap their putting out today.
Hank was/is truly the King of Country!
Hello Sandra, How are you doing?
Hi Sandra hope you’re okay?
Yes he was one continue to b as well as the other great 👍 that were with us . Are with us not as much.LONG LIVE COUNTRY MUSIC .
Being a Huge Hank Fan this is Awesome. 70 years back this is and it's amazing. Wow almost 70 years now since Hank passed. His music is Timeless and it lives on Forever. Thank you for this recording ❤
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Wow. I'm enjoying this even more than his studio recordings. There's such honesty in his singing, and the artistic ability in singing with the other musicians. Just beautiful.
Went to Sunset Park most Sundays. It was $1.00 to get in and the stars all did 3 shows up until the last show started at10 pm. These were the people that paved the way for these self proclaimed legends today. Let’s see how many new country artist last for decades. Ernest tub Loretta faron young Conway Webb pierce hank snow and many more I saw them all at Sunset Park.
Lucky man.
Hank should never have tried to play that New Years. His agent and promoters made millions off this man and treated him like shit
You're a lucky man
@@johnholland723 Sounds a lot like that Col Parker (jerk) who stole Elvis blind,,,,,
@@karenstrock4470 Elvis was always grateful to Col Parker from the things I’ve read. I don’t know personally. But Elvis kept his word his whole life. I guess he thought it was worth it.
This recording is incredible quality. Hank sounds So Great!!. Love it. Thanks for posting this.
Yep. I’m always so grateful to all those who preformed, engineered and recorded these precious memories.
I use to go to SunSet Park all the time as a kid. It was so much fun. I saw and met many of the old country stars back then. Such as Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. Coway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. Grand pa Jones I was 9 yrs old when I met Dolly and she said to me... " Well, hello freckles." I couldn't believe she spoke to me. I was do happy. I still love her today. I wish that place was still open. Times then was do different. I miss it.
Can you say where this park is today? I found a park NE of West Grove.
Funny I also as a kid seen Conway twitty and Loretta lyn .there.that was in later 60,s
@@edwardfoley6512 Sunset Park received a Pennsylvania historical marker a few years ago. Mr. Waldman was still alive to witness it. He was 100. He passed shortly thereafter. If you do an internet search you will find it. Sadly the land has now been developed. It was a remarkable place and the Waldmans, Alex and Ola Belle and the rest of the band were wonderful too.
I know what was in CALIFORNIA back in the 70th I saw Johnny Rodriguez Mel Hager , Freddy Fender , Carl Smith, Charlie Pride and other Great"s from California to Texas I feel great full that I had the opportunity to see them. ( Long live Ol Country Music . Thank You.
@@edwardfoley6512 technically its in Jennersville, not West Grove
SING IT SON!!
I always love to hear Hank live on a stage. His stories, jokes, tall tales, and banter with the band and the crowds in between songs put you right there at the show with them. He had such a stage presence and could masterfully entertain a crowd. A long gone Legend. R.I.P. Ol Hank!!
Hank is not gone, far from it, he still lives on just like Jimmie Rodgers.
Sensational recording! Compliments to engineer! And Hank, even being evoked by no more than a grainy still - still emerges larger-than-life. Greatest American balladeer put on wax.
As a student of music and a musician in one sense of the word or another since third grade, (circa 1959) I have always had a great appreciation for the talent it takes to produce good music. Haven't always appreciated the many genres, but I can truly say that Ol' Hank was one of a kind.
He learned a lot of his licks from the old Black guitar pickers of the rural South at the time. Incorporated his own style of playing and singing blues tinged country, and emerged as the indelible voice of Country music. Rest in peace Hank. Some glad morning, we're all gonna fly away.✝️🙏🏽
@@outbackhighways4596
As human beings, that's the one commonality we've always had, despite the myriad genre and cultural differences...notwithstanding the historical opposites. Music has always and continues to be there. It's built on a firm foundation of generational sharing, caring, and forever reaching for the next level of common ground.🎶
Hank will always be a treasure. None quite like him. He was a gift.
Yes Hank was the greatest of them all. He is definitely my number one singer-songwriter ever lived. No one comes close to his talent, he was a master of Country Music. His voice was very unique and very special person I my heart... I love Hank for what he is and will never forget his music for the rest of my life time...Love you "HANK"!!!!
My dad and his older brother used to go to the Louisiana Hayride about 50 miles away
in an old chop top 40 something Ford just to see Hank. I didn't appreciate him much as a kid though I used to try and imitate his style when no one was looking.
This is the country music I grew up with not what they are calling country now days!
What an amazing find. Hank Williams records were the first I bought as a child in Montreal. We stopped by the Georgiana , Ala. home place a few years ago on our way to Florida. Also visited the museum and grave site in Montgomery. Very moving experiences for me. Like many older folks - I clearly remember hearing the death announcement on the radio at my Grandmother's apartment in Montreal. I was 9 years old and already a huge fan. Thanks for this post Dave.
Heard it a very long time ago this what traditional country music is all about
What a beautiful, deep speaking voice Hank had - his singing made me expect a higher pitch in his voice. Maybe he developed that by speaking on radio. He's also very comfortable with his audience and respectful towards their requests. A superb entertainer who wrote his own songs and gave credit to his band, particularly the fiddle-player in this recording.
I would like to say to Hank Williams's
I would like to say
Hank Williams is the king of country music the Reason God gave him a short life a short life because I need someone someone by Hank Williams speak for themselves 1978 my father taught me how to play guitar Hank Williams I started listening to the his music was for people that couldn't sleep for themselves Hercules h Hank is a voice guitar rhythm guitar I love it I love God I love it I love Hank Williams Crossing dead
Lennon was a bit like that voicewise
@@ninarose8975 long live Hank
One of if not my very best Singers ever! No telling how many Songs he would have written if lived longer... it’s amazing to me that some folks are just born to put something that seems so simple to them, to put pen or pencil to paper & write an instant hit. Now there’s plenty of fantastic singers.. no doubt. But to be a Singer Songwriter, with a voice like this just amazes me. Loretta Lynn another, Alan Jackson... the Singer Songwriters to me were b. & to me this is called Destiny. Some ideas come to them & they write a tune within a min or so, while other songs will come to them & perhaps it might be a day before they finish it. No doubt to me that it’s Devine Intervention, as Song Writing can’t be taught. Especially if you write one smash hit after another. You either have it or you don’t! 😊 Thank You! 😊🙏
One of a kind. Funny and not the tortured soul one thinks of huh? Maybe off stage undistracted is when he struggled. Did a great live show as sounds just like the records. No voice cracks or whatever.
This song is for my Charles Moore from Memphis Tn. From the one who will always Love. I always have and always will. From Janice Clements from Memphis, Tn.❤❤❤❤❤ my Love and my heart is always with you, even though i will never see you again. God bless and keep you.🌺🌷💐😊
Real country music, what a joy. Why do the great ones always die too young?
Live fast and die young and leave a beautiful memory !
Drugs and alcohol. It's what makes them great.
you are so right. Country music changed in the 70s and 80s. The songs of Ferlin Husky and Johnny Cash etc. were as close to real country as could be in those years after the 70s
Be sure to check out the Malpass Brothers. I saw them over here about 10 years ago. The closest thing to Hank you can get!
Legends are remembered, the ones that live are braggarts!
Amazing recording of a legendary talent. Never thought I would hear the real deal live.
The One and only Hank Williams,
what a great post; ‘ol Hank in his prime; so relaxed and on point; the performance of ‘Jambalaya’ alone worth the price of admission
I love when he interacts with the crowd! Especially when he says he can’t afford chewing tobacco! Great personality! Gone way to early, but will live forever! All the Hanks are great!
The right wing nastiness of his son and grandson do him no credit. It has nothing to do with Hank Williams, senior, who reached us all. No hatred.
@@anneberkeley7411Hank sr. would not have worn a mask
Although there is no film of this it's still GREAT to HEAR ol' Hank and listen to his showmanship that he possessed!
The great Hank Williams bein himself
Thanks for the post....sure adds an extra dimension now that we get to hear his personality on this. Really loved his crowd interaction.
Hank your the best ever!!this is totally awesome!!
Now. This is true country. Thanks so much for sharing
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Sitting in my car and this comes across on YT.
Too bad my Parents are not here to hear this .
To be in that audience would be awesome !
I have a collection of all the songs that he ever sung. and they are very precious to me because when I was a boy my mother and me listened to him on the radio every morning. I was listening to the radio the morning that it announced that he had passed away. My mother burst into tears when I told her and I was only 10 years old then. I will always like his music but I no longer live in the USA because many years ago I came to England and I will soon be 80 and love all his songs still even some that were never put on the radio. R.I.P. Hank Williams
@@outbackhighways4596 I think you are correct. I'm a heavy metal guy and I listen to Hank.
Thanks for sharing this... I always wondered what Hank would've sounded like live.... speechless
This is awesome, it's like Hank is playing at the county fair modern day! Love Hiram Hank! 50 cents steal of the century! Hank was funny.
Oh god. I wish this could’ve been a live video
That'd be a dream come true my friend!
Me too i miss Sunset Park
Too bad iPhones weren't invented back then..
It feels like I'm right by the stage! It's sad to know he was gone so soon after this. 💔
Hard to believe this was 2 yrs before i was even born. Thanks!!
Mac Wiseman (who knew Hank very well, even helped with a couple of lyrics) told me this gig was the first time a country performer was paid $1,000. Hank set that bar, just as he raised the bar for songwriters and singers.
My Granny played his records often.I love Country music the same way she did!
What a talent. Supernatural.The best ever.
Amazingly clean live recording. Sounds great.
Bless you for for posting this. Hank's brilliance shines brightest live.
HANK WILLIAMS Sr. Was my favorite singers in those years,love his voice wish he would still be here would have more of his beautiful wonderful songs and his voice is fantastic always. ❤️ one of the best singer.
I think I heard Hank for the first time in the late 80's or the early 90's. I was just little guy then. But I liked to hang out with my grandpa and he would play in a local country western band on Saturdays for the old folks to dance to. He loved hank williams. Now that he has gone to his eternal reward I still love to listen to these old songs and think of my grandpa.
Hard to believe that he had less that 6 months to live .
I remember sitting in a cafe in small town in Kansas. Jukebox was playing. I told my daddy who ever that was , he was my favorite singer. I was five.
Jewish music producers figured rap would sell better and turn the listeners into morons.
Hi Linda hope you’re okay?
There are lots of live performances of Hank, "Mothers Best" shows & etc. But this is different. An actual public concert. A show where he likely doesn't know he's being recorded. VERY awesome, thanks.
28 and a 1/2 minutes is awfully short for a concert.
@@tarstarkusz This is not the complete concert.
@@tarstarkusz 20:44 Well, he did say he was playing there all day, so I wouldn't say it was short. The recording is though.
I'm so happy he said I Heard That Lonesome Whistle is one of his favorites, it's one of mine too
I love listening to Hank Sr. and Hank Jr. They are the best!
Hi Paula hope you’re okay?
Think about it,,,all those great songs he wrote. All before he was 29. A special guy,,my Dad worshiped him
The young people like Hank 70years later it is ashamed you don't hear him on today's radio
I love Hank Williams he is my favorite country singer
Wish there were more singers like Hank Williams
He was the best
@@ashleys5594 we don't need them, we've got Hank.
Such s treasure to be able to listen to this. Thanks much.
To me HANK WILLIAMS set the pace for all those who followed - not only in country music but in rock an roll too -
Awesome video
I was born and raised in the eastern USA and now I've spent over half my adult life living and working in eastern Asia. Hearing this music just about makes me cry with love for my country and its culture.
Fantastic! Good to hear the patter between songs. I was 7 when Hank died. I never got to hear how he performed. Thanks!
One great Singer Hank Williams Sr. is big time , all the Hank Williams 1,2, and 3 all sound great big time God bless you'es all Amen. Thank you Dave Houle for making this great Video.
Bob Williams, Even we are not related i started listening to him on my Grandpas wind up player and that is almost all we played. I will never forget him as i am 80 and wish i could have been able to sing like did and still does. Love you Hank and i am not a transgender.
Wow all my daddy's favorite all in one. Thank for this.
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Man this is fricken AWESOME!!!
This is excellent!
Thank you for posting you have no idea how much art like this is missed.
I would also like to add that I have heard a lot of music. But the preservation of this recording is remarkable. I have heard 70's studio recordings not preserved as well. God bless the person or person's that preserved this for following generations of fans. And thank the person for posting such a wonderful piece of Country Music History.
If Hank still lived, he'd be in his late 90s by now.
It just hit me, with his faithful drifting cowboys, sounding tight, backing him and the love and respect they had for him, and Hank's voice and lyrics--I feel how powerful Hank's musical expression is. Just powerful.
SHEER CLASS....WHAT A SOUND FOR ITS TIME!1
Hank Williams is the ONLY country I need!!
Sounds just like his records.
I remember meeting Don Helms in Odessa Texas in 1963. He was on a traveling Opry show with Willie Nelson. They were opening for Slim Witman. Two weeks later I was on a train to Ft Polk Louisiana for basic training. After basic I went to Ft Sill Oklahoma for the rest of two years. Back then if you get drafted you got years
Uh wow...no wonder he called great.love this mans sound.
Thanks so much for sharing this treasure !!
Reminds me of dancing around the house, my littlE feel on top of my Granddpa’s.
Who knows just how great this man would have become had he lived out to an old age and had not been plagued with all his pain from that back deficiency. Alcohol and demerol got him through his 29 years. Sad reality. Only 29 and at his time of death had a catalogue of music.
Thanks a bunch for this upload. Absolutely delighted to listen to this!
Que buen recital!!! Gracias.desde argentina
Hank es El Rey de la country music, y nadie lo ha quitado de su trono.. Un talento tremendo!
latinos que les gusta el country como yo. que bueno encontrar mas aficionados. saludos desde Peru
The best singer that ever lived
His voice is awesome.
Oh Lord, this was wonderful!
I am 70 and this is the First time that i have ever heard it
Born in 55 only knew two songs ,Good Lookin,and Jambalaya . Then early seventies heard Still in Love With You on Linda Ronstadt album and started looking at his other songs . So Lonesome I Could Cry, Cold Cold heart and more. It was then I saw the genuis in his music the haunting tunes.
That was wonderful. It was pure joy listening to this.
This is amazing. For all the fellow fans here, if you have not heard the album Hank Williams: Alone With His Guitar, listen to it immediately.
Just Hyram King and his guitar.
Nothing compares to him buy himself.