I remember the day after Hank died. We were at my uncle's house "killin' hogs". My cousin was standing at the cast iron heater warming his hands and telling about Hank Williams' death. My cousin, my father and mother, my uncle, aunt, and all the adults who were there that day are now gone. I'll never forget that moment in time.
His second wife was definitely a KEEPER. she has an actual spiritual quality that is definitely not lost on me. Hank did good when he got with her. I'll bet if he'd lived they would have gone the distance. she impressed the crap out of me.
i grew up listening to Hank ''my god they'll never be another great singer like Hank his music has saved my life on many many different occasions all my grand kids love to listen to Hank Williams
WOW - I'm sitting here crying tears of sadness for this poor tortured soul. And how ironic that even in death he couldn't escape Audrey. When it stated she is buried next to him I was shocked. I wonder whose decision it was to bury her next to the man she ruined. So sad !
Hank Jr. made that choice. I’d agree that they weren’t good for each other but it wasn’t her fault alone. Hank had “demons” he never was able to successfully cope with.
Dear some people just doing care they forgot about love and how important it is . He loved Audrey for sure but hank was also wild with other women he broke the bond of trust .
I just want to add that the quote Hank's Widow said towards the end, "there are worse things than death",I thought that was a very wise thing to say,the way she said that.
i had coffee this here Sat. june 22, watched all and enjoyed all. I live here in Montgomery about 1/4 mile up the road here from Hanks grave. When i was 5, i used to sit on Virginia Hensley's lap when she would come over to the apple orchard to visit Mom & Dad. She would sing and dad would play guitar. She later entered a singing contest and won. She was told her name Virginia didn't sound like star material, so she changed it to Patsy Cline!
I don't know I'm drunk right now but sometimes it helps!!!!!!! I'm not saying that's the answer certainly love Hank's music and always will!!! I guess Jim Morrison said no one gets out of here alive but Hank left one hell of a legacy and I for one I'm sure proud have listen to his music and still do thank you
I also watched all 5 parts. Learned alot. George Jones and Waylon Jennings loved this special man and his uniqueness. And I am glad too see Hank Williams III sharing this great music that so few now know or have heard. Thanks for sharing.
First heard Hank at my friend's house at the age of fifteen (I'm 68 now) and thought he was the best thing I'd ever heard then - and still do. Taken far too soon....
Our creator made the stars in heaven ,and Hank William talent of writing stories about the suffering that endures to this day made him a star that will shine forever in our hearts and souls.
I used to know Billie Jean back in the early 1980's. She was quite a character. I have a couple of her songs up on my channel. She had a stroke over 10 years ago and has lived in assisted living since. The home she lived in at that time, which is where her part of this was filmed, was sold just a couple of months ago, after sitting empty for years. Most people in Shreveport either really liked her or really didn't. I was young when I knew her, so I liked her wild ways.
I cry every time I listen to all this; oh how I wish someone could have helped that dear man. If he could have been free of pain, and ate right and took medicine right, he may have lived longer. He was sick and they kept sending him to shows he didn't want to do anymore. What kind of life is that? Makes me so sad.
gut-wrenching. I feel I've watched a broken man tortured to his death. Hi's songs were not perceived but a written record of his tortured life. Wish I could have met Hank Williams.
+Randal Bruner You need to read Colin Escott's "Hank Williams, The Biography". When people read this book, they will understand Hank Williams. He was like a puzzle that would not go together, because the pieces didn't fit.
I'm crying for him, greatest songwriter; Hank sang from his heart and soul was a compassionate songwriter, The alcohol didn't help he needed medical attention. I love to hear him sing your Cheatin Heart and Cold Cold Heart. I think he wrote these songs, they tell his story.
That was a terrific series! I perform at a lot of seniors residences and Hank's songs are the highlghts of the show. Every night I end with "I Saw The Light", and it's always a great sing a long. His music will live on a long, long time. Craig Schroter, Lindsay, Ontario Canada.
This story shows how hard it is to lead life as public property. Considering his domestic difficulties with Audrey, his disability, plus the exhausting performing and recording obligations I think Hank did rather well, but it could never last. If it had worked out better with Audrey things could have been different. But it also shows a man can love more than one woman at the same time.
I learned a few things about the Man, they say your story stops when you die. Maybe so, i think the way Hank stays with us might be from his early years learning how to play those southern blues and church singing somehow taught him how to put your soul in a song, I don't know much but i feel like it stayed in some of them to this day and that's the energy we get from those dusty tunes. They are timeless in a way. You can be anywhere any place and Hank song pops up and there you go, all of a sudden you are not where you were anymore. Not many thing in this world can transport your mind like that. R.I.P. Hank your songs are doing just fine and if lll was the one responsible for trying to get your story in perspective. Buy him a beer, when he catches up to you. jboveranout
I loved this! I've always loved this man's songs. I didn't know a black man showed Hank Williams how to play. I didn't know of the marital problems he endured. Hank Williams, Sr. an American treasure.
man that part gives me chills where he said the only thing i seen him eat for 2 or 3 weeks was eggs with ketchup on em and that was all hed eat and then that lonesome whistle comes in. Old hank man what else can u say
Excellent. Filled in a lot of gaps in my admittedly limited knowledge of his life. Also, so many of the songs were things I've heard over the years, performed by him or others. Truly prolific artist.
He has his spot in Heaven! I took the time to watch all of these, but I could not find #3? It's all good, AWESOME TRIBUTE and the memories I never got to know, I used to hear his music on the country radio @ my grandparents home. Talk about someone who SHAPED and DEFINED Country Music today. Yep. THANKS!!!!!!
his musical genius was so strong he wouldn't have had any difficulty keeping up with changes in music. in fact, if he had lived his presence would have been a really big influence on what came after him. this guy was a really powerful force in the history of american music. he's the greatest american songwriter since stephen foster and no one has come close since, at least in the usa.
Great uploads, just starting to scratch into some of his music and he is a very interesting man. There should have been a proper movie made about him by now. There's one from the 60's, but if there was a current one I would be the first one in line to see it!
Nah, Hank Jr sounded exactly like his daddy when he started out. What's sad is that both aren't alive today. Although the greats will always live on ✌❤🌟
Great upload. I had a look at your channel.. wow man, a veritable archive of great stuff: Hank Williams, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ray Charles, Gospel, Stax, Richie Havens, C&W, Blues, '60s Folk & "protest-singers"... can't remember them all, too many to list! You've done a terrific job.. I have quite a few hours of great viewing ahead of me. Well done Corporal! Thanks for these posts
Jeez, I have severe chronic back pain, worn out rotator cuff etc, with the strength of the drugs back then and poor Hank still couldn't get some relief, DANG, no wonder he binge drank!!!
Great! Thank you for the upload. BBC missed on interesting and important detail (to my knowledge at least): The guy at the end talking about being champion of the world (I don't know his name). I heard him say in a clip that Hank had told him on new years eve one year before his death "I will be dead within a year if I don't get her back". Hank died exactly one year later. Spooky...
i think this was re-edited. it wasn't any better than the first way but since i watched the first one twice, this was a very nice surprise. thanks so much fellow hank-o-philes.
This is part 5 of the Ha nk Williams story. You can bring up part 1, 2 and 4.there is no 3. I like this because of what Billy Jean (widow) had to say.
hank had that silent lonely place inside that the truely original artist many times have. it was both a curse and a gift. w/o it, he never writes the enduring material he did. w/ it he had to face the pit of loneliness. that pit can swallow you up.
subscribed,not much of a country fan(well what they call country now)what was once country is thought of as folk i think it seems.i grew up listing to all the great story story tellers.im just glad that there is hope.with hank III and avett brothers etc,.just good ole home roots music,stuff you and your friends can pick and sing on the porch with your family and friends.not worried about fame or fortune,just make making music.ill go listen to hank III now.he looks and can sound like his grandpa
Ever since the technology to be able to record and play back audio has existed; it seems that about once (or twice if we are lucky),about every decade or so; an artist will come along that is so special and ground breaking; they will have either become the inventors of a whole new genre of music, or at least come to personify the genre or style music that gets mostly associated with them. In the case of someone like Hank Williams, he is one of those artists. He is Country music period. His music is literally everything that The Classic Country Music Genre is,and should be! Although,probably highly unlikely in this day and age. Let's say hypothetically speaking,someone was to come along who had never,ever in their lives heard a second of any Country music whatsoever. Perhaps,someone maybe explained to them what Country music maybe sounded like,but that was it,they literally never heard a single note of Country Music ever. If this person were to come to you, and ask you to play/let them hear an example of what Country music sounded like, you would have to play them a Hank Williams song. You would just have to. There aren't too many artists that come along who are able to become in a sense the style of music for a whole entire genre, like that. Perhaps the same could be said for Rockabilly music when comparing and listening to those early Sun Recordings that Elvis Presley made? Or a modern day equivalent might be someone like,Kurt Cobain and what his music was and did for Grunge or Alternative rock? To me this is one of the highest accolades of music that can bestowed upon an artist. To be so special that you in a way or sense actually become known as the genre of the music that it is you mostly played. When I think of, or hear the name Country Music, the name Hank Williams always immediately comes to mind! It's almost in a sense similar to how Kleenex has become universally known as a tissue. Sure, there are other tissue companies out there,but most people,(or at least most older generation people), still seem to refer to tissues as Kleenexes. So in my mind, its important that we try and keep the legacy and great songs of these legendary artists like Hank Williams Sr. alive and in the forefront of pop culture as much as we can, in order to be able to keep reaching the younger generations; who seem in this day and age,(thanks to the mainstream media's constant assault of propaganda), to be drifting further away from classic talents such as Hank Williams; in part or mostly due to the onslaught of modern gadgets such as video games,tablets,and of course the constant barrage of crappy,watered down mainstream made pop. Hank is Country,as Elvis is Rockabilly period!
I'm 59. I can only think of three that had the impact that they had. No Michael Jackson is not one of the. He was close. Hank williams Elvis presley The Beatles. Tell me who I'm missing that reached that same level?
this was awesome thx a lot hank you were a stand up guy with a lot of problems but still a stand up guy. cheers dude will always listen to your music till the day i die
How great - I went through childhood and got grown up quick listening to the pain in this man's voice. I was young but I understood. Don't like Audrey or that son of his none.
Hank was great. Great songwriter. But Don't forget about Bob Dylan.. He had an impressive list of songs written before he was 30, just like Hank. Hank's songs have stood the test of time, just like Dylan and the Beatles.
4:29.....I'm not suprised that "doctor" pumped Hank full of pharmaseuticals. It's an old game. Even today some "doctors" advise taking medications over eating the proper foods that have all the vitamins you need to feel better and have energy. I learned this from one of the (TED) Lecture videos.
+Jessica I You might be interested to know Billie Jean is alive and well in an assisted living complex in Shreveport, La. She is about 83 now. She was a good friend with my wife in 1951; she was dating Faron Young. She lived next door to us.I was stationed at Barksdale AFB, outside Shreveport from '49-"52.
He Deeply Loved Audrey ,. but The Pain ,meds drinking CV Troubles All Broke Down His Life! I Hear Care In The Red Head lady's story! Many Played A Part In His Life! If the Pain Ect Ect Wouldn't Of ControledHim Things Would Have Been Different For Him And AudreyHis Wife! Also d inferences Could Have Been Worked Out! In His Deep Inner Being You Could Hear His Love For Audrey!!!!!!
thanks so much - always thought hank was the greatest country singer/ songwriter ever!!! btw -after hank's death billie jean married johnny horton??? that woman has been through some serious grief.
@@MB-cx2ks He was only here for a very short time but he burned very bright while he was passing through. We still talk about him and listen to his music nearly 70 years after his passing. I think he fits the definition of a shooting star.
THEY EDITED THIS. Some really good parts of this were left out. I suppose you have to buy the dvd from PBS to get the whole thing--that's unfortunate. I particularly missed some of the reminiscences of his band and pals.
+Jessica Iguado that doesn't sound quite right. it was made by PBS and was one of a series called something like, "American Masters" or something like that. what you saw could be a dvd of it they sold publicly. I thought it was the best thing about him ever done and I've been a fan for a long, long time. cheers.
+Bob Harris thanks for telling me that. I thought Billie Jean was the best thing in the whole show. I certainly wish her well. I thought she was profound and wise. Thanks for sharing your personal story. I was born the year Hank Williams died. I discovered him when I was thirteen and, for me, he was as big a deal as the Beatles. I sat for hours in my dad's car listening to him on eight track. He has been an important part of my life. Take care.
Bob Harris thank you for sharing your story bob, I heard that she did suffer a stroke that's too bad, she seems like such an extraordinary woman and I really admired her after watching the documentary. I feel she was treated very unfairly after Hank passed. Nice to know she's outlived them all.
+Jessica I I noticed on your "fave list" you have the song by Hank, "Why Should We Try Anymore", "7 down. There is a lot of information in the comment section you might want to read. There is always a comment on most all Hank Williams songs, you may want to go to Google, ask for BOB'S SOMEWHERE IN TIME COUNTRY, and review it. You will find it interesting.
I remember the day after Hank died. We were at my uncle's house "killin' hogs". My cousin was standing at the cast iron heater warming his hands and telling about Hank Williams' death. My cousin, my father and mother, my uncle, aunt, and all the adults who were there that day are now gone. I'll never forget that moment in time.
Johnny Wheeler You sound mean.
Many thanks for your comments. I do it for people just like you.
His second wife was definitely a KEEPER. she has an actual spiritual quality that is definitely not lost on me. Hank did good when he got with her. I'll bet if he'd lived they would have gone the distance. she impressed the crap out of me.
@Willa Cunningham I've heard it was 8 months
@Willa Cunningham she married Johnny horton another singer. He was killed in a car wreck soon after.
Sad she was bought off with a measly $30,000
i grew up listening to Hank ''my god they'll never be another great singer like Hank his music has saved my life on many many different occasions all my grand kids love to listen to Hank Williams
WOW - I'm sitting here crying tears of sadness for this poor tortured soul. And how ironic that even in death he couldn't escape Audrey. When it stated she is buried next to him I was shocked. I wonder whose decision it was to bury her next to the man she ruined. So sad !
Hank Jr. made that choice. I’d agree that they weren’t good for each other but it wasn’t her fault alone. Hank had “demons” he never was able to successfully cope with.
Hey Billy Collins are you Ellenwood Billy
She’s the reason he exists u jerk
I like the way you think young lady. The wrong woman will ruin a good man. As it stands now I only want my daughter buried next to me.
Dear some people just doing care they forgot about love and how important it is . He loved Audrey for sure but hank was also wild with other women he broke the bond of trust .
I just want to add that the quote Hank's Widow said towards the end, "there are worse things than death",I thought that was a very wise thing to say,the way she said that.
thanks for uploading..what a great documentary of a true country music legend
i had coffee this here Sat. june 22, watched all and enjoyed all. I live here in Montgomery about 1/4 mile up the road here from Hanks grave. When i was 5, i used to sit on Virginia Hensley's lap when she would come over to the apple orchard to visit Mom & Dad. She would sing and dad would play guitar. She later entered a singing contest and won. She was told her name Virginia didn't sound like star material, so she changed it to Patsy Cline!
I don't know I'm drunk right now but sometimes it helps!!!!!!! I'm not saying that's the answer certainly love Hank's music and always will!!! I guess Jim Morrison said no one gets out of here alive but Hank left one hell of a legacy and I for one I'm sure proud have listen to his music and still do thank you
damn, what i wouldnt give to be back in the 50s, or 40s i just dont fit in these days i tell ya
I also watched all 5 parts. Learned alot. George Jones and Waylon Jennings loved this special man and his uniqueness. And I am glad too see Hank Williams III sharing this great music that so few now know or have heard. Thanks for sharing.
A sad & tragic end to a wonderful singer & a lonely soul. May he finally find peace.R.I.P Hank Senior.
First heard Hank at my friend's house at the age of fifteen (I'm 68 now) and thought he was the best thing I'd ever heard then - and still do. Taken far too soon....
Hank Williams music is and will always be suspended in time.we love you hank williams I hope ure in heaven no more pain or sorry.
Our creator made the stars in heaven ,and Hank William talent of writing stories about the suffering that endures to this day made him a star that will shine forever in our hearts and souls.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole story. The great ones all had pain. That experience made them great
That brings tears to my eyes hearing his story. Roll tide from Bama!
His music will live on forever. God bless ole Hank 🎶
I used to know Billie Jean back in the early 1980's. She was quite a character. I have a couple of her songs up on my channel. She had a stroke over 10 years ago and has lived in assisted living since. The home she lived in at that time, which is where her part of this was filmed, was sold just a couple of months ago, after sitting empty for years. Most people in Shreveport either really liked her or really didn't. I was young when I knew her, so I liked her wild ways.
That's awesome. I've always liked what I've seen of Billie Jean.
I watched all five parts. GREAT
Keep the flame burning!
amazing rare footages, thanks for sharing hank williams story. his music live forever
Love all three of em. Well, I burned up the biscuits watching this in the kitchen,LOL
I cry every time I listen to all this; oh how I wish someone could have helped that dear man. If he could have been free of pain, and ate right and took medicine right, he may have lived longer. He was sick and they kept sending him to shows he didn't want to do anymore. What kind of life is that? Makes me so sad.
gut-wrenching. I feel I've watched a broken man tortured to his death. Hi's songs were not perceived but a written record of his tortured life. Wish I could have met Hank Williams.
+Randal Bruner You need to read Colin Escott's "Hank Williams, The Biography". When people read this book, they will understand Hank Williams. He was like a puzzle that would not go together, because the pieces didn't fit.
Wish I’d a been able to see Hank. Love the whole Family. This story breaks my heart every damn day
Hank was one of a kind. Like that good ole boy said Undefeated Champion!
Love & Miss you Hank
I'm crying for him, greatest songwriter; Hank sang from his heart and soul was a compassionate songwriter, The alcohol didn't help he needed medical attention. I love to hear him sing your Cheatin Heart and Cold Cold Heart. I think he wrote these songs, they tell his story.
No one could sing it like Hank. Still can't.
This was a real good documentary. Thank you
That was a terrific series! I perform at a lot of seniors residences and Hank's songs are the highlghts of the show. Every night I end with "I Saw The Light", and it's always a great sing a long. His music will live on a long, long time. Craig Schroter, Lindsay, Ontario Canada.
Excellent and polished presentation....thanks
LOVE IS ALL WE TAKE WITH US!
This story shows how hard it is to lead life as public property. Considering his domestic difficulties with Audrey, his disability, plus the exhausting performing and recording obligations I think Hank did rather well, but it could never last. If it had worked out better with Audrey things could have been different. But it also shows a man can love more than one woman at the same time.
if medicine had been better at that time, Hank might have lived longer
The last thing that Hank needed was another show when he was so sick on that night he died. He seemed to have given up, so sad ,he sure needed help.
sometimes the main thing these singers need is a show to keep em goin', something to live for...
some of em, I think hank needed audrey
***** Are you refering to Billy Jean Jones-Eshlimar?
*****
She's not doing much living, she's been in a home for over 10 years, after having a stroke. Not long after this was filmed, actually.
+Eli Jackson Hank didn't need Audrey....
I learned a few things about the Man, they say your story stops when you die. Maybe so, i think the way Hank stays with us might be from his early years learning how to play those southern blues and church singing somehow taught him how to put your soul in a song, I don't know much but i feel like it stayed in some of them to this day and that's the energy we get from those dusty tunes. They are timeless in a way. You can be anywhere any place and Hank song pops up and there you go, all of a sudden you are not where you were anymore. Not many thing in this world can transport your mind like that. R.I.P. Hank your songs are doing just fine and if lll was the one responsible for trying to get your story in perspective. Buy him a beer, when he catches up to you. jboveranout
I loved this! I've always loved this man's songs. I didn't know a black man showed Hank Williams how to play. I didn't know of the marital problems he endured. Hank Williams, Sr. an American treasure.
man that part gives me chills where he said the only thing i seen him eat for 2 or 3 weeks was eggs with ketchup on em and that was all hed eat and then that lonesome whistle comes in. Old hank man what else can u say
@ caleb wilson: My dad used to make egg & catsup sandwiches for us. We were the the only ones known to us who ate them until I watched this video.
Excellent. Filled in a lot of gaps in my admittedly limited knowledge of his life. Also, so many of the songs were things I've heard over the years, performed by him or others. Truly prolific artist.
He has his spot in Heaven! I took the time to watch all of these, but I could not find #3? It's all good, AWESOME TRIBUTE and the memories I never got to know, I used to hear his music on the country radio @ my grandparents home. Talk about someone who SHAPED and DEFINED Country Music today. Yep. THANKS!!!!!!
He was a master of music, the best singer.
his musical genius was so strong he wouldn't have had any difficulty keeping up with changes in music. in fact, if he had lived his presence would have been a really big influence on what came after him. this guy was a really powerful force in the history of american music. he's the greatest american songwriter since stephen foster and no one has come close since, at least in the usa.
Thank you for doing this, I have always loved the old singers like Hank and all.
Great uploads, just starting to scratch into some of his music and he is a very interesting man. There should have been a proper movie made about him by now. There's one from the 60's, but if there was a current one I would be the first one in line to see it!
Excellent video/commentary on Hank Williams Sr. Thanks
He is best singer I know
Thank You Hank. I love Your music.
If the good Lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise.
hanks sons will never be able to sing like hank, he was the only one and will always be my hank.
Nah, Hank Jr sounded exactly like his daddy when he started out. What's sad is that both aren't alive today. Although the greats will always live on ✌❤🌟
@@brianstuchel7305 Hank Williams Jr is still alive!
Great upload. I had a look at your channel.. wow man, a veritable archive of great stuff: Hank Williams, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ray Charles, Gospel, Stax, Richie Havens, C&W, Blues, '60s Folk & "protest-singers"... can't remember them all, too many to list! You've done a terrific job.. I have quite a few hours of great viewing ahead of me. Well done Corporal! Thanks for these posts
He's still this place and he is still somebody - I can't see anyone compare.
I know and love his music and sing and tell his life story through it with reverence and heart felt adulation
I still miss him! I felt bad and sorry for Hank Williams Sr because he was a tortured soul!!
Jeez, I have severe chronic back pain, worn out rotator cuff etc, with the strength of the drugs back then and poor Hank still couldn't get some relief, DANG, no wonder he binge drank!!!
That was amazing ... thank you so much for this upload! I watched/listened to the entire thing with a few tears in between.....
Great! Thank you for the upload. BBC missed on interesting and important detail (to my knowledge at least): The guy at the end talking about being champion of the world (I don't know his name). I heard him say in a clip that Hank had told him on new years eve one year before his death "I will be dead within a year if I don't get her back". Hank died exactly one year later. Spooky...
This is beautiful. Thank you.
Hank Williams and Ray is my most favorite Singers of all time the best of the best
Thank you, I didn't know Hank was such a badass!
What a hero.
Genuine humanity, and we can feel it intensely in his songs-lyrics, emotions, music. His wealth of songs created within so few years.
i think this was re-edited. it wasn't any better than the first way but since i watched the first one twice, this was a very nice surprise. thanks so much fellow hank-o-philes.
Thank you so much!
This is part 5 of the Ha
nk Williams story. You can bring up part 1, 2 and 4.there is no 3. I like this because of what Billy Jean (widow) had to say.
Still the king 👑
hank had that silent lonely place inside that the truely original artist many times have. it was both a curse and a gift. w/o it, he never writes the enduring material he did. w/ it he had to face the pit of loneliness. that pit can swallow you up.
My hero , breaks my ❤, cause of closeness.
Thank,s for posting very very good ..
hank u have changed many lifes thank you
subscribed,not much of a country fan(well what they call country now)what was once country is thought of as folk i think it seems.i grew up listing to all the great story story tellers.im just glad that there is hope.with hank III and avett brothers etc,.just good ole home roots music,stuff you and your friends can pick and sing on the porch with your family and friends.not worried about fame or fortune,just make making music.ill go listen to hank III now.he looks and can sound like his grandpa
RIP you beautiful legend, you
goes to a gas station and asks an attendant what can he do for Hank??? Shouldn't it have been a hospital? awesome post by the way
Hank, whiskey & the Bible!
Thanks for the upload bud found out so much from this
Ever since the technology to be able to record and play back audio has existed; it seems that about once (or twice if we are lucky),about every decade or so; an artist will come along that is so special and ground breaking; they will have either become the inventors of a whole new genre of music, or at least come to personify the genre or style music that gets mostly associated with them.
In the case of someone like Hank Williams, he is one of those artists. He is Country music period. His music is literally everything that The Classic Country Music Genre is,and should be!
Although,probably highly unlikely in this day and age. Let's say hypothetically speaking,someone was to come along who had never,ever in their lives heard a second of any Country music whatsoever. Perhaps,someone maybe explained to them what Country music maybe sounded like,but that was it,they literally never heard a single note of Country Music ever. If this person were to come to you, and ask you to play/let them hear an example of what Country music sounded like, you would have to play them a Hank Williams song. You would just have to.
There aren't too many artists that come along who are able to become in a sense the style of music for a whole entire genre, like that. Perhaps the same could be said for Rockabilly music when comparing and listening to those early Sun Recordings that Elvis Presley made? Or a modern day equivalent might be someone like,Kurt Cobain and what his music was and did for Grunge or Alternative rock?
To me this is one of the highest accolades of music that can bestowed upon an artist. To be so special that you in a way or sense actually become known as the genre of the music that it is you mostly played. When I think of, or hear the name Country Music, the name Hank Williams always immediately comes to mind! It's almost in a sense similar to how Kleenex has become universally known as a tissue. Sure, there are other tissue companies out there,but most people,(or at least most older generation people), still seem to refer to tissues as Kleenexes.
So in my mind, its important that we try and keep the legacy and great songs of these legendary artists like Hank Williams Sr. alive and in the forefront of pop culture as much as we can, in order to be able to keep reaching the younger generations; who seem in this day and age,(thanks to the mainstream media's constant assault of propaganda), to be drifting further away from classic talents such as Hank Williams; in part or mostly due to the onslaught of modern gadgets such as video games,tablets,and of course the constant barrage of crappy,watered down mainstream made pop.
Hank is Country,as Elvis is Rockabilly period!
Mike Thomas There would be no Elvis without Hank. Hank is the first and last word. Poet, storyteller, composer, singer, philosopher, artist, genius.
I'm 59. I can only think of three that had the impact that they had. No Michael Jackson is not one of the. He was close.
Hank williams
Elvis presley
The Beatles.
Tell me who I'm missing that reached that same level?
this was awesome thx a lot hank you were a stand up guy with a lot of problems but still a stand up guy. cheers dude will always listen to your music till the day i die
sad story for sure!
been to his grave site many times and I swear, you can feel a strong, lingering presence/energy!
Please remember that Hank had happy years.
loved!!!
such an amazing life, he had everything going against him, and yet he came out on top, his songs will live forever
In my eyes Hank fired them
How great - I went through childhood and got grown up quick listening to the pain in this man's voice. I was young but I understood. Don't like Audrey or that son of his none.
That’s weird to think he knew he was gonna die he knew he was close to the lord
Hank The Great. (PERIOD). Steve
Hank was great. Great songwriter. But Don't forget about Bob Dylan.. He had an impressive list of songs written before he was 30, just like Hank. Hank's songs have stood the test of time, just like Dylan and the Beatles.
I love you brother
GREAT
Worse than death? Like nasty women, the taxman, a bad diet and a feeling of worthlessness?
Hank never gave himself credit.
I love that steel slide geetar
Hank 3 resembles hank williams alot! One would nearly say more so then hank williams jr
His Grandson will end up with a best of to do justice to the dynasty if he keeps on going the way he is,regular men doing Extraordinary things 🤙
4:29.....I'm not suprised that "doctor" pumped Hank full of pharmaseuticals. It's an old game. Even today some "doctors" advise taking medications over eating the proper foods that have all the vitamins you need to feel better and have energy. I learned this from one of the (TED) Lecture videos.
Still champion of the world!!!!
Hank was born too soon. The back problems are now easily treated and drugs and alcohol would not have been a necessary fix, perhaps
Being born at his time, that had a lot to do with his hardships that gave him the inspiration to write the timeless songs he did
Saddest tunes I ever heard.
i already like miss billie jean
I am definitely team Billie Jean, she was the good wife for sure
+Jessica I You might be interested to know Billie Jean is alive and well in an assisted living complex in Shreveport, La. She is about 83 now. She was a good friend with my wife in 1951; she was dating Faron Young. She lived next door to us.I was stationed at Barksdale AFB, outside Shreveport from '49-"52.
He Deeply Loved Audrey ,. but The Pain ,meds drinking CV Troubles All Broke Down His Life! I Hear Care In The Red Head lady's story! Many Played A Part In His Life! If the Pain Ect Ect Wouldn't Of ControledHim Things Would Have Been Different For Him And AudreyHis Wife! Also d inferences Could Have Been Worked Out! In His Deep Inner Being You Could Hear His Love For Audrey!!!!!!
thanks so much - always thought hank was the greatest country singer/ songwriter ever!!!
btw -after hank's death billie jean married johnny horton??? that woman has been through some serious grief.
Hank was shooting star!
How do you know?
@@MB-cx2ks He was only here for a very short time but he burned very bright while he was passing through. We still talk about him and listen to his music nearly 70 years after his passing.
I think he fits the definition of a shooting star.
THEY EDITED THIS. Some really good parts of this were left out. I suppose you have to buy the dvd from PBS to get the whole thing--that's unfortunate. I particularly missed some of the reminiscences of his band and pals.
+Jessica Iguado that doesn't sound quite right. it was made by PBS and was one of a series called something like, "American Masters" or something like that. what you saw could be a dvd of it they sold publicly. I thought it was the best thing about him ever done and I've been a fan for a long, long time. cheers.
+zyxquark yes that was it!
+Bob Harris thanks for telling me that. I thought Billie Jean was the best thing in the whole show. I certainly wish her well. I thought she was profound and wise. Thanks for sharing your personal story. I was born the year Hank Williams died. I discovered him when I was thirteen and, for me, he was as big a deal as the Beatles. I sat for hours in my dad's car listening to him on eight track. He has been an important part of my life. Take care.
Bob Harris thank you for sharing your story bob, I heard that she did suffer a stroke that's too bad, she seems like such an extraordinary woman and I really admired her after watching the documentary. I feel she was treated very unfairly after Hank passed. Nice to know she's outlived them all.
+Jessica I I noticed on your "fave list" you have the song by Hank, "Why Should We Try Anymore", "7 down. There is a lot of information in the comment section you might want to read. There is always a comment on most all Hank Williams songs, you may want to go to Google, ask for BOB'S SOMEWHERE IN TIME COUNTRY, and review it. You will find it interesting.
Something people need to watch for ! Cardiomyopathy .........
Tell TH-cam you own Part 3 & they'll leave you alone & let you to continue to share it.