Hank Williams (Revised): The Biography
By (Author) Colin Escott
By (author) George Merritt
By (author) William MacEwen
Little, Brown & Company
Back Bay Books
15th April 2004
United States
General
Non Fiction
Biography: arts and entertainment
781.66
Paperback
388
Width 138mm, Height 208mm, Spine 28mm
394g
In his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. He has sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed. But by the time of his death at the age of 29, he had drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and was sacked from his headline spot on the Grand Ole Opry. In this newly updated edition, Escott adds the fruit of several years of impeccable research to this already full-blooded portrait of Williams and reveals much that was previously unknown or hidden.
""An impressive book....Probably the definitive word on Williams's life....Escott mixes careful reporting, a sympathetic viewpoint, and wry and occasionally cutting humor in a blend that makes for fast and interesting reading."