Oct 5, 2022
Hank Williams Sr. is not only crucial to the development of
Country and Western music, I'd go as far as to say he's an
influence on the development of the culture of the the Western
World - as in multiple continents. But more importantly for us,
Rock n' Roll would certainly not be as rich in rhythm, poetry and
plaintive cries from the wounded human soul to the deafening wind
in the cold wilderness that is Life, when you're down and out. In
my opinion he not only changed Country music forever, but he sang
blues as well as any white man ever can be expected to.
This episode covers most of my viewing of "Your Cheatin' Heart", an
MGM musical from the early 60's that feels like an olde-tyme Disney
film, and I take you through Hank's early life and influences. The
greatest cluster of said influences being a spinal deformity, his
domineering mother, a regular booze habit at the age of 11, and the
tutelage of a black blues musician named Rufus Payne. All potent
ingredients in a recipe for a man who would become a voice for the
voiceless in ways no Country superstar ever had
before.
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References:
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