Hank Williams

Salut Pearly. Merci pour cette vidéo. Je comprends quasiment rien à l'anglais, mais j'ai reconnu le mot le mot Jesus (Djisseuss). En tous cas dès que le nom Hank Williams apparaît c'est un hommage infini. Comme pour jésus, comme pour Dieu. Comme pour le Dieu qu'il était.

Je n'ai pas encore tout regardé mais c'est cool ce reportage,
merci Pearly !!

Chanteur Country US né le 15 septembre 1923 à Giorgiana (Alabama). Hank Williams fut cireur de chaussures avant de devenir l'auteur-compositeur-interprète le plus célèbre de la Country Music.

Il a débuté en 1947 chez MGM et en juin 1949, il monte les "Drifting Cowboys". Hank, qui possédait une voix nasillarde et mélancolique, a posé les bases de la Country moderne.
Hélas, un accident de la colonne vertébrale le rendit d'humeur ombrageuse et il sombra dans l'alcoolisme.
Il est mort dans sa voiture, d'une crise cardiaque, le 1^er janvier 1953.

HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' MOVE IT ON OVER YOUR CHEATIN' HEART

01/1947	78 t. STERLING 201 (US)	Never Again / Calling You
02/1947	78 t. STERLING 204 (US)	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul / When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
04/1947	78 t. STERLING 208 (US)	I Don't Care / My Love For You
05/1947	78 t. STERLING 210 (US)	Pan American / Honkin' Tonkin'
06/1947	78 t. MGM 10033 (US)	Move It On Over / Last Night I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
09/1947	78 t. MGM 10073 (US)	Fly Trouble / On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain
12/1947	78 t. MGM 10124 (US)	Rootie Tootie / My Sweet Love Ain't Around
04/1948	78 t. MGM 10171 (US)	Honky Tonkin' / I'll Ba A Bachelor Till I Die
06/1948	78 t. MGM 10212 (US)	I'm A Long Gone Daddy / The Blues Come Around
07/1948	78 t. MGM 10226 (US)	Pan American / I Don't Care
09/1948	78 t. MGM 10271 (US)	I Saw The Light / Six More Miles
011949	78 t. MGM 10328 (US)	I Can't Get You Off My Mind / A Mansion On The Hill
02/1949	78 t. MGM 10352 (US)	Lovesick Blues / Never Again
04/1949	78 t. MGM 10401 (US)	Wedding Bells / I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
05/1949	78 t. MGM 10434 (US)	Dear Brother (with Audrey WILLIAMS) / Lost On The River (with Audrey WILLIAMS)
07/1949	78 t. MGM 10461 (US)	Mind Your Own Business / There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
09/1949	78 t. MGM 10506 (US)	You're Gonna Change Or I'm Gonna Leave / Lost Highway
11/1949	78 t. MGM 10560 (US)	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Later on, after being signed by Acuff-Rose, Hank got a spot on the WSM Grand Ole Opry. Another legend has it that when he made that first appearance and did Lovesick Blues, he brought the house down. And got the unheard of response of six encores. And the legend grows...
Hank first was signed by the Sterling Record label. Hank did two sessions with Sterling, being paid a flat fee for them instead of getting royalties. But Fred Rose was impressed enough with what he had heard and wanted to negotiate a contract with a larger label. Fred knew Frank Walker who had previously been president of the Columbia and RCA Victor labels. At the time, he was in the midst of starting a new label for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. And so, Hank was signed by MGM as one of their first artists.
Throughout his career it is well documented that the songs he wrote often mirrored what was going on his life. His marriage to Audrey Williams is well documented in several of the biographies about Hank's life. She also wanted to be a singer herself. Though at times that may have caused some tension at her insistence on being a performer, too, Hank and Audrey recorded several duets together along the way. Hank and Audrey had a child, Hank Williams, Jr. or Little Bocephus as he was nicknamed and who later on in his life, would become a famous entertainer himself. But the happiness in their marriage didn't last. And eventually, the day would come they were divorced.
Hank always fought a battle with his drinking. He could go months without it, but then when he would drink, it seems it got the best of him many times. He also had back problems that he had to deal with, seeing doctors, getting medication, etc. It all came to a point where the Opry decided they had to deal with it by letting Hank Williams go. Everyone knew he was sick at the time and needed to recuperate. But fate never allowed that to happen it seemed. He went back home to Alabama. And later on, hooked up with the Louisiana Hayride who were willing to give Hank a chance to restart his career. Everyone knew he could still sing.
Towards the end of his life, Hank met up with a gal by the name of Billie Jean Jones Eshlimar and they were to marry on October 18, 1952. But it wasn't to be any ordinary wedding. It was a very public ceremony, combined with a performance on the Louisiana Hayride.

Then, late in 1952, there was to be a new tour for Hank to show everyone he was on the way back. A performance in Canton had been scheduled for New Year's Eve in Canton, Ohio. Hank had arranged with Don Helms to have a few of the Drifting Cowboys meet him up there, using the old limousine they toured in. Hank was originally supposed to fly up there and meet them. But when the day came around, snow had started to fall and flying was out of the question. So, Hank hired a driver, a fellow by the name of Charles Carr, to drive him to Canton. Along the way, Carr got pulled over in Knoxville, Tennessee for speeding. The officer had asked about the fellow in the back seat that wasn't moving it seems, but the driver mentioned that he had taken a sedative and was just sleeping it off. Into the night they drove and about when he got to Oak Hill, West Virginia, he decided to check up on Hank after pulling into a Pure Oil station. But he couldn't wake Hank and drove him to the Oak Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

On January 1, 1953, the legend of Hank Williams' life came to an end. But the legend of his musical legacy lives on today. In the music played by his original band the Drifting Cowboys, in the careers by his son, Hank Williams, Jr., his grandson, Hank Williams III and a daughter born after he had died, Jett Williams. And his music also lives on as there is hardly a country band that won't play a tune by Hank Williams at one time or another. His music stands the test of time, simple as it was, but in that simplicity lies its greatness and ability to touch folks that listen to it and play it.
They've written many tribute songs about Hank after his death. They've written many an article about his life and music. They've written many a book, too. Even made movies and plays about the man and his music. But perhaps the best way to know Hank, is to listen to the music. It says it better than anything else.

Timeline and Trivia Notes
Band Members:

• Hank Williams, lead, vocals, guitar
  
• Don Helms, steel guitar
  
• Jerry Rivers, fiddle
  
• Hillous Butrum, bass
  
• Bob McNett, guitar
  
• Sam Pruitt, guitar
  
• Slim Watts, bass
  

Suggested Further Reading

• Hank Williams The Biography
  By Colin Escott with George Merritt and William MacEwen
  
• Hank Williams Country Music's Tragic King
  By Jay Caress
  
• Sing a Sad Song
  The Life of Hank Williams
  By Roger M. Williams
  
• From Life to Legend
  By Jerry Rivers
  

Williams, Hank Real name Hiram King Williams. Born 1923 in Georgiana, Ala. Died in 1953. References: Feature article in issues 31-35 (1987-1988) of Rock & Roll Performers Magazine.

Source: Bruce Grossberg

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Original Releases



Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1958/Nov. 3 Bb c&w rev.	MGM K12727		Roly Poly {a} Just Waitin'	1 1	55-XY-273 50-XY-461

References in "As By" Column:

1. as by Hank Williams
   

Other Notes:

• "Roly Poly" features overdubbed instrumentation, including a Hank Garland guitar break, which give it a slight rock & roll feel.
  

La CADILLAC d'Hank WILLIAMS



effets Personnels d'Hank

Disc 5

1. Happy Rovin' Cowboy 2:38
2. Freight Train Blues 1:17
3. San Antonio Rose 2:11
4. I'm Not Coming Home Anymore 2:55
5. I Ain't Gonna Love You Anymore 1:31
6. Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me 1:55
7. Why Should I Cry 1:50
8. I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay 1:47
9. I Told A Lie To My Heart 2:18
10. Mother Is Gone 2:28
11. In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me 2:22
12. We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day 2:39
13. (I'm) Going Home 1:27
14. Calling You 1:55
15. Pan American 2:04
16. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul 2:30
17. Honky Tonk Blues 1:59
18. A Home In Heaven 2:06
19. You Broke Your Own Heart 2:05
20. I'm So Tired Of It All

Disc 6

1. You Caused It All By Telling Lies 1:38
2. Faded Love And Winter Roses 1:59
3. Please Don't Let Me Love You 2:16
4. There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues 2:17
5. I Wish I Had A Nickel 1:45
6. The Waltz Of The Wind 2:09
7. At The First Fall Of Snow 3:12
8. Leave Me Alone With The Blues 2:18
9. I'm Free At Last 2:23
10. Blue Love (In My Heart) 2:06
11. It Just Don't Matter Now 2:29
12. Little Paper Boy 3:04
13. Someday You'll Call My Name 2:14
14. The Battle Of Armageddon 2:29
15. No One Will Ever Know 2:18
16. With Tears In My Eyes 2:16
17. Thank God 2:20
18. Rock My Cradle (Once Again) 3:05
19. Don't Do It Darling 1:51

Disc 7

1. Rockin' Chair Money 2:07
2. Cool Water 3:46
3. Tennessee Border 1:54
4. First Year Blues 2:28
5. My Main Trial Is Yet To Come 1:59
6. Wait For The Light To Shine 2:43
7. We Live In Two Different Worlds 2:00
8. Roly Poly 2:02
9. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love 2:23
10. Dixie Cannonball 2:25
11. Sundown And Sorrow 1:22
12. The Devil's Train 3:00
13. The Old Home 2:43
14. Alone And Forsaken 2:01
15. Heaven Holds All My Treasures 2:30
16. Lost On The River 2:18
17. A House Of Gold 2:16
18. Singing Waterfall 2:14
19. Dear Brother 2:29
20. 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone 2:43
21. Time Has Proven I Was Wrong 1:18
22. No Not Now 2:11
23. When You're Tired Of Breaking Others' Hearts 1:10
24. Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh 1:15

salut sont premier hit 1947 du rocka billy bonne nuit

salut super version par hank

un petit hank williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkEyvhkqpc

encore un petit morceau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB_sjWtbl8w&feature=related

super version par hank la classe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_It7hippYU&feature=related

hank bonne nuithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOlYKNIiooQ

J'ai acheté ceci :


Une mini BD, et inclus 2 cd (44 titres de 1947 à 1952)
Je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de feuilleter...
Quelqu'un connait ?

KIM a écrit:

J'ai acheté ceci :


Une mini BD, et inclus 2 cd (44 titres de 1947 à 1952)
Je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de feuilleter...
Quelqu'un connait ?

Salut Kim,

Tu l'as acheté ou ??? ça m'interesse ....
(les CD j'ai toutes les chansons, mais c'est tjrs bon à prendre) lol

Il est en vente sur ce site également à 18,94€

http://www.rdmshopping.com/details-20-0-0-6119461-Hank+Williams+19471952++JeanFran%E7ois+Solmon%2C+Hank+Williams%2C+Rodolphe.html

Je l'ai trouvé chez Virgin à Montpellier...alors qu'à Avignon, rien...
Faut que je cherche sur le net, car il y en a d'autres dans la même collection !

On le trouve aussi chez Amazon

http://www.amazon.fr/Hank-Williams-1947-1952/dp/2849071455/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1252044611&sr=1-1