Hank
The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams

Here is the latest (and possibly most complete) biography of Hank Williams. Watch this poor boy from south Alabama rise to conquer Nashville and influence both country and pop music. Read of the “no-holds-barred” episodes of Hank’s life from birth, as a teen-age singer, through his marriages, his ill......more

Sometimes you can know too much about your heroes. This book is a long, detailed, unrelenting unveiling of the sad and sordid life of Hank Williams. I would have liked more about the music and less about the drink, the affairs, the lies, the lawsuits. I still want to play the music, but it’s no than......more

Before reading “Hank,” I listened to a CD from my collection, “Timeless,” a Hank Williams album of covers by Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Keb Mo, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, and others. I also played some of Hank’s original versions. Hiram Williams sounds wrong, but it was Hank’s birth name. His fa......more

Not a fan of the author's penchant for folksy expressions but this is an informative, insightful, and complete warts-and-all portrait of the deeply troubled but remarkably successful and influential musician.......more

Pretty grim biography. Evidently his spina bifida was the cause of his alcoholism. His domineering mother was a corrosive element in his life.......more