September 17, 1923- January 1, 1953 http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/07/news/dylan-

white-and-more-cover-hank-williams/

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•  Born September 17, 1923

•  Developed a relationship with music early on • Spina Bifida

•  He grew up listening to different types of music

•  Rufus Payne helped him develop new styles

(Hank William Biography, 2012)

•  Moved to Montgomery, Alabama in 1937

•  WSFA radio station.

•  Drifting Cowboys was his first band

•  WWII and drinking

•  WSFA dropped him The Drifting Cowboys

http://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/hank-by-michael-panasuk/

(Hank William Biography, 2012)

•  “Move It on Over”

•  “Lovesick Blues”

•  “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

•  “Hey, Good Lookin’”

•  “I’m So Lonesome, I Could Cry”

(NNDB, 2012)

•  Alcoholism and drug addiction

•  Led to a divorce and a firing from Grand Ole Opry

•  His drinking ruined his career, and his life

•  Hank Williams passed away January 1, 1953

(Hank William Biography, 2012)

•  Sincerity

•  Displaced and disillusioned by the city.

•  The country western archetype.

http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams/+images/6315077

(Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

•  Luke the Drifter

http://yograndparentsmusic.blogspot.com/2012/01/hank-williams-luke-drifter-1950.html

(Escott, 2005)

•  Poetic

•  Assonance

•  Consonance

•  Cracking voice

(Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

•  Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers Foundation)

•  The Carter Family

•  Roy Acuff

Jimmie Rodgers http://rockhall.com/inductees/jimmie-rodgers/ (Jimmy Rogers Foundation, nd; Scripts Network, 2012)

•  Hank’s largest influence

•  Exposed Hank to blues and other African American styles

•  Shyness

•  “All the music training I ever had” (Ward, 2012)

•  Bob Dylan

•  The Rolling Stones

•  Bruce Springsteen

•  Ray Charles (Lepidus, 2010; Ward, 2012)

Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams III http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/

post/quoted-hank-williams-iii-on-hank-williams-jr/2011/10/04/gIQAfMLlLL_blog.html

http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams+Jr.

(Ward, 2012)

•  Early Country Music

•  Gospel Music • His mother • Black and White Communities

(Lepidus, 2010)

•  Great Depression • Economic • Unemployment

•  Jim Crow South

•  The Great Migration Jim Crow South

http://themoderatevoice.com/121302/courtesy-of-the-gop-jim-crow-is-back-in-a-national-voter-

suppression-campaign/ (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)

•  WWI • Family Issues

•  WWII • Career Issues

WWII http://military.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)

•  September 21st “Hank Williams Day.” •  1954 celebration-unveiling of Hank Williams

Monument •  11 number one hit songs •  1961-Country Music Hall of Fame •  1985 -Alabama Music Hall of Fame. •  1987-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-“Early Influence.” •  Is still a hit today

(Lange, 2007; Scripps Networks, 2012)

•  Escott, C. (2005). Hank williams. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/hank-w

williams/about-hank-williams/734/ •  Flippo, Chet (1985). Your cheatin' heart:a biography of Hank Williams. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-19737-3. •  Hank William biography. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/hank-williams-9532414?page=1

•  Jimmie Rodgers Foundation. (n.d.). Jimmie rodgers. Retrieved from http://www.jimmierodgers.com/biography.html •  Lange, J. J. (2007, March 19). Hank williams sr.. Retrieved from

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1124 •  Lepidus, H. (2010, September 18). Bob dylan and his first hero, hank williams, sr. Retrieved from

http://www.examiner.com/article/bob-dylan-and-his-first-hero-hank-williams-sr •  NNDB. (2012). Hank williams, sr.. Retrieved from http://www.nndb.com/people/876/000062690/ •  Scripps Networks. LLC. (2012). Hank williams sr. biography. Retrieved from

http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_hank_williams_sr/article/0,,GAC_26936_4874790,00.html •  Shmoop Editorial Team. (November 11, 2008).Your cheatin' heart. Retrieved from http://www.shmoop.com/your-

cheatin-heart •  Swanson, J., Williamson, S.(1972). "Estimates of national product and income for the United States economy, 1919–

1941". Explorations in Economic History 10: 53–73. •  Ward, J. (2012, July 9). Panel to discuss hank williamsâ�™ influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th."

panel to discuss hank williams� influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th. Retrieved from http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/panel-to-discuss-hank-williams-influence-on-american-singersongwriters- set-for-june-20th