There he is, sandwiched between Black Sabbath and Television...Or Duke Ellington and Elvis Presley. But given a spot in history nonetheless, and still appreciated in retrospect.
Hank Williams is profoundly important in American music. Country music could have began and ended with him and I'd feel the same about it as I do now. He is it, and yet now in retrospect, more. He wrote the playbook. He built the myth. So many couldn't of _____ without his songs. He supersedes the unfortunate cheesiness that's utterly dismantled a culture he embodied. A twinge of tongue and cheek, a thick grin and tilt of the hat, a skeleton frame boxed in stiff tailored linens.
I've seen this shenanigan before (or after)...
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Unfortunately, I don't have this, but my birthday is coming up.
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So many characters hanging out in the armpit, and Hank definitely belongs there. Great to listen to on a Sunday.
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