The Hank Williams reader
Book - 2014
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New York :
Oxford University Press
2014.
- Language
- English
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- Physical Description
- xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780199743193
- A Note about Editorial Policies
- Introduction
- Part I. "King of the Hillbillies": Chronicling Hank Williams During His Lifetime (1947-1953)
- 1. William E. Cleghorn: Hank Williams Rides on Down Trail of National Popularity on Air Records (1947)
- 2. Reverend A. S. Turnipseed: Pulpit Echoes (1947)
- 3. Allen Rankin: 'Cause Hank Is Moving In, Move It Over, Big Time (1948)
- 4. Gene L. Roe: Got "Lovesick Blues"? No Sir, Not Hank Williams (1950)
- 5. Gold in Them Hillbillies (1951)
- 6. Golden Oatunes: H. Williams Clefs 22 Hillbilly Toppers (1951)
- 7. Hank Has a Method: Williams Tells How and Why His Disks Click (1951)
- 8. Rufus Jarman: Country Music Goes to Town (1953)
- 9. Audrey Mae Williams and Hank Williams: Excerpts from Divorce Complaint and Defendant's Answer and Cross-Bill in Audrey Mae Williams vs. Hank Williams, Et Al. (1952)
- 10. Edith Lindeman: Hank Williams Hillbilly Show Is Different (1952)
- 11. Famous Song Composer Is Arrested Here (1952)
- Part II. "Hank, It Will Never Be the Same without You": Mourning the Death of Hank Williams (January-February 1953)
- 12. Mystery Shrouds Death of Singer Hank Williams (1953)
- 13. H. B. Teeter: Hank Williams Had Premonition of Death (1953)
- 14. Joe Azbell: Hank's Funeral Is Far Largest in All Montgomery's History (1953)
- 15. Selected Newspaper Editorials (1953)
- 16. Allen Rankin: So Long, Hank. Hear You Later (1953)
- 17. Selected Letters to the Editor (1953)
- 18. Frank Walker: Letter to Hank Williams (1953)
- Part III. "Hank Williams Won't Die": The Legend Emerges (1953-1964)
- 19. Audrey Williams (as told to the Montgomery Advertiser): Hank's First Wife Tells Up and Downs of Marriage (1953)
- 20. Mrs. W. W. Stone (with Allen Rankin): Excerpt from Our Hank Williams, "The Drifting Cowboy," as Told by His Mother to Allen Rankin (1953)
- 21. Was Singer a Suicide? (1953)
- 22. Eli Waldron: The Death of Hank Williams (1955)
- 23. Sanford Mabrie: The Strange Life and Death of Hank Williams (1955)
- 24. Ed Linn: The Short Life of Hank Williams (1957)
- 25. Irene Williams Smith: Three "Hank's Corner" Columns from Country Song Roundup (1955-1957)
- 26. Charlie Lamb: Liner Notes to Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1961)
- 27. Stanford Whitmore: Excerpt from the Screenplay for Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
- Part IV. Bringing the Legend to Life: The Search for the "Real" Hank Williams (1965-1974)
- 28. Bill C. Malone: Excerpt from Country Music, U.S.A.: A Fifty-Year History (1968)
- 29. Joe Azbell: No Direction Signs Exist (1968)
- 30. Ralph J. Gleason: Perspectives: Hank Williams, Roy Acuff and Then God!! (1969)
- 31. Roger M. Williams: Excerpt from Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams (1970)
- 32. David Halberstam: Hank Williams Remembered (1971)
- 33. Irene Williams Smith: My Treasured Life with a Beloved Brother (1972)
- 34. Harry E. Rockwell: Excerpt from Beneath the Applause (A Story about Country & Western Music and Its Stars-Written by a Fan) (1973)
- 35. Henry Pleasants: Excerpt from The Great American Popular Singers (1974)
- Part V. Scenes from the Lost Highway: Shedding Light on the Dark Side (1975-1984)
- 36. Greil Marcus: Excerpt from Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music (1975)
- 37. Billie Jean Horton: Fear and Loathing at Hank's Funeral (1976)
- 38. Michael Bane: Excerpt from The Outlaws: Revolution in Country Music (1978)
- 39. Al Bock: Excerpt from I Saw the Light: The Gospel Life of Hank Williams (1977)
- 40. Hank Williams, Jr. (with Michael Bane): Excerpt from Living Proof: An Autobiography (1979)
- 41. Minnie Pearl (with Joan Dew): Excerpt from Minnie Pearl: An Autobiography (1980)
- 42. Chet Flippo: Excerpt from Your Cheatin' Heart: A Biography of Hank Williams (1981)
- 43. John Morthland: Excerpt from The Best of Country Music (1984)
- Part VI. "Gone But Not Forgotten Blues": Entering the American Mainstream (1985-1994)
- 44. Kent Blaser: "Pictures from life's Other Side": Hank Williams, Country Music, and Popular Culture in America (1985)
- 45. Richard Leppert and George Lipsitz: "Everybody's Lonesome for Somebody": Age, the Body and Experience in the Music of Hank Williams (1990)
- 46. Jett Williams (with Pamela Thomas): Excerpt from Ain't Nothin' as Sweet as My Baby: The Story of Hank Williams' Lost Daughter (1990)
- 47. Nolan Porterfield: The Day Hank Williams Died: Cultural Collisions in Country Music (1992)
- 48. Douglas McPherson: Sex, Drugs and Country Music: A Profile of Hank Williams, America's Darkest Legend (1992)
- 49. Lee Smith: Review of Don Cusic, Hank Williams: The Complete Lyrics (1993)
- 50. Colin Escort (with George Merritt and William MacEwen): Excerpt from Hank Williams: The Biography (1994)
- Part VII. Our Hank Williams: Becoming an American Icon (1995-2013)
- 51. Christopher Metress: Sing Me a Song about Ramblin' Man: Visions and Revisions of Hank Williams in Country Music (1995)
- 52. Teddy Gerald: Hank Williams Sr. Is Alive! (1995)
- 53. John Gilmore: Excerpt from Laid Bare: A Memoir of Wrecked Lives and the Hollywood Death Trip (1997)
- 54. Craig Womack: Howling at the Moon: The Queer But True Story of My Life as a Hank Williams Song (1997)
- 55. Sarah Vowell and Brian Alcorn: Two Reviews of The Complete Hank Williams (1998)
- 56. Joe "Penny" Pennington: Excerpt from Lookin' Back on Hank: Some Things You Never Knew about the Legendary Hank Williams (1999)
- 57. Rick Bragg: Foreword to Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway (2001)
- 58. Peter Cooper: Retracing a Ghostly Night Ride (2003)
- 59. Derek McCormack: Excerpt from The Haunted Hillbilly (2003)
- 60. Mark Jacobson: Hank Williams (2003)
- 61. Bob Dylan: Excerpt from Chronicles, Volume One (2004)
- 62. John R. George: Imagining Tee-Tot Blues, Race, and the Legend of Hank Williams (2007)
- 63. Steve Earle: Excerpt from I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011)
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Index