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Hank Williams Snapshots From The Lost Highway

Posted: Jul 13, 2009

Snapshots From The Lost Highway

“In the great book of John
You’re warned of the day
When you’ll be laid
Beneath the cold clay…”
“Angel of Death”
--Hank Williams

Thinking of my friend Paul Hemphill’s Hank Williams biography, I picked up a book off the shelf called Hank Williams Snapshots From The Lost Highway. With a preface written by Marty Stuart, introduction written by Rick Bragg, many unseen photographs, Hank’s handwritten lyrics, letters and an interwoven text to bind the photos, this tome ranks as an essential for any music fan. The book traces Hank’s earliest years, his ascent in country music and his inimitable funeral.

Hank’s funeral drew the biggest crowd in Montgomery since the fall of the Confederacy. Hank had a large following among the black community and many turned out for his funeral, which this book documents. The photos bring heart-rending images of friends, family, fans and well-known musicians paying their respects to the King of Country music. Since Hank’s love of black gospel music was well known among his friends, the black gospel group the Southwind Singers performed at his funeral, something unheard of among whites in Montgomery during that time. Even a photo of Hank’s hip cowboy boots standing by themselves evoke one sad image…In the back of the book is a song appendix which prints Hank’s unrecorded songs since some of his handwriting proved difficult to read.

The book even documents the song page found on the floor of the blue Cadillac where Hank died. The book pays for itself once you hold it in your hands…

On the Lost Highway,

James Calemine
 

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