September 17, January 1, white-and-more-cover-hank-williams/ Presented by Group 2 Marcel Allen Clint Borkan Susan Slocum EmilyTuttle Kiersten Yndestad
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 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. es/ (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)
Luke the Drifter 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 (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 source/post/quoted-hank-williams-iii-on-hank-williams- jr/2011/10/04/gIQAfMLlLL_blog.html (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 of-the-gop-jim-crow-is-back-in-a-national-voter- suppression-campaign/ (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)
WWI Family Issues WWII Career Issues WWII (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)
September 21 st “Hank Williams Day.” 1954 celebration-unveiling of Hank Williams Monument 11 number one hit songs 1961-Country Music Hall of Fame Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-“Early Influence.” Is still a hit today (Lange, 2007; Scripps Networks, 2012)
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