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"He was just twenty-nine years old and had been a recording artist for less than six years when he died on New Year's Day in 1953. Yet the songs Hank Williams left behind - including "I Saw the Light," "Cold Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Jambalaya," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - transformed him into a legend whose influence is felt as strongly today as ever. But for all that his music reveals, we know remarkably little of the man himself. His formal interviews barely filled a page, and even those who claimed him as a friend admit they barely knew him.". "Now Colin Escott and Kira…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2004Back Bay Books · 388 pages · 9780316734974
- Paperback · English · 1995Little, Brown and Company · 336 pages · 9780316249386
- Other · English · 2009Little Brown & Company · 9780316074636
- Other · English · 2001Da Capo Press · 207 pages · 9780306810527
- Other · English · 1994Little, Brown · 307 pages · 9780316249867
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