“I ain’t gonna worry wrinkles in my brow, cuz nothin’s never gonna be alright nohow. No matter how I struggle and strive, I’ll never get out of this world alive.”
— Hank Williams
Sometime in the early morning hours of January 1st 1953, somewhere on the roads of Kentucky on-route to a News Years eve show in Canton, Ohio, The king of Country Music Hank Williams succumbed to a life of drugs, booze and sorrow. He was 29.
In his brief professional life Williams forged a sound and lasting legacy that runs throughout country and rock music to this day On this New Years Eve I want to celebrate his life and demonstrate the broadness of his influence with some of the best covers of Hank Williams that I could uncover. Leave your own in the comments ad at the stroke of midnight take a moment to remember Hank.
Wayne Hancock – Lost Highway
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNTJvUmVdGE[/youtube]
Hunter Hayes / Hank Williams Jr. – Jambalaya
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57sfRo26fAc[/youtube]
Townes Van Zandt – Alone & Forsaken
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3jLnQkpPFk[/youtube]
Jerry Lee Lewis – Cold Cold Heart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmFmmDooT_w[/youtube]
Patsy Cline – Lovesick Blues
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rBtNVmUvPw[/youtube]
Chris Scruggs – I’m A Long Gone Daddy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W6dA67kTJc[/youtube]
Ray Charles – Your Cheatin’ Heart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4ZSjDBMpw[/youtube]
The The – I Saw The Light
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYVXuauvZLA&feature=related[/youtube]
Neko Case – Alone and Forsaken
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_JTSoRBtM[/youtube]
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWw3dVNloVI[/youtube]
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ramblin Man
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5L3IstqIJI[/youtube]
Johnny Cash & Nick Cave – I Am So Lonesome I Could Cry
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovaGrcOEI-M[/youtube]
Hank Williams III – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxTb0E6O9Y[/youtube]
Hank Jr & Tammy Wynette – Hank Sr Medley
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTC82ZeRi-A[/youtube]