“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 in the back seat of his powder blue Cadillac. He was 29.
In his brief professional life Williams forged a sound and lasting legacy that runs throughout country and rock music , and really most all American 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 and at the stroke of midnight take a moment to remember the greatness of Hank Williams.
Tom Waits – Ramblin’ Man
Wayne Hancock – Lost Highway
Hunter Hayes / Hank Williams Jr. – Jambalaya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57sfRo26fAc
Townes Van Zandt – Alone & Forsaken
Jerry Lee Lewis – Cold Cold Heart
Patsy Cline – Lovesick Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rBtNVmUvPw
Chris Scruggs – I’m A Long Gone Daddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W6dA67kTJc
Ray Charles – Your Cheatin’ Heart
The The – I Saw The Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYVXuauvZLA&feature=related
Neko Case – Alone and Forsaken
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Ramblin Man
Johnny Cash and Nick Cave – I Am So Lonesome I Could Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovaGrcOEI-M
Hank Williams III – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Hank Williams Jr and Tammy Wynette – Hank Sr Medley