Arena
Season 1 • Episode 572: Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues • Watch with subtitles
Episode 572: Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues
February 5, 2005
From Elvis to Norah Jones , Hank Williams 's songs have been recorded more often than those of any other country music writer. Dirt-poor and rail-thin, he blazed out of Alabama in the late 1940s with the fervor of a man whose days were numbered. By 25 he was country's first superstar - but four years later he was gone; an icon yet an enigma even to those who thought they knew him best. With family and friends, Arena examines the real Hank Williams.
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