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According to Colin Escott: "He was just 29 years old when he died on New
Year's Day 1953 and had been a recording artist for just six years, yet Hank Williams
is considered worldwide to be the most influential country music artist ever.
Almost half a century later, you'll have to go far to find someone who doesn't
know "Jambalaya", "Your Cheatin' Heart," or "I'm So Lonesome
I Could Cry". His music has endured, and unlike his contemporaries, Hank
Williams reaches generations that neither knew him nor saw him."
On Sunday night, January 4th, we'll talk with biographer COLIN ESCOTT to learn about the Snapshots from the Lost Highway that shaped his songwriting. And then our special guest will be Hank’s lost daughter, JETT WILLIAMS, whose life resembled a soap opera as she discovered and sought to reclaim her true identity and birthrite.
Find out why Hank Williams was the first country music star inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sunday night, January 4t, 2004 at 7:00 PM Eastern,
on 21st Century Radio, right here on Talk Radio 680 WCBM!
To listen live on January 4, 2004, or to the archived show after January 8th, visit our home page http://www.21stCenturyRadio.com or go directly by clicking here.
Order Colin Escott's books here:
Hank Williams The Biography (with George Merritt and William MacEwen), Little
Brown, 1994/1995
Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway (with Kira Florita), Da Capo
Press, 2001
Visit Jett Williams' site and order her book and recordings here:
http://www.jettwilliams.com
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