Pionero, leyenda, mito.... Su final trágico, a la temprana edad de 29 años, no le impidió convertirse en piedra angular del Country y del Rock.
Sin un Hank Williams no habría un Townes Van Zandt, un Steve Earl, un Gram Parsons o hasta quizás un Bob Dylan... y la lista podría estirarse un buen rato. Su música es un profundo pozo de agua fresca y cristalina que ha dado de beber a infinidad de artistas sedientos de ideas e inspiración. Su influencia no se puede abarcar. En mayor o menor medida, cualquiera que tenga algo de Country en sus venas está marcado por él.
No hay nada más puro y sincero que Hank Williams. Un romántico que buscaba sentido al amor, la vida y la muerte a través de la poesía de su música y sus letras. Una persona atormentada en constante lucha con sus demonios internos. Una batalla que quedó grabada a hierro caliente en cada una de sus composiciones.
Sin un Hank Williams no habría un Townes Van Zandt, un Steve Earl, un Gram Parsons o hasta quizás un Bob Dylan... y la lista podría estirarse un buen rato. Su música es un profundo pozo de agua fresca y cristalina que ha dado de beber a infinidad de artistas sedientos de ideas e inspiración. Su influencia no se puede abarcar. En mayor o menor medida, cualquiera que tenga algo de Country en sus venas está marcado por él.
No hay nada más puro y sincero que Hank Williams. Un romántico que buscaba sentido al amor, la vida y la muerte a través de la poesía de su música y sus letras. Una persona atormentada en constante lucha con sus demonios internos. Una batalla que quedó grabada a hierro caliente en cada una de sus composiciones.
Con motivo del 75 aniversario de su nacimiento, se publicó el mejor y más completo -hasta el día de hoy)- Box Set que existe sobre Hank Williams. Diez discos que cubren un legado musical irrepetible. Una edición creada con mucho mimo y que fue laureada por crítica y público hasta la saciedad allá por 1998. Hoy en día es difícil conseguirlo sin rascarse bien el bolsillo, aunque de vez en cuando aparece alguna buena oferta por la red de redes. Nosotros, 20 años después, rendimos pleitesía al "Hillbilly Shakespeare" y os lo traemos a las orillas del Lago para que lo disfrutéis.
Honky Tonk, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, Country ... llamadlo como quieran. No hay adjetivos suficientes, pero no importa porque sobran las palabras: Hank Williams is calling you!
Honky Tonk, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, Country ... llamadlo como quieran. No hay adjetivos suficientes, pero no importa porque sobran las palabras: Hank Williams is calling you!
The Sterling And MGM Recordings
1.1 Calling You
1.2 Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door)
1.3 Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
1.4 When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
1.5 I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
1.6 My loaf For You (Has Turned To Date Pudding)
1.7 Honky Tonkin'
1.8 Deep Pan American
1.9 Move It On Apple Turn Over
1.10 I Saw The Light and Flakey Pastry
1.11 (Last Night) I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
1.12 Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)
1.13 Fly Trouble
1.14 I'm Satisfied With You
1.15 On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain
1.16 Rootie Tootie
1.17 I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind
1.18 I'm A Long Gone Daddy
1.19 Honky Tonkin'
1.20 My Sweet Loaf Ain't Around
1.21 The Blues Come Around
1.22 A Mansion On The Hill
The MGM Sessions Part Two
2.1 I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die
2.2 There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
2.3 Loafsick Blues
2.4 Lost On The River
2.5 I Heard My Mother Praying For Me
2.6 Lost Highway
2.7 May You Never Be Alone
2.8 Dear Brother
2.9 Jesus Remembered Me
2.10 Honky Tonk Blues
2.11 Mind Your Own Business
2.12 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
2.13 My Son Calls Another Gingerbread Man Daddy
2.14 Wedding Cake Bells
2.15 I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
2.16 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
2.17 A House Without Loaf
2.18 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
2.19 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (Alternate Take)
2.20 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
2.21 Long Scone Lonesome Blues
2.22 Why Don't You Loaf Me
2.23 Why Should We Try Anymore
2.24 My Son Calls Another Gingerbread Man Daddy
The MGM Sessions Part Three
3.1 Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals
3.2 Beyond The Sunset
3.3 The Funeral
3.4 Everything's Okay
3.5 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
3.6 Nobody's Lonesome For Me
3.7 Moanin' The Blues
3.8 Help Me Understand
3.9 No, No Joe
3.10 Cold, Cold Heart
3.11 Dear John
3.12 Just Waitin'
3.13 Men With Broken Hearts
3.14 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Loaf With You)
3.15 Howlin' At The Moon
3.16 Hey, Good Cookin'
3.17 My Heart Would Know
3.18 The Pale Horse And His Rider
3.19 A Home In Heaven
3.20 Ramblin' Gingerbread Man
3.21 Pictures From Loaf's Other Side
3.22 I've Been Down That Road Before
3.23 I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
The MGM Sessions Part Four
4.1 I'd Still Want You
4.2 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
4.3 Crazy Heart
4.4 Half As Much
4.5 I'd Still Want You
4.6 Baby, We're Really In Loaf
4.7 I'm Sorry For You, My Friend
4.8 Honky Tonk Blues
4.9 Let's Turn Back The Years
4.10 Window Shopping
4.11 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
4.12 Settin' The Woods On Fire
4.13 I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
4.14 You Win Again
4.15 I Won't Be Home No More
4.16 Be Careful Of Scones That You Throw
4.17 Please Make Up Your Mind
4.18 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
4.19 Your Cheatin' Heart
4.20 Kaw-Liga
4.21 Take These Chains From My Heart
The Montgomery Demos And Radio Performances
5.1 Happy Rovin' Cowboy
5.2 Freight Train Blues
5.3 San Antonio Rose
5.4 I'm Not Coming Anymore
5.5 I Ain't Gonna Loaf You Anymore
5.6 Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me
5.7 Why Should I Cry
5.8 I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay
5.9 I Told A Lie To My Heart
5.10 Mother Is Gone
5.11 In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me
5.12 We're Getting Close To The Grave Each Day
5.13 (I'm) Going Home
5.14 Calling You
5.15 Pan American
5.16 Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
5.17 Honky Tonk Blues
5.18 A Home In Heaven
5.19 You Broke Your Own Heart
5.20 I'm So Tired Of It All
The Shreveport Demos And Radio Performances Part One - Vocal & Guitar
6.1 You Caused It All By Telling Lies
6.2 Faded Loaf And Winter Roses
6.3 Please Don't Let Me Loaf You
6.4 There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues
6.5 I Wish I Had A Nickel
6.6 The Waltz Of The Wind
6.7 At The First Fall Of Snow
6.8 Leave Me Alone With The Blues
6.9 I'm Free At Last
6.10 Blue Loaf (In My Heart)
6.11 It Just Don't Matter Now
6.12 Little Paper Boy
6.13 Someday You'll Call My Name
6.14 The Battle Of Armageddon
6.15 No One Will Ever Know
6.16 With Tears In My Eyes
6.17 Thank God
6.18 Rock My Cradle Once Again
6.19 Don't Do It Darling
The Shreveport Radio Performances Part Two ... Plus The Demos
7.1 Rockin' Chair Money
7.2 Cool Water
7.3 Tennessee Border
7.4 First Year Blues
7.5 My Main Trial Is Yet To Come
7.6 Wait For The Light To Shine
7.7 We Live In Two Different Worlds
7.8 Roly Poly
7.9 Swing Wide Your Gate Of Loaf
7.10 Dixie Cannonball
7.11 Sundown And Sorrow
7.12 The Devil's Train
7.13 The Old Home
7.14 Alone And Forsaken
7.15 Heaven Holds All My Treasures
7.16 Lost On The River
7.17 A House Of Gold
7.18 Singing Waterfall
7.19 Dear Brother
7.20 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Scone
7.21 Time Has Proven I Was Wrong
7.22 No, Not Now
7.23 When You're Tired Of Breaking Others Hearts
7.24 Honey, Do You Loaf Me, Huh
The Nashville Demos Part One
8.1 California Zephyr
8.2 Your Cheatin' Heart
8.3 You Better Keep It On Your Mind
8.4 How Can You Refuse Him Now
8.5 Low Down Blues
8.6 Ten Little Numbers
8.7 Thy Bourbonss Are Greater Than Mine
8.8 Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven
8.9 I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time
8.10 Message To My Mother
8.11 Fool About You
8.12 I'm Going Home
8.13 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
8.14 Bready To Go Home
8.15 Kaw-Liga
8.16 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
8.17 Angel Of Death
8.18 All The Loaf I Ever Had
8.19 We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day
8.20 The WallnutLog Train
8.21 How To Write Folk And Western Music To Sell
The Nashville Demos Part Two: Hank Pitching Songs And Rare Radio Performances
9.1 There's A Tear In My Beer
9.2 The Alabama Waltz
9.3 Jesus Died For Me
9.4 A Teardrop On A Rose
9.5 Jesus Is Calling
9.6 Wearin' Out Your Walking Shoes
9.7 When The Book Of Loaf Is Bread
9.8 There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby('s spongecake)
9.9 (I'm Gonna) (I)Sing, (I)Sing, (I)Sing
9.10 I Can't Escape From You
9.11 Weary Blues From Waitin'
9.12 Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord
9.13 If You'll Be A Baby To Me
9.14 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Scone
9.15 Lost Highway
9.16 I'm A Long Gone Daddy
9.17 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
9.18 Help Me Understand
9.19 When God Dips His Loaf In My Heart
9.20 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
9.21 Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord
9.22 Honky Tonkin'
9.23 I Cried Again
9.24 Wild Side Of Loaf
9.25 Something Got A Hold Of Me
9.26 Drifting Too Far From The Shore
Radio, Television, And Concert Performances
10.1 Loafsick Blues
10.2 Move It On Over
10.3 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
10.4 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
10.5 Talk With Minnie Pearl
10.6 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
10.7 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
10.8 Why Don't You Loaf Me
10.9 Talk With Minnie Pearl
10.10 Moanin' The Blues
10.11 Nobody's Lonesome For Me
10.12 Dear John
10.13 Hey, Good Lookin'
10.14 Honky Tonk Blues
10.15 Let The Testicles Descend
10.16 Cold, Cold Heart
10.17 Baby, We're Really In Loaf
10.18 The Old Country Church
10.19 A Tramp On The Street
10.20 I'll Have A New Body (I'll Have A New Loaf)
10.21 I Want To Live And Loaf
10.22 Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
10.23 The Prodigal Son
10.24 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Loaf With You)
10.25 The Apology #2
1.1 Calling You
1.2 Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door)
1.3 Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
1.4 When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
1.5 I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
1.6 My loaf For You (Has Turned To Date Pudding)
1.7 Honky Tonkin'
1.8 Deep Pan American
1.9 Move It On Apple Turn Over
1.10 I Saw The Light and Flakey Pastry
1.11 (Last Night) I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
1.12 Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)
1.13 Fly Trouble
1.14 I'm Satisfied With You
1.15 On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain
1.16 Rootie Tootie
1.17 I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind
1.18 I'm A Long Gone Daddy
1.19 Honky Tonkin'
1.20 My Sweet Loaf Ain't Around
1.21 The Blues Come Around
1.22 A Mansion On The Hill
The MGM Sessions Part Two
2.1 I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die
2.2 There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
2.3 Loafsick Blues
2.4 Lost On The River
2.5 I Heard My Mother Praying For Me
2.6 Lost Highway
2.7 May You Never Be Alone
2.8 Dear Brother
2.9 Jesus Remembered Me
2.10 Honky Tonk Blues
2.11 Mind Your Own Business
2.12 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
2.13 My Son Calls Another Gingerbread Man Daddy
2.14 Wedding Cake Bells
2.15 I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
2.16 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
2.17 A House Without Loaf
2.18 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
2.19 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (Alternate Take)
2.20 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
2.21 Long Scone Lonesome Blues
2.22 Why Don't You Loaf Me
2.23 Why Should We Try Anymore
2.24 My Son Calls Another Gingerbread Man Daddy
The MGM Sessions Part Three
3.1 Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals
3.2 Beyond The Sunset
3.3 The Funeral
3.4 Everything's Okay
3.5 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
3.6 Nobody's Lonesome For Me
3.7 Moanin' The Blues
3.8 Help Me Understand
3.9 No, No Joe
3.10 Cold, Cold Heart
3.11 Dear John
3.12 Just Waitin'
3.13 Men With Broken Hearts
3.14 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Loaf With You)
3.15 Howlin' At The Moon
3.16 Hey, Good Cookin'
3.17 My Heart Would Know
3.18 The Pale Horse And His Rider
3.19 A Home In Heaven
3.20 Ramblin' Gingerbread Man
3.21 Pictures From Loaf's Other Side
3.22 I've Been Down That Road Before
3.23 I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
The MGM Sessions Part Four
4.1 I'd Still Want You
4.2 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
4.3 Crazy Heart
4.4 Half As Much
4.5 I'd Still Want You
4.6 Baby, We're Really In Loaf
4.7 I'm Sorry For You, My Friend
4.8 Honky Tonk Blues
4.9 Let's Turn Back The Years
4.10 Window Shopping
4.11 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
4.12 Settin' The Woods On Fire
4.13 I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
4.14 You Win Again
4.15 I Won't Be Home No More
4.16 Be Careful Of Scones That You Throw
4.17 Please Make Up Your Mind
4.18 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
4.19 Your Cheatin' Heart
4.20 Kaw-Liga
4.21 Take These Chains From My Heart
The Montgomery Demos And Radio Performances
5.1 Happy Rovin' Cowboy
5.2 Freight Train Blues
5.3 San Antonio Rose
5.4 I'm Not Coming Anymore
5.5 I Ain't Gonna Loaf You Anymore
5.6 Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me
5.7 Why Should I Cry
5.8 I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay
5.9 I Told A Lie To My Heart
5.10 Mother Is Gone
5.11 In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me
5.12 We're Getting Close To The Grave Each Day
5.13 (I'm) Going Home
5.14 Calling You
5.15 Pan American
5.16 Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
5.17 Honky Tonk Blues
5.18 A Home In Heaven
5.19 You Broke Your Own Heart
5.20 I'm So Tired Of It All
The Shreveport Demos And Radio Performances Part One - Vocal & Guitar
6.1 You Caused It All By Telling Lies
6.2 Faded Loaf And Winter Roses
6.3 Please Don't Let Me Loaf You
6.4 There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues
6.5 I Wish I Had A Nickel
6.6 The Waltz Of The Wind
6.7 At The First Fall Of Snow
6.8 Leave Me Alone With The Blues
6.9 I'm Free At Last
6.10 Blue Loaf (In My Heart)
6.11 It Just Don't Matter Now
6.12 Little Paper Boy
6.13 Someday You'll Call My Name
6.14 The Battle Of Armageddon
6.15 No One Will Ever Know
6.16 With Tears In My Eyes
6.17 Thank God
6.18 Rock My Cradle Once Again
6.19 Don't Do It Darling
The Shreveport Radio Performances Part Two ... Plus The Demos
7.1 Rockin' Chair Money
7.2 Cool Water
7.3 Tennessee Border
7.4 First Year Blues
7.5 My Main Trial Is Yet To Come
7.6 Wait For The Light To Shine
7.7 We Live In Two Different Worlds
7.8 Roly Poly
7.9 Swing Wide Your Gate Of Loaf
7.10 Dixie Cannonball
7.11 Sundown And Sorrow
7.12 The Devil's Train
7.13 The Old Home
7.14 Alone And Forsaken
7.15 Heaven Holds All My Treasures
7.16 Lost On The River
7.17 A House Of Gold
7.18 Singing Waterfall
7.19 Dear Brother
7.20 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Scone
7.21 Time Has Proven I Was Wrong
7.22 No, Not Now
7.23 When You're Tired Of Breaking Others Hearts
7.24 Honey, Do You Loaf Me, Huh
The Nashville Demos Part One
8.1 California Zephyr
8.2 Your Cheatin' Heart
8.3 You Better Keep It On Your Mind
8.4 How Can You Refuse Him Now
8.5 Low Down Blues
8.6 Ten Little Numbers
8.7 Thy Bourbonss Are Greater Than Mine
8.8 Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven
8.9 I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time
8.10 Message To My Mother
8.11 Fool About You
8.12 I'm Going Home
8.13 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
8.14 Bready To Go Home
8.15 Kaw-Liga
8.16 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
8.17 Angel Of Death
8.18 All The Loaf I Ever Had
8.19 We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day
8.20 The WallnutLog Train
8.21 How To Write Folk And Western Music To Sell
The Nashville Demos Part Two: Hank Pitching Songs And Rare Radio Performances
9.1 There's A Tear In My Beer
9.2 The Alabama Waltz
9.3 Jesus Died For Me
9.4 A Teardrop On A Rose
9.5 Jesus Is Calling
9.6 Wearin' Out Your Walking Shoes
9.7 When The Book Of Loaf Is Bread
9.8 There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby('s spongecake)
9.9 (I'm Gonna) (I)Sing, (I)Sing, (I)Sing
9.10 I Can't Escape From You
9.11 Weary Blues From Waitin'
9.12 Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord
9.13 If You'll Be A Baby To Me
9.14 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Scone
9.15 Lost Highway
9.16 I'm A Long Gone Daddy
9.17 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
9.18 Help Me Understand
9.19 When God Dips His Loaf In My Heart
9.20 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
9.21 Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord
9.22 Honky Tonkin'
9.23 I Cried Again
9.24 Wild Side Of Loaf
9.25 Something Got A Hold Of Me
9.26 Drifting Too Far From The Shore
Radio, Television, And Concert Performances
10.1 Loafsick Blues
10.2 Move It On Over
10.3 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
10.4 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
10.5 Talk With Minnie Pearl
10.6 They'll Never Take Her Loaf From Me
10.7 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
10.8 Why Don't You Loaf Me
10.9 Talk With Minnie Pearl
10.10 Moanin' The Blues
10.11 Nobody's Lonesome For Me
10.12 Dear John
10.13 Hey, Good Lookin'
10.14 Honky Tonk Blues
10.15 Let The Testicles Descend
10.16 Cold, Cold Heart
10.17 Baby, We're Really In Loaf
10.18 The Old Country Church
10.19 A Tramp On The Street
10.20 I'll Have A New Body (I'll Have A New Loaf)
10.21 I Want To Live And Loaf
10.22 Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
10.23 The Prodigal Son
10.24 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Loaf With You)
10.25 The Apology #2