The Hank Williams Connection

Description

Along with Johnny Cash, Hank Williams is considered the most influential artist in country music. With few exceptions, he wrote his own songs during a career that lasted only six years, songs full of poetry, emotion and (self-)experience. His songs not only became classics, they are cult! Almost every important country musician has covered his songs. The selection was difficult. But we are sure that with this compilation in his anniversary year 2023 we will make visible the incredible impact of Hank Williams in the history of popular music.
On the occasion of Hank Williams' 100th birthday (September 17, 2023), Bear Family Records dedicates a CD album to one of the greatest icons of U.S. music history, featuring recordings of his idols and some of the best cover versions of his immortal songs.

* 33 tunes from 1939 - 1969 show what Hank Williams was inspired by - later recordings prove his enormous influence on the international music scene.
* Famous country music colleagues include Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Faron Young and Hank's son Hank Williams, Jr.
* Stars like Damita Jo, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, The Delta Rhythm Boys and others are witnesses to the great impact of Hank Williams' music across genre boundaries.
* Rarities in fantastic sound quality, including a live recording by Bobby Helms released on CD for the first time.
* The 36-page color booklet tells the story on the subject, written by renowned music journalist Bill Dahl, plus many photos and memorabilia, at times rare!

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

1. Hank Williams, Jr. - Calling You
2. Bill Darnell - Alone And Forsaken
3. Audrey Williams - Honky Tonkin'
4. Richard Hayes - Move It On Over
5. Rose Maddox - I Saw The Light
6. Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys - Rootie Tootie
7. Bobby Helms - I'm A Long Gone Daddy (live at Tex Ritter's 'Ranch Party')
8. Delbert Barker - I Can't Get You Off My Mind
9. Rex Griffin - Lovesick Blues
10. Skeets McDonald - Lost Highway
11. Ted Daigle - Mind Your Own Business (live - Radio Broadcast, Banff, Alberta, Canada)
12. Steve Bledsoe - You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
13. Johnny Cash - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
14. Johnny Horton - I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin'
15. T. Texas Tyler - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
16. Marty Robbins - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
17. Rusty & Doug Kershaw - Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)
18. Delbert Barker - Nobody's Lonseome For Me
19. Marvin Rainwater - Moanin' The Blues
20. Louis Armstrong - Cold, Cold Heart
21. Skeets McDonald - Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home)
22. Johnny Tillotson - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
23. The Spotnicks - Hey Good Lookin'
24. Ronnie Hawkins - Ramblin' Man
25. Hank Snow - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
26. Don Gibson - Baby We're Really In Love
27. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Half As Much
28. Damita Jo - Jambalaya
29. Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine - Settin' The Woods On Fire
30. The Delta Rhythm Boys - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
31. Faron Young - Your Cheatin' Heart
32. Rusty & Doug Kershaw - Kaw-Liga
33. Ray Charles - Take These Chains From My Heart