Presented by Group 2 Marcel Allen Clint Borkan Susan Slocum EmilyTuttle Kiersten Yndestad September 17, 1923- January 1, 1953 http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/07/news/dylan- white-and-more-cover-hank-williams/ • Born September 17, 1923 • Developed a relationship with music early on • Spina Bifida • He grew up listening to different types of music • Rufus Payne helped him develop new styles (Hank William Biography, 2012) • Moved to Montgomery, Alabama in 1937 • WSFA radio station. • Drifting Cowboys was his first band • WWII and drinking • WSFA dropped him The Drifting Cowboys (Hank William Biography, 2012) http://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/hank- by-michael-panasuk/ • “Move It on Over” • “Lovesick Blues” • “Your Cheatin’ Heart” • “Hey, Good Lookin’” • “I’m So Lonesome, I Could Cry” (NNDB, 2012) • Alcoholism and drug addiction • Led to a divorce and a firing from Grand Ole Opry • His drinking ruined his career, and his life • Hank Williams passed away January 1, 1953 (Hank William Biography, 2012) • Sincerity • Displaced and disillusioned by the city. • The country western archetype. (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008) http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams/ +images/6315077 • Luke the Drifter (Escott, 2005) http://yograndparentsmusic.blogspot.com/2012/01/hank- williams-luke-drifter-1950.html • Poetic • Assonance • Consonance • Cracking voice (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008) • Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers Foundation) • The Carter Family • Roy Acuff Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmy Rogers Foundation, nd; Scripts Network, 2012) http://rockhall.com/inductees/jimmie-rodgers/ • Hank’s largest influence • Exposed Hank to blues and other African American styles • Shyness • “All the music training I ever had” (Ward, 2012) • Bob Dylan • The Rolling Stones • Bruce Springsteen • Ray Charles (Lepidus, 2010; Ward, 2012) Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams III http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams+Jr. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/ post/quoted-hank-williams-iii-on-hank-williams-jr/ (Ward, 2012) 2011/10/04/gIQAfMLlLL_blog.html • Early Country Music • Gospel Music • His mother • Black and White Communities (Lepidus, 2010) • Great Depression • Economic • Unemployment • Jim Crow South Jim Crow South • The Great Migration http://themoderatevoice.com/121302/courtesy- of-the-gop-jim-crow-is-back-in-a-national-voter- suppression-campaign/ (Swanson &Williamson, 1972) • WWI • Family Issues • WWII • Career Issues WWII (Swanson &Williamson, 1972) http://military.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II • September 21st “Hank Williams Day.” • 1954 celebration-unveiling of Hank Williams Monument • 11 number one hit songs • 1961-Country Music Hall of Fame • 1985 -Alabama Music Hall of Fame. • 1987-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-“Early Influence.” • Is still a hit today (Lange, 2007; Scripps Networks, 2012) • Escott, C. (2005). Hank williams. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/hank-w williams/about-hank-williams/734/ • Flippo, Chet (1985). Your cheatin' heart:a biography of Hank Williams. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-19737-3. • Hank William biography. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/hank-williams-9532414?page=1 • Jimmie Rodgers Foundation. (n.d.). Jimmie rodgers. Retrieved from http://www.jimmierodgers.com/biography.html • Lange, J. J. (2007, March 19). Hank williams sr.. Retrieved from http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1124 • Lepidus, H. (2010, September 18). Bob dylan and his first hero, hank williams, sr. Retrieved from http://www.examiner.com/article/bob-dylan-and-his-first-hero-hank-williams-sr • NNDB. (2012). Hank williams, sr.. Retrieved from http://www.nndb.com/people/876/000062690/ • Scripps Networks. LLC. (2012). Hank williams sr. biography. Retrieved from http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_hank_williams_sr/article/0,,GAC_26936_4874790,00.html • Shmoop Editorial Team. (November 11, 2008).Your cheatin' heart. Retrieved from http://www.shmoop.com/your- cheatin-heart • Swanson, J., Williamson, S.(1972). "Estimates of national product and income for the United States economy, 1919– 1941". Explorations in Economic History 10: 53–73. • Ward, J. (2012, July 9). Panel to discuss hank williamsâ™ influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th." panel to discuss hank williamsâ™ influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th. Retrieved from http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/panel-to-discuss-hank-williams-influence-on-american-singersongwriters- set-for-june-20th .