Hank Williams: The Biography

by William MacEwen, George Merritt, Colin Escott

Overview

- Long considered the last word on Hank Williams, this biography has remained continuously in print since its first publication in 1994.- This new edition has been completely updated and includes many previously unpublished photographs, as well as a complete catalog detailing all the songs Hank Williams ever wrote, even those he never recorded.- Colin Escott is codirector and cowriter of the forth-coming two-hour PBS/BBC television documentary on Hank Williams, set to broadcast in spring 2004, and coauthor of "Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway.- HANK WILLIAMS was the third-prize winner of the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316734974
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	04/13/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	388
Sales rank:	330,260
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.55(d)

Editorial Reviews

Escott traces the triumphant and tragic career of the legendary country star, who died at 29 from a drug overdose. (July)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The man who gave us Good Rockin' Tonight ( LJ 3/15/91) brings us the man who gave us country music.

Library Journal