Family Tradition: Three Generations of Hank Williams

by Susan Masino

Overview

(Book). Covering three generations of Hank Williams, Family Tradition is both unique and vast in scope. Beginning in the present day with Hank III who gave the author unprecedented access and time-traveling across the years, this examines just what kind of rebel mojo inspired this crazed family of country music, from Hank Sr. often regarded as one of the most influential of American musicians to Hank Jr., to this year's model, Hank III, who has somehow found a way to reconcile his legacy's deep-rooted twang and high-lonesome sound with particularly searing strains of punk and heavy metal, launching an all-out war with traditional Nashville in the process. Listen to Susan Masino live at Book Expo America on the BEA Podcast.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617130069
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Pages:	286
Sales rank:	970,915
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Susan Masino (Madison, WI) is the author of Let There Be Rock – The Story of AC/DC, which is now published in ten languages. Susan has been a rock journalist for over thirty years, and created and hosted the WJJO Local Stage radio show from 1997-2004. She also teaches a continuing education program on the History of Rock and Roll for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Susan appears in the Van Halen DVD, The Early Years.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Crazed Country Rebel 1

2 Hillbilly Shakespeare 5

3 Drifting Cowboy 11

4 Hey, Sweet Baby 19

5 Mansion on the Hill 27

6 Move it on Over 37

7 The Grand Ole Opry 49

8 Long Gone Daddy 57

9 Cold, Cold Heart 67

0 Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do? 79

11 I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive 93

12 The Silence of a Falling Star 103

13 The Show Must Go On 107

14 Little Bocephus 117

15 Standing in the Shadows 125

16 Ajax Mountain 135

17 The Road to Recovery 145

18 Entertainer of the Year 153

19 A Country Boy Can Survive 163

20 Shelton Hank Williams III 169

21 Branson, Missouri 183

22 Risin' Outlaw 189

23 Fourth Generation 199

24 Married to the Road 207

25 Rebel Within 213

26 Karmageddon 217

Epilogue: Family Tradition 221

Acknowledgments 227

Recommended Listening Discography 229

Bibliography 235

Index 239