Remembering Hank Williams

Fresh Air (NPR) | September 18, 1998| | Copyright

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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.

Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams, one of the originators of country music. In celebration, a new 10- CD boxed set has been released. It was co-produced by Colin Escott, who also wrote a biography of Williams. Escott says Williams made the single most important body of recordings in country music; he set the standard by which success is measured on every level -- including self-destruction.

Williams died at the age of 29. In his short, six-year recording career, he made such ...

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