Lovesick Blues

The Life of Hank Williams

Paul Hemphill

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Vintage
07 September 2006

Rock & Pop music; Biography: arts & entertainment

A captivating biography of one of America's greatest songwriters who died alone in the back of a Cadillac, aged only twenty-nine.

Hank Williams is not just one of America's greatest songwriters but also one of the most enigmatic- - a raw poet from the rolling pine woods of south Alabama whose anguished lyrics were celebrated from the clamorous roadhouses of the Deep South all the way to Carnegie Hall. His tragic early death at the age of only twenty-nine, drunk and drugged, alone in the back seat of a Cadillac convertible on his way to a gig, ended a career that lasted only six years but went on to influence many of the greatest musicians in recent history.

Paul Hemphill has written a fascinating interpretative biography of Hank Williams, with the kind of soul and understanding that other books about him have lacked. Whence the pain and despair? Why the booze and pills? Where did his genius come from? How did he know everything he wrote about? These are the questions it seeks to answer.

By: Paul Hemphill
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780099469513
ISBN 10: 0099469510
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 September 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Hemphill was born and raised in Alabama. He is a prolific journalist, sportswriter, and novelist. He is the author of fifteen books, including four novels. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews for Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams

[A] concise, startling biography...The connection between author and subject is what makes this book so rewarding * Publishers Weekly * This biography does tough justice to a wrecked icon * The Times * Moving and informative...Lovesick Blues is lean, distilled Hank * Herald * A fabulous and tragic tale and Hemphill tells it well. Excellent * Scotsman * Hank Williams wrote the rock'n'roll rulebook. Moving...absorbing biography of 'the hillbilly Shakespeare' * Daily Express *