Dave Davies

HANK WILLIAMS

“I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE” MGM, 1952

e was really one of the first rockers. His songs relate to working people, the humour and fun and fragility of working-class people – in this song he talks about shoes that are so worn out, if you trod on a dime you could tell if it was heads or tails. Ray and I grew up in a big working-class family in Muswell Hill, and listening to the words of Hank Williams was a major influence on our lives. That set the ball rolling for us for writing, that idea that things were not