Summary of Colin Escott, George Merritt & William MacEwen's Hank Williams

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#1 The Mount of Olives, which overlooks Jerusalem from the east, will be the gathering place when the dead rise upon the Messiah’s return. Those buried on the Mount will be the first to rise, and will have pride of place at the Messiah’s side.

#2 Hank was his parents’ child in every respect. He had his mother’s driving ambition, but it was constantly subverted by his father’s tendency to backslide. When he was berated for his drinking, Hank would say, If you think I'm a drunk, you should have seen my old man.

#3 Hank was always drawn to music, as he knew from an early age that he wasn’t as physically strong as most kids. He grew up in a community with strong shared values, chief among them pride in physical strength.

#4 The first house the family lived in was a wooden shack on Highway 31, but it burned down a few months later. They moved into a house near the railroad tracks with the help of a man named Thaddeus B. Rose, who had a house free for them to rent.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822582538

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Insights on Colin Escott and George Merritt & William MacEwen's Hank Williams

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Mount of Olives, which overlooks Jerusalem from the east, will be the gathering place when the dead rise upon the Messiah’s return. Those buried on the Mount will be the first to rise, and will have pride of place at the Messiah’s side.

#2

Hank was his parents’ child in every respect. He had his mother’s driving ambition, but it was constantly subverted by his father’s tendency to backslide. When he was berated for his drinking, Hank would say, If you think I'm a drunk, you should have seen my old man.

#3

Hank was always drawn to music, as he knew from an early age that he wasn’t as physically strong as most kids. He grew up in a community with strong shared values, chief among them pride in physical strength.

#4

The first house the family lived in was a wooden shack on Highway 31, but it burned down a few months later. They moved into a house near the railroad tracks with the help of a man named Thaddeus B. Rose, who had a house free for them to rent.

#5

After the Williamses moved into Rose’s house, Lilly took on two more charges, her nieces Marie and Bernice McNeil, the daughters of her sister Annie Skipper and Annie’s husband, Grover McNeil.

#6

Williams learned how to hawk peanuts and sell them, and he learned how to express profound sentiments in words that an unlettered farmer could understand. He also learned how to enjoy the warm glow of recognition that simple melodies elicited.

#7

Hank’s first acknowledged musical influence was a black street musician named Rufus Payne, who lived down by the tracks in Greenville, Alabama. He would play the guitar and the cymbals, and he had a hunched back and long arms that extended almost to his knees.

#8

The influence of black musicians on Hank was not acknowledged in his time, but he later went out of his way to give Rufus Payne credit. He learned to play the guitar from an old colored man, who played in a colored street band.

#9

Hank’s mother acquired a radio after she moved to Greenville, which broadened Hank’s horizons. Greenville was 15 miles further up the LN tracks toward Montgomery, and four times bigger than Georgiana.

#10

Lon’s aneurysm burst, and he was sent to the V. A. hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi. He stayed there until August 1938, when he decided he wanted to leave, but couldn’t. He rarely spoke about it in later years.

#11

Hank Williams, Jr. , had a clear idea of what he wanted to do in life by