49 min listen
Hank Williams: Sanatoriums, Poison Pills, and Fired from the Grand Ole Opry
FromDISGRACELAND
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Aug 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hank Williams defined the genre we now call country with a guitar in one hand and a bottle of booze in the other. In between stints in the local drunk tank, he cultivated a knack for blue-collar blues that would spread far beyond the backwoods South Hank called home. His self-proclaimed “hillbilly music” logged him more than 30 hit songs and membership at the Grand Ole Opry, fulfilling Hank’s lifelong dream. But his frequent bouts with the bottle would ultimately strip him of that membership, sending him from the Ryman Auditorium to the sanatorium – and ultimately, an early grave.
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Released:
Aug 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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