Presented by Group 2 Marcel Allen Clint Borkan Susan Slocum - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

September 17, 1923- January 1, 1953

http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/07/news/dylan- white-and-more-cover-hank-williams/

Presented by Group 2 Marcel Allen Clint Borkan Susan Slocum EmilyTuttle Kiersten Yndestad

• Born September 17, 1923
• Developed a relationship with music early on
• Spina Bifida
• He grew up listening to different types of music
• Rufus Payne helped him develop new styles

(Hank William Biography, 2012)

• Moved to Montgomery,

Alabama in 1937

• WSFA radio station.
• Drifting Cowboys was his

first band

• WWII and drinking
• WSFA dropped him

The Drifting Cowboys

http://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/hank- by-michael-panasuk/ (Hank William Biography, 2012)

• “Move It on Over”
• “Lovesick Blues”
• “Your Cheatin’ Heart”
• “Hey, Good Lookin’”
• “I’m So Lonesome, I Could Cry”

(NNDB, 2012)

• Alcoholism and drug addiction
• Led to a divorce and a firing from Grand Ole Opry
• His drinking ruined his career, and his life
• Hank Williams passed away January 1, 1953

(Hank William Biography, 2012)

• Sincerity
• Displaced and

disillusioned by the city.

• The country western

archetype.

http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams/ +images/6315077 (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

• Luke the Drifter

http://yograndparentsmusic.blogspot.com/2012/01/hank- williams-luke-drifter-1950.html (Escott, 2005)

• Poetic
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Cracking voice

(Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

• Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie

Rodgers Foundation)

• The Carter Family
• Roy Acuff

Jimmie Rodgers

http://rockhall.com/inductees/jimmie-rodgers/

(Jimmy Rogers Foundation, nd; Scripts Network, 2012)

• Hank’s largest influence
• Exposed Hank to blues and other African American

styles

• Shyness
• “All the music training I ever had”

(Ward, 2012)

• Bob Dylan
• The Rolling Stones
• Bruce Springsteen
• Ray Charles

(Lepidus, 2010; Ward, 2012)

Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams III

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/ post/quoted-hank-williams-iii-on-hank-williams-jr/ 2011/10/04/gIQAfMLlLL_blog.html http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams+Jr. (Ward, 2012)

• Early Country Music
• Gospel Music
• His mother
• Black and White Communities

(Lepidus, 2010)

• Great Depression
• Economic
• Unemployment
• Jim Crow South
• The Great Migration

Jim Crow South

http://themoderatevoice.com/121302/courtesy-

• f-the-gop-jim-crow-is-back-in-a-national-voter-

suppression-campaign/ (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)

• WWI
• Family Issues
• WWII
• Career Issues

WWII

http://military.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II (Swanson &Williamson, 1972)

• September 21st “Hank Williams Day.”
• 1954 celebration-unveiling of Hank Williams

Monument

• 11 number one hit songs
• 1961-Country Music Hall of Fame
• 1985 -Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
• 1987-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-“Early Influence.”
• Is still a hit today

(Lange, 2007; Scripps Networks, 2012)

• Escott, C. (2005). Hank williams. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/hank-w

williams/about-hank-williams/734/

• Flippo, Chet (1985). Your cheatin' heart:a biography of Hank Williams. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-19737-3.
• Hank William biography. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/hank-williams-9532414?page=1
• Jimmie Rodgers Foundation. (n.d.). Jimmie rodgers. Retrieved from http://www.jimmierodgers.com/biography.html
• Lange, J. J. (2007, March 19). Hank williams sr.. Retrieved from

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1124

• Lepidus, H. (2010, September 18). Bob dylan and his first hero, hank williams, sr. Retrieved from

http://www.examiner.com/article/bob-dylan-and-his-first-hero-hank-williams-sr

• NNDB. (2012). Hank williams, sr.. Retrieved from http://www.nndb.com/people/876/000062690/
• Scripps Networks. LLC. (2012). Hank williams sr. biography. Retrieved from

http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_hank_williams_sr/article/0,,GAC_26936_4874790,00.html

• Shmoop Editorial Team. (November 11, 2008).Your cheatin' heart. Retrieved from http://www.shmoop.com/your-

cheatin-heart

• Swanson, J., Williamson, S.(1972). "Estimates of national product and income for the United States economy, 1919–

1941". Explorations in Economic History 10: 53–73.

• Ward, J. (2012, July 9). Panel to discuss hank williams’ influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th."

panel to discuss hank williams’ influence on american singer/songwriters set for june 20th. Retrieved from http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/panel-to-discuss-hank-williams-influence-on-american-singersongwriters- set-for-june-20th