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Presented by Group 2 Marcel Allen Clint Borkan Susan Slocum EmilyTuttle Kiersten Yndestad September 17, 1923- January 1, 1953 http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/07/news/dylan- white-and-more-cover-hank-williams/ Born September 17, 1923


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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

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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

(NNDB, 2012)

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  • 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)

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  • Sincerity
  • Displaced and

disillusioned by the city.

  • The country western

archetype.

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

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  • Luke the Drifter

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

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  • Poetic
  • Assonance
  • Consonance
  • Cracking voice

(Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

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  • 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)

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

styles

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

(Ward, 2012)

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

(Lepidus, 2010; Ward, 2012)

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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)

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

(Lepidus, 2010)

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  • 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)

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  • WWI
  • Family Issues
  • WWII
  • Career Issues

WWII

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

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  • 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)

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  • 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