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Colin Escott's enthralling, definitive biograph--now the basis of the major motion picture I Saw the Light--vividly details the singer's stunning rise and his spectacular decline, revealing much that was previously unknown or hidden about the life of this country music legend.. But by the time of his death at age twenty-nine, Williams had drunk and drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and out of his headline spot on the Grand Ole Opry. The book that inspired the major motion picture I Saw the Light. Songs such as "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," and "Jambalaya" sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed. Originally published as Hank William: The Biography.In his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Even though he was country music's top seller, toward the end he was so famously unreliable that he was lucky to get a booking in a beer hall

"Tom Hiddleston was Ol' Hank." according to Sharon Adams. If. You are a Hank Williams fan, this is a must see. I was shocked to learn Tom Hiddleston sang the songs. Loved it.. Gwen Hardeman said Hank's I Saw The Light. A Must Red for any Hank or country music fanGreat Read. Amazon Customer said Don't do it!. Too many facts not enough pizazz!

Colin Escott is Hank Williams's latest and best biographer."Newsweek. Escott has peeled away the layers of legend."Philadelphia Inquirer"Deftly written and researched. Probably the definitive word on Hank Williams's life."Boston Globe"Our best look yet into Hank Williams's pained, piercing eyes. "Fast and interesting reading. An impressive book

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