Williams came back with "Mansion on the Hill," which proved to be one of his most popular songs. Although he was branded "temperamental" by close friends, Williams never forgot his fans. Although he did not appear to be sturdy, he once stood knee deep in snow for two hours signing autographs with Ernest Tubb in Amarillo, Texas, where the two country stars appeared before 18, persons.
The Williams philosophy was unique. Once he told Milton Berle, the comedian who likes to get into everybody's act: "Mr. Berle, if you come on this stage with me, I'll wrap this guitar around your head. This incident was told me by Williams one night at his former home on Franklin road, the home he said "music built for me.
As a composer, Williams was so prolific that he invented an alter-ego, "Luke the Drifter," who narrated some of the songs closest to the composter's heart.
They are mostly sad songs about mother, funerals, death and the men with broken hearts. His philosophy was that men in taverns, hearing his recitations, would either break down and cry or start a free-for-all fight. Bill Matthews, organizer of the Jordanaires, believes Williams was one of the greatest hymn writers of modern times. The country singer had a deep religious strain which came to the surface in such hymns as "I Saw the Light.
Nash said last night Williams never actually "wrote" a song. He did not try to compose. He spent many hours before a tape recording, never putting the song down in words until it was well in his mind.
He once recorded 15 transcriptions without script, without a stutter, ad libbing all the while. Although he was six feet tall, Williams weighed hardly more than pounds.
Rose, who worked closely with Williams, recognized him as "a natural poet whose songs just came out of him. From that point, there was a rush to reinterpret his songs for the pop market. Hank had tried to wrestle down his drinking problem, but career pressures, marital problems, and crippling spinal pain all contributed to make the binges more frequent during In December he agreed to be operated on, although the operation was not a success.
He disbanded his group in December, and, when he started work again in March and April , it was with pickup bands. Audrey had ordered him out of the family home immediately after he came home from the hospital, and he moved into a house with Ray Price.
As wore on, Hank appeared to care less and less about his career. His appearances were few, and by June he had stopped work altogether.
Fred Rose negotiated his return to the Louisiana Hayride as of September, and Hank moved back to Shreveport that month. By this point, another girlfriend, Bobbie Jett, was pregnant with his child. Hank worked in Shreveport from September to December Most of his bookings were in beer halls, and his drunkenness was now a serious problem compounded by medication prescribed by a bogus doctor, Toby Marshall.
Through it all, though, Hank never seemed to strike out in the studio. As of June , Hank Williams Sr. Hank Ranked on the list of most popular Country Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States.
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