- Long considered the last word on Hank Williams, this biography has remained continuously in print since its first publication in 1994.- This new edition has been completely updated and includes many previously unpublished photographs, as well as a complete catalog detailing all the songs Hank Williams ever wrote, even those he never recorded.- Colin Escott is codirector and cowriter of the forth-coming two-hour PBS/BBC television documentary on Hank Williams, set to broadcast in spring 2004, and coauthor of "Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway.- HANK WILLIAMS was the third-prize winner of the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award.
Introduction: TO A HILLBILLY SINGER DYING YOUNG
Chapter 1. THE DRIFTING COWBOY’S DREAM
Chapter 2. “ROY ACUFF, THEN GOD!”
Chapter 3. SWEET AUDREY FROM PIKE
Chapter 4. SONGS FOR HOME FOLKS
Chapter 5. THE YEAR OF THE LION
Chapter 7. A FEELING CALLED THE BLUES
Chapter 8. “TONIGHT, LIVE FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE…”
Chapter 9. “HURRIED SOUTHERN TRIPS…”
Chapter 10. A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES
Chapter 11. FOLK AND WESTERN MUSIC TO SELL
Chapter 12. THE HADDY-COLE BOUNCE
Chapter 13. “A GOOD TIME ALL THE TIME”
Chapter 15. “I’M SO TIRED OF IT ALL”
Appendix 1: DISSOLVE TO BLACK — HANK IN HOLLYWOOD
Appendix 2: HANK WILLIAMS SONGOGRAPHY