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Article: HANK WILLIAMS BOX SET SHEDS LIGHT ON MAN, MUSIC.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 6, 1998
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Byline: RICHARD HARRINGTON The Washington Post
Hank Williams is not only the cornerstone of modern country music, he is also its foundation and the first three floors. Were Williams a museum, those three floors might respectively focus on his writing, his singing and his lifestyle, though the last floor might be off limits to minors. After all, the self-destructive Williams exemplified the ultimate rock-'n'-roll myth -- live fast, die young -- years before that music even existed.
In a recording career that lasted only five years, Williams recorded 66 songs under his own name, writing 50 of them; 39 were country hits, 36 of them in the Top 10.
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