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Article: PBS Presents American Masters; Hank Williams; Honky Tonk Blues
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- News From Indian Country
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- June 28, 2004
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Schulman, Sandra Hale
News From Indian Country
06-28-2004
Hank Williams III never met his famous grandfather, but in one simple
soliloquy he offers up a slice of heartache as true and personal as any
country song: "My granddaddy died in the backseat of his powder blue
Cadillac sometime before dawn broke on New Year's Day 1953. He was 29 years
old. He was the biggest star in country music, but most of the last year
had been one long unanswered phone call. Big city music people called him a
hillbilly, when they called him anything. But they, like everyone else,
would be singing his songs in the end."
The appearance of Williams' grandson, a country singer known as Hank Three,
is the most poignant ...