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Article: A brief life's lasting light; Revue brings songs of Hank Williams and other country-music 'Heroes' to Mt. Gretna
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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- July 25, 2002
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HANK WILLIAMS BURNED hot and bright and ended up dead of a heart
attack in the back of his Cadillac. He was 29.
It was 1953 and he'd only been recording for about six years.
But in those short years, Williams shook up country music and left
behind a huge catalog of classic songs.
"He could get to the point faster than any writer I've ever
known," says Jason Petty, who's brought his tribute to Hank Williams
to the Gretna Theatre. "He was one of the first singer/songwriters
and he had an incredible stage presence. He was the whole package. He
had that high, lonesome kind of sound. He was fresh and authentic."
"Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes," which opened Tuesday and is
running through Aug. 3, ...