Sunday, September 17 would be Hank Williams’ 100th birthday. His music differs from modern “bro country” which is essentially musak, designed as background...
His was an art divorced from time, the same way that human nature is. The sound of Hank Williams is the sound of how humans were at the start, and how humans will be at the end — on the inside, that is.
When we need someone to tell us the truth, we’re apt to ask them to be real with us. The implication is that so much else in life at present is the converse: nothing more than fantasy and escapism. You can’t get anywhere of substance if you’re not being real and keeping it real. Whether that’s as a parent, a friend, a teammate or an artist.
If you want populist art, you won’t find any with broader musical reach. If you’re up late at night listening to Louis Armstrong’s 1920s sides, otherworldly Blind Willie Johnson blues, and Beach Boyssessions and want to keep the musical high going, anything you subsequently play by Hank Williams won’t cause you to dip. He elevates the soul’s game.
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