Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams

Uneducated, virtually fatherless, an alcoholic in his teens, unlucky at love, Hank Williams filled his music with the raw experiences and emotions of a troubled life. Lovesick Blues is the definitive biography of the man and his music, from Williams's dirt-poor beginnings as a sickly child to his emergence as a star of the Grand Ole Opry to his premature death at the age of twenty-nine. Acclaimed author Paul Hemphill, son of an Alabama truck driver, draws from his personal feelings for Hank and his times to paint a rich interpretive biography brimming with insightful details.