The Hank Williams Connection

Opening the compilation is Hank Williams, Jr. with Calling You, a track Hank Senior recorded in 1946. The list of classics that Hank Williams recorded during his short career is long. Whether it's Jambalaya, Your Cheatin' Heart, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Move It On Over or Honky Tonkin', you know them all because they became indelible earworms. It is especially interesting that Hank Williams also influenced musicians working in other styles. This is proven here with recordings of great artists like Bill Darnel, Richard Hayes, Ray Charles, Damita Jo, Louis Armstrong, Ronnie Hawkins, a.m.o. of the genres jazz, blues and rock n roll. Hank Williams was often heralded as the Lovesick Blues Boy in his day, so the original Lovesick Blues (one of the few songs Hank covered) by Rex Griffin is not to be missed! The CD comes with a 36-page colour booklet that includes the background story, written by Chicago music journalist Bill Dahl, and a wealth of illustrations.

Hank Williams, Jr: Calling You / Bill Darnell: Alone And Forsaken / Audrey Williams: Honky Tonkin' / Richard Hayes: Move It On Over / Rose Maddox: I Saw The Light / Pee Wee King &His Golden West Cowboys: Rootie Tootie / Bobby Helms: I'm A Long Gone Daddy (live at Tex Ritter's Ranch Party) / Delbert Barker: I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Rex Griffin: Lovesick Blues / Skeets McDonald: Lost Highway / Ted Daigle: Mind Your Own Business (live – Radio Broadcast, Banff, Alberta, Canada) / Steve Bledsoe: You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Johnny Cash: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Johnny Horton: I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' / T. Texas Tyler: My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Marty Robbins: Long Gone Lonesome Blues Rusty & Doug Kershaw: Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) / Delbert Barker: Nobody's Lonesome For Me / Marvin Rainwater: Moanin' The Blues / Louis Armstrong: Cold, Cold Heart / Skeets McDonald: Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home) Johnny Tillotson: I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) / The Spotnicks: Hey Good Lookin' / Ronnie Hawkins: Ramblin' / Man Hank Snow: I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Don Gibson: Baby, We're Really In Love Tennessee Ernie Ford: Half As Much Damita Jo: Jambalaya Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine: Settin' The Woods On Fire The Delta Rhythm Boys: I'll never Get Out Of This World Alive Faron Young: Your Cheatin' Heart Rusty & Doug Kershaw with Wiley Barkdull: Kaw-Liga Ray Charles: Take These Chains From My Heart