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Live At The Grand Ole Opry (CD)

By: Hank Williams (Artist)

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Hank Williams Artist Snapshot:

The Robert Johnson of country, Hank Williams was a troubled visionary who hung around just long enough to change the face of American music forever. He added electric instruments and touches of Western swing and proto-rockabilly to the post-hillbilly sound of his idol Roy Acuff, writing a wealth of unforgettable tunes along the way. In the late 1940s and early '50s, Williams rose to fame with a series of these chart-topping hits, including "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Hey, Good Lookin'." Though Williams' hard living caught up with him in 1953, his legacy lives on in his timeless songs and the legions of musicians he inspired.

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DISC 1 for Live At The Grand Ole Opry (CD) Album By Hank Williams (Artist)
1   Lovesick Blues
2   Wedding Bells - (previously unreleased)
3   You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
4   Why Don't You Love Me - (previously unreleased)
5   Comedy With Hank Williams, Red Foley And Minnie Pearl
6   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
7   Moanin' The Blues - (previously unreleased)
8   Nobody's Lonesome For Me - (previously unreleased)
9   Dear John
10   Cold, Cold Heart - (previously unreleased)
11   Hey Good Lookin'
12   Honky Tonk Blues
13   Let The Spirit Descend
14   Baby, We're Really In Love
15   Comedy With Hank Williams And Rod Brasfield - (previously unreleased)
16   Old Country Church, The
17   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - (previously unreleased)
18   Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - (previously unreleased)
19   Half As Much - (previously unreleased)
20   Window Shopping - (previously unreleased)
21   Long Gone Lonesome Blues - (previously unreleased)
 
DISC 2 for Live At The Grand Ole Opry (CD) Album By Hank Williams (Artist)
1   Aunt Jemima's Plaster - (previously unreleased, with Red Foley)
2   Lead Me To That Rock - (previously unreleased, with Wally Fowler & The Oak Ridge Quartet)
3   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
4   Comedy With Minnie Pearl
5   Lord, I'm Coming Home - (previously unreleased, with Red Foley)
6   Oh, You Beautiful Doll - (previously unreleased, with Claude Sharpe & The Old Hickory Singers)
7   Comedy With Jamup & Honey - (previously unreleased)
8   Lovesick Blues - (previously unreleased)
9   You Ain't Got Faith - (previously unreleased, with Wally Fowler & The Oak Ridge Quartet)
10   Church Music - (previously unreleased, with Red Foley)
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (11/12/99, p.83) - "...culled from the singer's Opry appearances (1942-52)....This is Hank as his original fans knew him." - Rating: A-
Q (2/00, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...a must-buy for any true believer....this is about as close as we're ever likely to get now to understanding William's power as a live performer. A beautifully packaged slice of real history."
NME (Magazine) (12/18/99, p.28) - 6 out of 10 - "...Amid the cabaret turns there are plenty of interesting rereadings of his most famous songs...along with a glimpse of his God-fearing gospel persona....here Williams remains resolutely enigmatic. An intriguing document..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Hank Williams (vocals, acoustic guitar); Red Foley, Minnie Pearl, Rod Brasfield, Jamup & Honey, Wally Fowler & The Oak Ridge Quartet, Claude Sharpe & The Old Hickory Singers.

Compilation producers: Colin Escott, Kira Florita.

Recorded live at The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1949-1952.

Includes liner notes by Rick Bragg and Colin Escott.

Digitally remastered by Tom Ruff (Universal Music Studios).

LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.

As the single most important artist in country music, Hank Williams bears a discography whose every element is of extreme historical import. While he recorded prolifically, live Williams records are decidedly in the minority. Before the 1999 release of LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY, the Health and Happiness radio shows and a few stray cuts here and there were all the public had access to in terms of live Hank. Like the Health and Happiness release, this album is taken from radio transcriptions.

The context these shows provide--Hank trades quips with Minnie Pearl and a host of comedians, and engages in plenty of aural glad-handing with the host and audience--makes the unadorned longing in Hank's voice and songs all the more striking. Listening to him detail (though not without humor) his miserable state on "Nobody's Lonesome For Me" while an enthusiastic audience happily claps along, adds an extra ironic edge to the already harrowing musical experience. LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY shows that Williams was a unique combination of happy-faced showman and broken-hearted troubadour, a man who could make people smile with a cry in his voice.

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