Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams - Couverture rigide

Ribowsky, Mark

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1631491571 ISBN 13 : 9781631491573

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016

Synopsis

"Mark Ribowsky...has done a commendably thorough job." The Times, Book of the Week

After he died in the back seat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams a frail, flawed man who had become country music's first real star instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights with simple songs of despair, depression and tainted love, he would become in death a template for the rock generation to follow.

Mark Ribowsky weaves together the first fully realised biography of Williams in a generation. Examining his music while re-creating days and nights choked in booze and desperation, he traces the rise of this legend from the dirt roads of Alabama to the immortal stage of the Grand Ole Opry and to a lonely end on New Year's Day, 1953. This original work uncovers the real Hank beneath the myths that have long enshrouded his legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark Ribowsky is the author of fifteen books, including Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, and, most recently, Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul. He lives in Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1631491571
• ISBN 13: 9781631491573
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible