I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

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  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

I Saw The Light the biography movie of Hank Williams is on UK TV tonight. I’ve seen some bad reviews of it over the years but there’s no getting away from the fact it tells an interesting story. Hank Williams was like the prototype pop star he was looking for fame more for getting out of a hard life, needing to make opportunities and money. Once he had got those things he did his upmost to self destruct as he couldn’t help but enjoy all the excesses and torments it brings. Then like all the greats it seems they have to have a mysterious death just to add to their legend, it was a sad ending for such a talent. So young as well.

For his songs to as powerful as they were he had to live out each one, you can feel the pain and torment in his words and the crack in his voice. His messages were always so simple and uncomplicated and told the listener just the truth of the matter. So relatable that they set the benchmark for all the other country songs that have been crafted ever since. You have had to live it to be able to tell it that way, the amount of times he’s been referenced in other country songs is also amazing. 

I’ve picked 'I'm so lonesome' but could have picked any of his songs as lots of them are favorites of mine, if I only could write that simply. That's the hardest type of songwriting.

Favourite lyric : The silence of a falling star / Lights up a purple sky

Location: Rayleigh, UK

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