HANK WILLIAM SR. , IS A LEGEND AMONG MUSICIANS

AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A "Country Music,god" amongst its followers.

My Heart Would Know Lyrics

I could say it`s over now
That I was glad to see you go
I could hate you for the way I`m feelin`
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
It`s a sin to make me cry
When you know I love you so

I could tell my heart that I don`t miss you
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
could give you all the blame
But I`m sure the truth would show
I could tell this world I`ve found a new love
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
I can`t fool my cryin` heart
`Cause it knows I need you so
I could tell my heart I`m glad we parted
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.


I could tell my heart that I don`t miss you
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
could give you all the blame
But I`m sure the truth would show
I could tell this world I`ve found a new love
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
(Can you hear The Blues in this song?)

Believe this. This song is big this year, all over the United States, and before it is over, it will be big in Thailand. Yet this song is over 50 years old. I hadn't even heard of it, until Marcella had a CD in her car, and it played this old song. How can this be? A song 50 years old and I have never heard of it. Bro. Dale takes pride in knowing my music. I listen to it every day.

When my back starts hurting, I go lay down, put a CD in the player and put heat on my lower back. I have two toes on my right foot that feels tingly, all day long and all night long. So what is going on here?

Well, I figure it is arthritis, and as my spinal openings build up more "arthy" junk, the holes in my spine get smaller and smaller. But what does this have to do, with the song above. Hold on to your chairs, because I am about to introduce you to the "real deal" here, ... the real "Father of Country Music.

I know, I know! I called Jimmie Rodgers the father of Music. We can't have two "Fathers of Country Music, so let's call Jimmie Rodgers, the grandpa of Country Music, and, thus, we can call Hank Williams Senior, the Father of Country Music.

Now, I have already run across some, blow-me-away stuff on Hank Sr.. And the biggest discovery was that Hank William Sr. Was born, fragile and had "Spina Bifeda." What! How come I didn't know that. So that is the reason for Hank's frailties - he was short, slight of build, and looked like someone who was in a midst of a deep depression. So it is this handicap that destined Hank Sr. into the Country Western Blues business.

I can remember Hank William singing in the Juke Box at a small cafe in Marland.

"Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to do?"

"I'm in the dog house now; I'm in the dog house now."

"Hey, hey good lookin'; What's you got cookin? Why don't you cook up something for me."

"Today I passed you on the street, and my heart cfell at your feet."
"I can't help it if I'm still in love with you."

"Hey Kaligia, that ol' Indian Head."

Yes, Hank was the father of Country Music; he took Nashille in a storm for about 6 years and in that short span, he changed and redefined it with the tutelage of a gravel old Blues Man. And here we are again, with one more Hank Williams' song.

So how does this happen, so many years after his untimely death? Well, it is a song that is in the Disneyland show named, "Cars," - a must see movie for this year.

"Born in Mount Olive West, Alabama (near Georgiana) on September 17th, 1923, Hiriam was the second child of Lon and Lillie Williams. Lon, a WWI veteran, was hospitalized during most of Hank's early life, leaving the boy's upbringing to his strong-willed mother. Small and fragile from the beginning (and afflicted with spina bifida), Hank may well have gravitated toward music as an alternative to sports. While living in Georgiana, he befriended Rufus Payne, a black street musician known as "Tee-Tot"." (from his homepage on the Internet"

Read that again! Spina bifida. It must not have been a severe case because he could walk, and no one has ever noticed Hank, having problems with is bowel movements and discharge of water collected around the brain and shunting the excess water accumulated around the brain, into his stomach. So, who did he learn music from. Well, we've already studied about how The Blues was born. Who was "tee-Tot," anyway. Yep, you got it; one of those old Blues Men, who were found in every towm.

"Years later, Hank would say that Payne had given him "all the music training I ever had", and most biographers consider Payne the source of the noticeable blues thread running through Hank's music. Hear a sample of "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"

At sixteen, living in Montgomery, Williams quit school and began his music career in earnest. He had made his first radio appearance on WSFA in late 1936 or early 1937, and would soon become one of the station's most popular performers. He also worked beer joints and regional shows with his band, already named the Drifting Cowboys. Lillie drove the group to venues in her station wagon and collected gate money. By the early 40s, Hank was one of the biggest draws in the region, and had come to the attention of several Nashville artists and music business luminaries. But his reputation as a singer was already matched by the one he'd built for drinking and unreliability. Most considered him an unsafe bet." (From his homepage)

So, be ready for another hit, by Hank Williams, 50 years after his death. And we wonder why the music industry hangs on to those copyrighted songs.

* SEE IF YOU CAN FIND TWO MORE HANK WILLIAMS'KINFOLK IN COUNTRY MUSIC, not counting Hank Jr.

COUNTRY MUSIC AND HANKS ARE

BIG TIME important in the COUNTRY MUSIC tradition. If you have read on all the blogs, you've seen and "hopefully" read the one about Hank Thompson & The Brazos VALLEY BOYS, one of the last, great Country Swing Musicians, who are actively touring and making money with the BIG SWING STYLES, of Bob Wills and the TEXAS Playboys. For fun, google Hank Thompson and see how many records/CDs you can buy.


DRIVIN' NAILS IN MY COFFIN
(Jerry Irby)
Sung by
Hank Thompson

Also recorded by : Asleep At The Wheel; Mike Auldridge;
Johnny Bush; The Country Rockers; Mike Henderson;
Cornell Hurd; Jimmy Johnson; New Duncan Imperials;
Osborne Brothers; Starlight Drifters; Supersuckers;
Floyd Tillman; Charlie Walker;
The Wanktones; Larry Welborn; The Wilburn Brothers.

(Notice the word blue in this song. You think maybe that is where they got The Blues?)

My sweetheart has gone and I am so lonely
She said that she and I are through
So I started out drinking for past time
Driving nails in my coffin over you

Course:
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Lord, drivin’ those nails over you

INSTRUMENTALS

Now ever since the day that we parted
Well I’ve been so lonely and so blue
And I’m always thinking of you only
And I just can’t quit drinking that old booze

Course:
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Lord, drivin’ those nails over you

INSTRUMENTALS

Now you turned me down’ you don’t want me
There’s nothing now I can loose
I’m just driving those nails in my coffin
And worrying my darling over you

Course:
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
I’m just driving nails in my coffin
Lord, drivin’ those nails over you

At least 3 Hanks sang this song. Can you think of them? How about using the Internet? (These words are submitted for Bro. Cec, who has, at least, 3 in his.:-)

I love Hank Thompson music, and I love it even more, when he teams up with guest musicians who help him on the Lyrics. Darrin, bought me a Hank Thompson & Friends CD several Christmas's ago, and I play it all the time.

Thompson says, over and over, today, that for some reason, if his name is on an album, the radio stations won't play it. Big deal! Thompson has his own legion of fans who support him, anywhere he has a GIG! I tell you how Hank Thompson and Woody Guthrie land in the same spot at the same time? I cannot tell you how many times I have come close to memorizing this song. Maybe this summer will be my summer. You think?

Many months have come and gone since I wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
Many a page of life has turned many a lesson I have learned
Yet I feel like in those hills I still belong

Way down yonder in the Indian nation I rode my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
A-way down yonder in the Indian nation a cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I born

But as I sit here today many miles I am away
From the place I rode my pony through the draw
Where the Oak and Blackjack trees kiss the playful prairie breeze
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born.

Way down yonder in the Indian nation I rode my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
A-way down yonder in the Indian nation a cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I born

As I turn my life a page to the land of the great Osage
To those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
Where the black oil rolls and flows and the snow-white cotton grows
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born.

Way down yonder in the Indian nation I rode my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
A-way down yonder in the Indian nation a cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I born

(MAIN) Way down yonder in the Indian nation

Ridin’ my pony on the reservation

In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation

A cowboy’s life is my occupation

In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

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You'd never guess who wrote this song. Woody Guthrie and His brother, Leon "Okie" Guthrie! Is that cool or what!