Book : I Saw The Light The Story Of Hank Williams - Escott,.

-Titulo Original : I Saw The Light The Story Of Hank Williams

-Fabricante :

Back Bay Books

-Descripcion Original:

The book that inspired the major motion picture I Saw the Light. In his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Songs such as Your Cheatin Heart, Hey, Good Lookin, and Jambalaya sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed. But by the time of his death at age twenty-nine, Williams had drunk and drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and out of his headline spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Even though he was country musics top seller, toward the end he was so famously unreliable that he was lucky to get a booking in a beer hall. Colin Escotts enthralling, definitive biograph -- now the basis of the major motion picture I Saw the Light -- vividly details the singers stunning rise and his spectacular decline, revealing much that was previously unknown or hidden about the life of this country music legend. Originally published as Hank William: The Biography. Review Fast and interesting reading. . . . An impressive book. . . . Probably the definitive word on Hank Williamss life. Boston Globe Our best look yet into Hank Williamss pained, piercing eyes. . . . Escott has peeled away the layers of legend. Philadelphia Inquirer Deftly written and researched. . . . Colin Escott is Hank Williamss latest and best biographer. Newsweek About the Author Colin Escott is an award-winning music historian and the author of four books, among them Hank Williams: The Biography and Good Rockin Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock n Roll. He lives in Nashville.