The stories about Hank Williams are insane.

He drunkenly fired rounds into his own home and didn't think twice about where he

was named. He was repeatedly pummeled to a pulp by police officers, fellow musicians,

and anyone else he was foolish enough to pick a fight with. His benders often

lasted the better part of a week as he drifted in between bars and stints at the

sanatorium. His hours spent in the local drunk tank exceeded his number of

hit songs, and Hank Williams logged a lot of hit songs. He established a

distinct line between folk in quote unquote country and western, a newfangled

genre he helped pioneer with his signature yodel and blue collar blues. He didn't

shape the face of country. He is the face of country, and it's because Hank

Williams made great music. Some of the greatest music ever made. Unlike that

music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That was

a preset loop from my Melochon, called Shlok Around the Clock MK1. I played you

that loop because I can't afford the rights to off-wears in sweetheart by

fear of Lynn. And why would I play you that specific slice of drowsy

Deutschland cheese could I afford it? Because that was the number one song in

America on August 11, 1952, and that was the day Hank Williams was fired from the

Grand Old Opera, sending him further down a spiral of alcoholism and

shattering his greatest dream. On this episode, week-long benders stints at the

sanatorium. Blue collar blues shatter dreams in the face of country music, Hank

Williams. I'm Jake Brennan, and this is the Screesland.

Hank Williams was drunk, plastered actually, and his wife Audrey was not happy about it.

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