Mort à 29 ans de whisky et de désespoir, Hank Williams fut le Shakespeare de la musique country. Ses chansons sur la solitude, la route, l'alcool, Dieu et, évidemment, les amours maudites sont devenues des classiques qu'interprètent les plus grands noms de la musique populaire.

Hank Williams, country-music's Shakespeare, died at 29 of whisky and despair. His songs, which told of solitude and life on the road, liquor and God and, of course, luckless love, became classics that have been performed by the greatest names in popular music.