History Music / HankWilliams

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' episode [[Recap/TheBatmanS4E10TwoOfAKind "Two of a Kind"]] has the Joker and Harley Quinn sing this during their CrimeSpreeMontage.

* SelfDeprecation: This was a major part of his stage banter, and a lot of observers (like his wife Audrey) thought it was his secret weapon that help add to his charm and charisma. A good example is in a radio commercial he did for a songwriters' guide he published, talking with ''Grand Ole Opry'' announcer Grant Turner.

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Not surprisingly, he turned to self-medication. Even before his career went into overdrive he struggled with [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]]. This drinking problem was combined with a morphine addiction that caused his personal life to deteriorate sharply at the turn of TheFifties. His extremely tumultuous marriage to the headstrong Audrey Sheppard Williams finally ended in divorce, with Audrey getting custody of their son Music/HankWilliamsJr (later a country star in his own right, and father of Music/HankWilliamsIII, another notable singer and musician noted for his strong resemblance to his grandfather). His myriad of personal problems led directly to his backing band The Drifting Cowboys splitting up, his producer Fred Rose stopping his support for him, and his getting fired from the Grand Ole Opry, all of which only leading him to dive further and further into alcoholism and other drug abuse. At the end, on January 1, 1953, Hank Williams was found dead while the car he was riding in was stopped in Oak Hill, West Virginia on his way to a concert in Canton, Ohio. His death, less than three months after his 29th birthday, was determined to be from heart failure. Incidentally, the last song he ever wrote was titled "[[HarsherInHindsight I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive]]."

Not surprisingly, he turned to self-medication. Even before his career went into overdrive he struggled with [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]]. This drinking problem was combined with a morphine addiction that caused his personal life to deteriorate sharply at the turn of TheFifties. Audrey divorced Williams (of course, not long after the birth of his son, Music/HankWilliamsJr, who would later become a well-known singer in his own right, and fathered Music/HankWilliamsIII, another notable singer and musician noted for his strong resemblance to his grandfather). His backing band split up, producer Fred Rose stopped supporting him, and he got fired from the Grand Ole Opry, only driving him further and further into alcoholism and other drug abuse. At the end, on January 1, 1953, Hank Williams was found dead while the car he was riding in was stopped in Oak Hill, West Virginia on his way to a concert in Canton, Ohio. His death, less than three months after his 29th birthday, was determined to be from heart failure. Incidentally, the last song he ever wrote was titled "[[HarsherInHindsight I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive]]."

* BSide: Some of his most important songs were originally B-sides, like "Lost Highway" (the flip of "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)") and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (of "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It"). Many of his singles could be considered examples of a double A-side single, often pairing a sad song and an uptempo number, with both sides scoring big on the country chart ("Cold Cold Heart"[=/=]"Dear John"; "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"[=/=]"Howlin' at The Moon"; "You Win Again"[=/=]"Settin' The Woods on Fire").

* BreakUpSong: "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?", "My Love For You (Has Turned To Hate)".