Has anyone so dominated Country music from an early grave as Hank Williams? Even today, he is the benchmark by which success in the field is measured. Seemingly every aspect of his professional and private life has been dissected. If one sidebar to Hank’s career remains murky, it’s his prolificacy as a custom songwriter. This collection goes a great distance toward addressing that shortfall. The first fourteen songs were mostly written by him for other artists while he was alive; the remainder are among the first attempts to reinterpret his legacy after his death.
Those who knew him say Hank Williams was resolute about keeping what he considered his best material for himself, but what we find in his custom-written songs are not so much rejects as songs that didn’t fit his needs at the time. As an added fillip, there are five songs here that haven’t even surfaced in demo form by Hank. They highlight a collection that illuminates one more corner of Hank Williams’ brief, incendiary career.
Tracklist
1 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels 2:49
2 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– On The Evening Train 2:51
3 Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys– I Saw The Light 2:42
4 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes) 2:52
5 Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers– No, Not Now 2:36
6 Carl Smith – There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby 2:21
7 Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers– Honey Do You Love Me, Huh? 2:35
8 George Morgan – A Stranger In The Night 3:27
9 Carl Smith – Me And My Broken Heart 2:56
10 Ray Price– Weary Blues From Waiting 2:59
11 Little Jimmy Dickens– I Wish You Didn't Love Me So Much 2:33
12 Ray Price– I Lost The Only Love I Knew 2:36
13 Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers– When You're Tired Of Breaking Other Hearts 2:35
14 Ray Price– I Can't Escape From You 2:30
15 Anita Carter– There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 2:51
16 Marty Robbins– Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2:31
17 Little Jimmy Dickens– I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 2:53
18 Marty Robbins– Moanin' The Blues 2:01
19 Marijohn Wilkin– Cold Cold Heart 2:42
20 Johnny Cash– I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:38
