![]() ![]() But unlike those other musical giants who never made thirty, no legacy endures quite like that of the "Hillbilly King." ![]() Having hit the heights in the postwar era with simple songs of heartache and star-crossed love, he would, with that outlaw swagger, become in death a template for the rock generation to follow. A heartbreaking and unforgettable portrait of country music's founding fatherĪfter he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams?a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star?instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. ![]()
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