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With the nearby transatlantic port city of [[Liverpool (city)|Liverpool]] a hotbed of [[country|country music]],[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-14236315] the youthful Peel quickly became familiar with the recorded work of Hank Williams, one of its most influential stars, before the arrival of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.
  
With the nearby transatlantic port city of [[Liverpool (city)|Liverpool]] a hotbed of [[country|country music]],[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-14236315] the youthful Peel quickly became familiar with the recorded work of Hank Williams, one of its most influential stars, before the arrival of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.
   
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In later decades, the [[Radio One]] DJ would return to the music of Williams with increasing frequency, both as a performer and as a writer of songs covered by artists Peel favoured, from the [[Fall]] to the [[Residents]]. After the turn of the century, vintage shellacs were played as part of the [[Pig's Big 78]] feature, as well as numerous tracks from the 2003 [[Trikont]] artist compilation ‘No More Darkness’.
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In later decades, the [[Radio One]] DJ would return to the music of Williams with increasing frequency, both as a performer and as a writer of songs covered by artists Peel favoured, from the [[Fall]] to the [[Residents]]. After the turn of the century, vintage shellacs of the country legend were played as part of the [[Pig's Big 78]] feature, as well as numerous tracks from the 2003 [[Trikont]] artist compilation ‘No More Darkness’.
   
 
After the DJ’s death in 2004, the treasured singles found in [[John Peel's Record Box]] included a cover of the Hank Williams song ‘Ramblin’ Man’ on a 45 by [[2 Star Tabernacle]].
  
After the DJ’s death in 2004, the treasured singles found in [[John Peel's Record Box]] included a cover of the Hank Williams song ‘Ramblin’ Man’ on a 45 by [[2 Star Tabernacle]].

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Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, Williams recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one (three posthumously).

Years of back pain, alcoholism and prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health. In 1952 he divorced and was dismissed by the Grand Ole Opry because of his unreliability and alcohol abuse. On New Year's Day 1953, he died suddenly while traveling to a concert in Canton, Ohio, at the age of 29. Despite his brief life, Williams is one of the most celebrated and influential popular musicians of the 20th century, especially in country music.

Many artists covered songs Williams wrote and recorded. He influenced Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones, among others. Williams was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1961), the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987).

(Read more at Wikipedia.)

Links To Peel

"When I was a young lad ... there used to be a chart published in the Liverpool Echo every Saturday ... Liverpool’s top three.... It seemed to me at the time that Hank Williams was always at number one. And so one afternoon I went into Curry's record shop and bought a Hank Williams record."
  (JP remembers an early country music purchase, 01 March 1992)

With the nearby transatlantic port city of Liverpool a hotbed of country music,[1] the youthful Peel quickly became familiar with the recorded work of Hank Williams, one of its most influential stars, before the arrival of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.

In later decades, the Radio One DJ would return to the music of Williams with increasing frequency, both as a performer and as a writer of songs covered by artists Peel favoured, from the Fall to the Residents. After the turn of the century, vintage shellacs of the country legend were played as part of the Pig's Big 78 feature, as well as numerous tracks from the 2003 Trikont artist compilation ‘No More Darkness’.

After the DJ’s death in 2004, the treasured singles found in John Peel's Record Box included a cover of the Hank Williams song ‘Ramblin’ Man’ on a 45 by 2 Star Tabernacle.

Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions

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Shows Played

1970s
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Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues

  • 01 February 1978: Long Gone Lonesome Blues (2xLP - Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits) Polydor
  • 01 February 1978: My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (2xLP - Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits) Polydor
  • 01 February 1978: Why Don't You Love Me (2xLP - Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits) Polydor
1980s
  • 28 May 1985: Lost Highway
  • 22 October 1986: I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (played after ‘Hank Williams Will Live Forever' by Johnny & Jack)
1990s
  • 02 June 1991: Happy Rovin' Cowboy
  • 01 March 1992: Just Waiting
  • 16 October 1996: When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
  • 02 December 1999: They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (2xCD-Live At The Grand Ole Opry) Mercury
  • 21 December 1999: (Wrong track moment. JP had intended to play 'They'll Never Take Her Love From Me' by Hank Williams from “Live At The Grand Ole Opry” but plays the wrong CD from the double set and ‘Oh, You Brautiful Doll’ by Claude Sharpe & The Old Hickory Singers hits the airwaves instead.)
2000s

Covered

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