I have always been a little creeped out by Hank Williams. I can't really pin point what it is about him that leaves me ill at ease. I used to think it was the idea that he has always been a ghost to me, but now I wonder if it's just the quality of the documentation on him. The eerie faded film reels or snap crackle pop old recordings.
This song doesn't help that feeling any. I feel that since it's a bitterly cold New Years Eve tonight, I'd share a little ghost story with everyone. I was just reading the wiki on Hank, and I didn't know he died on New Years day at the age of 29. The idea that the college student he hired to drive him drove with him dead in the back seat is also really creepy. I think the more I look into this character the more unsettled I feel. I need to watch the duet "There's a Tear in Beer" and see how that makes me feel.
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