Hank Williams "Country King" 

no matter how i struggle and strive, i'll never get outta this world alive

Every genre of music should pay homage and respect to this man.

Hank was THE King of Country Music. Hank’s song will be around 500 years from now. You have to love the fracking accent on the narrator of this documentary.

He was handsome like his father, his mother’s resemblance around the eyes. His two grandsons look a lot like him. Hank III can sing like him. Kudos to Jr for making his own way bc it’s never easy being a performer and a child of a legend.

My dad saw Hank at the Rio Palm Isle, Longview in 40's, I saw Jr. Tyler in 80's, now my son needs/wants to see III like a Family Tradition.

Even Hank's most popular mass appeal, bubble gum songs are so much more visceral and real than any country song played on the radio in the last 20+ years.

never heard a bad Hank Williams song.

A real hell raiser . Mr Williams paved the way for all types of musical artists.

This video never gets old. Great music and great tales.

Hank Williams Seniors music will live forever as long as there are folks who like good songs about everyday life RIP Hank (1923-1953).

“Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry” He makes me want to cry ! He conjures up the saddest and most beautiful images of all!

Hank could never look bad to me, Hank best singer ever was, he hurt deep inside with a whole different hurt , not really pain but hurt, there's a difference. Best singer on earth.

Best ever. No one will ever come close. Closest we’ll ever have is his grandson.

He was a master of lyrics and rhythm, very hypnotic music.

He still lives every time we play his songs they say u die twice once when the soul leaves the body and again when someone says your name for the last time as long as I live hank will too

When the wind is right, you'll hear his songs, smell Whiskey in the air. RIP Hank. The man who changed music forever.

I can not picture anyone as cool as Hank Williams, man his clothes is gorgeously amazingly super star , he meant business... he meant show business.... legendary so cool, those white cowboy boots and suit at 4:23.... man before Elvis , ZZTop ... how many decades gone ... still the coolest to me !

So much heartache, he was only 29 when he died, DANG!!!

Went on vacation to Nashville a few years ago and to my surprise the biggest attraction/star in Nashville was hank sr. Yes hank sr. Every shop you go in. Every store. Every museum. Everywhere you go its hank. Over 60 years after his death he still the biggest star in Nashville. Don't believe go there and see yourself.

I’ve said it for years , he’s the king of rock n roll and country

When I first saw Hank Jr Jr... I thought I was starring at Hank the 1st! 😳

What a amazing story ....I was fortunate enough to spend a little time with his grandson....what an amazing person and was such a true entertainer who sounded and looked like his grandfather.....was kind enough to take his time with just me while so many others waited in line to speak to him....was a great experience for me and lord his manager big Al was the most generous and a ball of fire.....true high light of my life ...thank you both for an amazing evening.

hands down the best country artist of all time and one of the best musicians EVER. Glad his grandson is keeping his legacy (and REAL country music) alive. much love.

He sung his HEART out with his life and feelings in most of his songs. A country King, His blood line and his immortal music will go on and on!

Hanks grandson...hell that's Hank ,same body looks I'm Amazed 🥰⚡⚡⚡🔥

I have loved Hank Williams all my life. I have loved Hank3 about 13 years. They are two sides of the same soul & talent.

Cold Cold Heart is one of the best songs ever written. There's never been one better. Man he could sing and write. None better.

Hank died on New Years Day 1953, and I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive was only recently released at the time. It reached #1 after his death.

Artists hope to write/sing 1 or2 iconic songs in a career. Hank wrote a catalogue of gold classics in only 7 years!

Son of a Son . The voice lives .

When a celebrity actually meant something. Rip hank. Much love.

I'm a rolling stone All alone and lost For a life of sin I have paid the cost When I pass by All the people say There goes another guy Down the Lost Highway Just a deck of cards And a jug of wine And a woman's lies Makes a life like mine For the day we met I went astray Started rollin' down That Lost Highway

Hiram hank Williams you will never be forgotten you passed when legacy had just begin rip Hiram hank Williams your the king always n forever will in my book~I'm only sixteen and been listening to his music every since I was 8 years old..

I love that they got ray price to come out and talk

Old school country musician's description of music clubs where the club owners/employees "had to sweep up eye-balls in the morning": "Some of them places were rough..." now THAT is OG!!

The greatest country singer ever Rip Hank Williams

Only Hank sr can sing his songs no one can cover them as good as he did

hank jr. came to Zanesville Ohio and played my step dad cowboy was splaying on guitar underneath bandstand. with him. hank jr. came by where he was said how cowboy said like his daddy, I lived my whole life with hank sr. and country gold songs. it was shock to hear as kid hank jr. speak to my step dad that day in Zanesville Ohio. since then I barely learned few cords and had to sell my guitar for my kid needs, I taught her as much as I could about some people even my step dad.

Love some Hank and some Junior and yes some 3rd!!!!

the Scottish narrator is perfect for this for some wonderful earthy human reason. Bless ya Hank. He goes way back in my life. I was just a wee girl in a dinky podunk southern town. But he was HUGE in the house! ♥

Hank was , is and always will be the greatest of all time. 2nd to none.

Hank III just called his grandma a hot firecracker

KING HANK! (Hank 3 broke the mold in the best way possible) ❌

Hot damn, Hank III is a spitting image of Hank Sr.

Oh my stars his Grandson looks just like him!

Hank Williams and Layne Staley wow the similarity just different decades.

Shelton.... we miss you. Please come back. We miss you!

It’s crazy how much Hank III looks like Hank sr.

One of my greatest inspirations! Can’t wait to meet Hank in the heavens

Hell Yeah!! Kinda Place where they sweep up the EyeBalls in the morning! :D I've Known those types of Joints for several years when I was younger... Hank was/is the King of HeartBreak Country. and his Boy JR. was my Country Hero... Thanx Mrs Audrey.

7:42 Hank III dropping the truth.

He lives on through Hank 3. The definition of Rebel has changed.

Hank Williams Is my all time Favorite country music artist and songwriter. He is Amazing and has a great gift. I love all his music ;)

Hank was part of my life sense i was born my daddy played hanks records religiously, amongst other of the time period singers but hanks the only one that put tears in my eyes and i believe if a singer can make a kid cry something's sure enough going on there thats pretty special.

what a great video I am glad I watched this, thank you for the upload!

The king.......

Hank is with Jesus smiling down at us.

A gift to the world. Thank you sir

Jeez Hank III looks exactly like his grandfather. He's a good singer in his own right

Love me some Hank music.

Hank 3 is so freaking good...

I've listened to Hank Sr since I was born, we had a great stereo before we even had a tv set!!! It was AWESOME!!!

not 1952. he died in 1953. i was 8 days old. spent my whole life in love with a dead man.

My grandma used to hang out with hank jr in Shreveport as infants in their strollers and either her mother and Audrey were friends or her grandmother .

Hank, the original "Outlaw", known as the "which of which there is no whicher"

They should have gotten Hank III to play him in the movie.

Oh wow. How tragic. He was so young.

Hank will always be the King Arthur of Country Music. Others may be called king at some point or another, but there's only one King Arthur. To play a Hank Williams owned guitar is like wielding Excalibur

Greatest ever! Love this man!

Hank III is awesome, sure glad he’s in my generation

Best country artist of all time and if you think about it he was just a kid unbelievable

Hank the best there ever was, and is to this day!!!

Never knew any of this. Thanks for sharing

He have a vorice out this word I was born in 1961 I ♥️all his songs I could not believe he died he had a voice and songs out this word I ♥️ him every seens I was a child and guss what I love his music today

3:41 Pop superstar my ass! He was and is a Country/Western music superstar!!!

I never heard a bad Hank Sr song either ❤ Hank III spitting image.

Pandora, Hank 3. 💓Add that to your cellphone and smoke it! 🤣😂

Hank Williams is the original punk rocker,he is where it all began, decades before the term was even coined,sorry elvis, sorry beatles and stones ,and dylan, and Sex Pistols, and everybody else ......

this was great thanks !!

Only one person who can sound like Hank Williams Sr and that is his grandsons Hank Williams the 3rd.

The greatest country singer song writer on the planet

RIP HANK KING OF COUNTRY

I was born years later I'm still devastated

Hank Sr. Is a legend will always will be. His family is also a legend ❤❤

The Original Outlaw Hank Williams

I LOVE THE WILLIAMS FAMILY!

The King of Country Hank Williams

I covered Hank's songs whenever i could when i played acoustic shows

Makes a person wonder about blessings and curses. I think Hank's family was visited by bad fortune as well as the gifts, with his and his offspring's' lives probably the only ones that bear enough evidence. There's something to be said for 'old souls', which I feel is an accessible way of referring to prodigious traits in people - not merely 'child prodigies' -- who have an otherworldly sense of being. In a lot of pictures Hank also looked the 'old soul' part. He wasn't even 30 and he often looked like he was over 50. Booze and pills weren't entirely responsible for that. By the age of 29 I would say that most people have enough 'life experience' to tell some stories, but Hank was in the relative handful of 'old souls' who seem to have a keener familiarity with life's mixed bag. There are 'everyday people' who are cut from similar cloth, but ones like Hank or Elvis were set even further apart with the overall aura of 'self' that fashions a cultural figure. It's as if some people are just mystically appointed as messengers and minstrels. How do you otherwise explain going from driving a delivery truck to becoming arguably the most important figure in popular music, or having Hank's early six-year run of hits, only to die in the cold back seat of a Cadillac on a road -- literal and figurative -- that most will never travel?

Fuck yeah, Hank was one of a kind.We all get a taste for the bottle, how else can you make it through the day-to-day?

Love me some Hank Sr

My his grandson is the spit of him to look at❤

Great little video by the BBC.

Hank is the king

"Long Gone Lonesome Blues"

The goat of country an rock forever

One of my first memories in life is my father had been out all night playing poker and drinking. Well my Mother didn't take it to well so Pop's was singing outside their door "why don't you love me like you used to do". I'm purty sure he slept in his den a few nights. He loved old Hank and he could carry a tune but that didn't help him a lick..🍾🍺🍺👍⚡⚡😂

Hank paved the way

I'm at his grandfather when I was a small child by 75 years of age I wasn't orphanage in Conyers Georgia paying a group of singers come out to the orphanage during Christmas time and he was one of the stars that were there but of course I didn't know he was a shark cuz I don't know what a Star m e n t because we were out 180-acre farm so we were very isolated from The Real World so I didn't even know what a star was until gosh I was 17 years of age made it to Atlanta but yes I was fortunate enough to know I can remember meeting him but that's all I remember because I was so young.

Hank Williams 👍👍👍