Posted on 07/14/2013 11:07:11 AM PDT by Michael.SF.
Charles Carr, the 19-year-old kid at the wheel of a powder-blue Caddy when Hank Williams Sr. died in the back seat just after midnight on Jan. 1, 1953, has passed away. Carr, 79, was the last person to see the legendary singer-songwriter alive.
I spent the day with Carr 10 years ago and wrote a story about his recollections of those last few hours on the...
(Excerpt) Read more at accessatlanta.com ...
The movie seemed to be pretty accurate, and was enjoyable, with some good music, especially an excellent rendition of 'I'm so Lonesome I could cry' by Jett Williams.
Here is a link to the story referenced above: Hank Williams' last ride: Driver recalls lonesome end
If you ever get a chance to see “Hank Williams The Show He Never Gave” do it.
Sneezy Waters is just excellent.
bttt
‘The Last Ride’, best movie I’ve seen all year.
Last Ride was very good.
However, I still can't help but sing along with the Austin Lounge Lizards when they play I Want To Ride In The Car Hank Died In
Very interesting bit of history!
I done listened to some of his songs and I must say they are very good.
Ironic tha a guy named “Carr” was a driver.......
Thanks. I will look it up.
Bump for the links
While Jimmie Rodgers claims the title Father of Country Music, Hank Senior was the one who electrified country music as Elvis did rock and roll. Sadly, both met similar fates.
RIP.
I don’t have vivid memories of many things in my life but this one I do. I was living with my grandparents in a very rural area. It was a cold day and I was sitting by the wood stove and listening to the radio when the news came that Hank had been found dead.
I was shocked and I can remember thinking, “No, not Hank, not Hank!”
He was my idol. No one could put raw emotions into songs like Hank.
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