Lovesick Blues
Subtitle: The Life of Hank Williams
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: September 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780670034147
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Biography: general; Folk music; Historical - U.S; Composers & Musicians - General; Country And Western Music; Music/Songbooks; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; Biography/Autobiography; Music; USA; Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Williams, Hank,; 1923-1953; Biography; Country musicians; United States
First sentence: On Friday afternoons, he would suddenly loom like a ghost at the top of the hill above our house in Birmingham, announcing his arrival with a long blast on the air horns, hovering there long enough to shift into his lowest gear, then grandly descending for a triumphal victory lap in the dusty red Dodge truck while we kids in the bottoms ceased our ball-playing to gawk as he eased the rig to a shuddering stop at the curb.