Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin': Hillbilly Hero

Title: Hey Good Lookin': Hillbilly Hero Artist: Hank Williams Release Date: 2002 Label: Proper Sales & Dist. Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 805520012553 Genre: Country Styles: Traditional Country, Honky Tonk Moods: Earthy, Freewheeling, Lively, Melancholy, Organic, Passionate, Plaintive, Reckless, Rollicking, Rousing, Rustic, Swaggering, Yearning, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Bleak, Cathartic, Gritty, Playful, Rambunctious, Sad, Wistful, Earnest, Poignant, Spiritual, Exuberant, Intimate, Somber Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Dear John
2. Just Waitin'
3. Men with Broken Hearts
4. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
5. Howlin' at the Moon
6. Hey, Good Lookin'
7. My Heart Would Know
8. Ramblin' Man
9. Picture from Life's Other Side
10. I've Been Down That Road Before
11. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
12. I'd Still Want You
13. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
14. Crazy Heart
15. Half as Much
16. Baby We're Really in Love
17. I'm Sorry for You, My Friend
18. Honky Tonk Blues
19. Won't You Sometimes Think of Me
20. Why Should I Cry
21. You Broke Your Own Heart
22. I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay
23. In My Dreams You Still Belong to Me
24. I Told a Lie to My Heart
25. Singing Waterfall
26. Pan American
27. I'm Going Home
28. A Home in Heaven

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Proper Sales & Dist. 1255

No other editions were found for this album.

Tall, charismatic, and eschewing rustic hillbilly stage outfits in favor of sleek, tailored Nudie suits, Hank Williams was country music's first true superstar, and he was more than aware that a little motion on-stage drove the ladies crazy. But it is Williams' songwriting that has ensured his legacy more than anything, and his songs -- which mixed hillbilly elements with blues and gospel, all with a firm grasp of how to shade in some Tin Pan Alley techniques -- crossed over regularly to the pop charts, and have continued to hold up well even into the 21st century. Songs like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," which has a spare, poetic structure so efficient it could be a haiku, and "I'll Never Get out of This World Alive," which manages to be funny, ironic, and prophetically frightening all at once, don't happen by accident, and show an awareness of craft that has a good deal more in common with Irving Berlin than it does Uncle Dave Macon. This set has a couple of his better known songs, including "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Ramblin' Man," but most of these tracks are on the obscure side, which means this collection needs to be a supplementary purchase rather than an initial one. Williams was remarkably consistent as a recording artist (a fact made all the more amazing when one considers the constant chaos that seemed to dominate his adult life), so even a set of his more obscure sides is still worth having. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam Komorowski Compilation Peter Rynston Digital Remastering