Hank Williams - Country & Folk Roots

Title: Country & Folk Roots Artist: Hank Williams Release Date: 12/16/2003 Label: Castle Music Ltd., Castle Pulse Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 5016073764928, 766482728848 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. Ramblin' Man
2. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
3. Please Make Up Your Mind
4. My Heart Would Know
5. Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)
6. May You Never Be Alone
7. On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain
8. Calling You
9. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
10. When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels
11. Dear Brother
12. Lost on the River
13. I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
14. My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate)
15. Jesus Remembered Me
16. Dear John
17. Men With Broken Hearts
18. The Pale Horse and His Rider
19. A House Without Love
20. Everything's Okay

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Castle Music Ltd. 649 2003 CD Castle Pulse 649

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This odd little compilation doesn't work very well as an introduction to Hank Williams, since it lacks his biggest hits, but in a way that's exactly why it might make a good second purchase, since it collects some of his more obscure songs, including the eerie and prescient "Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)." Drawn from late-'40s MGM recording sessions, it also features four duets with Audrey Williams, Williams' wife and manager at the time, including the spooky husband-and-wife appalachian harmonies on "The Pale Horse and His Rider." If all you've heard are Williams' most popular songs, then you're in for a treat, because his darkest, scariest, and most religious material -- some of which is contained here -- gives his canon the kind of depth no other country star of the day could equal. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Audrey Williams Duet Gary Wallington Compilation