Family Tradition: Three Generations of Hank Williams - Hardcover

Masino, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1617130060 ISBN 13: 9781617130069

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

Covering three generations of Hank Williams, Family Tradition is both unique and vast in scope. Beginning in the present day with Hank III – who gave the author unprecedented access – and time-traveling across the years, this examines just what kind of rebel mojo inspired this crazed family of country music, from Hank Sr. – often regarded as one of the most influential of American musicians – to Hank Jr., to this year's model, Hank III, who has somehow found a way to reconcile his legacy's deep-rooted twang and high-lonesome sound with particularly searing strains of punk and heavy metal, launching an all-out war with traditional Nashville in the process.

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About this title

About the Author:

Susan Masino (Madison, WI) is the author of Let There Be Rock – The Story of AC/DC, which is now published in ten languages. Susan has been a rock journalist for over thirty years, and created and hosted the WJJO Local Stage radio show from 1997-2004. She also teaches a continuing education program on the History of Rock and Roll for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Susan appears in the Van Halen DVD, The Early Years.

Review:

"...Athough there are plenty of Hank Williams bios, [Family Traditions] isn't supererogatory. Rather than analyze Hank's music, Masino relates what he did when and who with. No one before her has made Hank's everyday reality so apparent, including all the time (i.e., most of the time) that he wasn't drunk." --Booklist

"[Susan Masino] does a nice job in her swift 256-page reader. Masino picks up on the striking tragedy of each Hank (from Hank Sr.'s destructive addiction to Hank Jr.'s near-fatal mountain fall to Hank III's admission of being molested by a relative), and she easily segues from Hank to Hank with fluid transitions that trace the family lineage....This is a fine introductory read on the Hank Williams legacy...." --Library Journal Xpress Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1617130060
• ISBN 13: 9781617130069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286