Hank Williams was active from 1937 to 1953, and was considered one of the most popular American country music singer/songwriters. His childhood was shaped by his spinal condition, spina bifida, which set him apart from other kids his age and fostered a sense of separateness from the world around him. The world he seemed to identify most with was the musical sounds that poured out of the radio and emanated from church choirs. A quick student, Williams learned how to play folk, country and, from an African-American street musician named Rufus Payne, the blues. |
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