The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams – review

(Egyptian/Sony)Using lyrics salvaged from Williams's notebooks, a dozen voices offer homage to the long lost king of country. Bob Dylan, who found penning all dozen numbers too daunting, provides the template with "The Love That Faded", a forlorn waltz spangled with pedal steel guitar. Granddaughter Holly Williams and a Vince Gill/Rodney Crowell duet likewise hit the right melancholy note. Elsewhere, the air of reverence hangs heavily, with Williams's droll humour and proto-rockabilly style larg...

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