Fri 9/5 @ 8PM
Hank Williams died in 1953, not yet 30 years old.
But in the last six years of his life, he changed the course of country music and wrote some of the genre’s most beloved and lasting tunes: tunes like “Jambalaya (on the Bayou),” “Hey Good Lookin’,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Long Gone Lonesome Blues,” “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive,” and “Lovesick Blues,” all No. 1 country hits. He died dramatically on New Year’s Day in the backseat of a limo on his way to Canton, Ohio for a show, a victim of his boozing, pill-popping habits, fueling his legend still more. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. (It goes without saying he was in the first class inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961.)
The Music Box Supper Club is celebrating Williams’ birthday (which actually isn’t until September 17) with a birthday bash hosted by veteran local roots band Hillbilly Idol, who incorporate a lot of traditional country into their sound. They’re promising to bring “friends” which likely means some of the top musicians in the local roots/country scene.
It’s free.