The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Hank Williams 101 as our air date for this show is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams. Hank was just 29 years old when he died on January 1, 1953, but his contributions to the history of music are immense. Most of the songs on this show were written by Hank Williams or are from his repertoire – the rest were inspired by him.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Move It On Over Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin’ Ball & Chain - Trouble All the Time - Ball & Chain
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| Mind Your Own Business Robert Jones & Matt Watroba - Common Chords - Common Chords |
| Lost Highway Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| Thanks Hank Kevin Head - Live - Kevin Head Music
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| Cold, Cold Heart Norah Jones - Come Away with Me - Blue Note |
| Long Gone Lonesome Blues Leon Redbone - No Regrets - Sugar Hill |
| Your Cheatin' Heart Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik - Martha Sings & Robert Plays - Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik |
| Moanin’ the Blues Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| Hank Senior Moment John Gorka - The Company You Keep - Red House |
| The Log Train The Lonesome Ace Stringband - The Log Train – single - The Lonesome Ace Stringband
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| Weary Blues from Waiting The Wailin' Jennys - Fifteen - True North
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| Honky Tonk Blues Jim Byrnes - I Hear the Wind in the Wires - Black Hen Music
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| Hey, Good Lookin' Mose Allison - V-8 Ford Blues - Epic/Legacy |
| Settin’ the Woods on Fire Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| Hank and Audrey Tom Russell - Museum of Memories 1972-2002 - Dark Angel |
| Lovesick Blues Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams - Borealis
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| Ramblin' Man Steve Young - Stars in the Southern Sky - Omnivore
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| House of Gold Jim Rooney & Rooney's Irregulars - My Own Ignorant Way - JRP |
| I Saw the Light Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| Hank Songs at the Luna Star Lou Dominguez - Hanging at the Luna Star - Lou Dominguez
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| I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hans Theessink - Songs from the Southland - Blue Groove |
| Alone and Forsaken Saul Broudy - Travels with Broudy - Saul Broudy |
| I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You) Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel - Capitol |
| Jambalaya The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band - American Legacies - McCoury Music |
| My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - Polydor |
| Rolling and Rambling (The Death of Hank Williams) Robin & Linda Williams - Devil of a Dream - Sugar Hill |
| The Night Hank Williams Came to Town Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings - Johnny Cash is Coming to Town - Mercury |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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great show and hard to not appreciate how much he had influenced music in his life ( cut short ).
10:11 AM, September 17th, 2024