Yes, he suffered from spina bifida that caused him tremendous back pain and he drank to kill the pain, but the problem was he drank so much it damaged his heart and then he got into the pain pills and his heart couldn’t handle it and he died in the back seat of a car. I never even heard of him if you can believe it until last month. A friend of mine turned me on to him and I cannot get enough of this guy, every freakin’ song is amazing. I heard of songs before like “Hey good lookin” and “Your cheatin heart” but I always thought they were songs from the 1800s or something. The guy was an amazing writer and singer.
tru dat.
move it on over.
He’s buried in a beautiful grave in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery Alabama. His grave plays Your Cheatin Heart when you go by. I kid you not. The car he died in is in the downtown museum.
“I never even heard of him if you can believe it until last month...”
Hank is the only person inducted into the CW Hall of Fame and the R&R Hall of Fame.
Always time to enjoy new (even if it’s older) music.