TRACK 6 (WILLIAMS/DAVIS)

We just strung up a couple of mics and went thru this one once, pretty much as you hear it here. It's that kind of song.

Hank, who always seemed to me to be one of the most sincere singer/songwriterswriters ever, used to say "Just call it three chords, and the truth' about the kind of songs he sang.

That pretty much sums it up for me. No, most of us have never been 'locked here in this cell, till my body's just a shell' nor have most of us ever 'got in trouble had to roam, left my gal and left my home,' but we can all use these visuals for for representations of our own lives. I've always felt that that was the true beauty and genius of Hank Williams' songs. 

We may have never walked in the shoes of the protagonist of this song, but I'll tell you this much, we've all heard that lonesome whistle blow in one way or another.

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