Hank Williams- I’m so Lonesome, I Could Cry

Hank Williams- I’m so Lonesome, I Could Cry

It is one of those songs that is so perfect that it cannot be talked about, a work of poetry that reminds us of our own mourning and sadness, not only with the plantive lyrics but those instrumental sequences where steel guitars and banjos talk for Mr Hanks when he cannot force the words thru his parsed lips.

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Anthony Easton in FT /New York London Paris Munich • Pop • 386 views