In the realms of American country music few names are revered more than Hank
Williams, Nashville superstar and writer of enduring classics like Your Cheatin'
Heart, Hey Good Looking, You Win Again and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. Yet
Williams, the son of an Alabama railway engineer, was a troubled character who
effectively drank himself to death on New Year's Day in 1953, aged 29. He was
born with a spinal disorder which caused him lifelong pain while his family
suffered many problems - his father was seriously injured in World War One and
the family lost all their possessions in...