- Published: 1 November 2006
- ISBN: 9780099469513
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $32.99
Lovesick Blues
The Life of Hank Williams
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- Published: 1 November 2006
- ISBN: 9780099469513
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $32.99
This slim volume by Mr. Hemphill...is the only book I've read that is as exhilarating as the man's music
Allen Barra, New York Sun
'Hank Williams wrote the rock'n'roll rulebook. Moving...absorbing biography of "the hillbilly Shakespeare"'
Daily Express
'A fabulous and tragic tale and Hemphill tells it well. Excellent'
Scotsman
'Moving and informative...Lovesick Blues is lean, distilled Hank'
Glasgow Herald
'This biography does tough justice to a wrecked icon'
The Times
'Hemphill writes with real enthusiasm and provides a compelling take on one of the great tragedies of popular music'
Record Collector
[A] concise, startling biography...The connection between author and subject is what makes this book so rewarding
Publishers Weekly