{"product_id":"hank-williams","title":"Hank Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Songs like \u003ci\u003eYour Cheatin'' Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHey Good Lookin''\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJambalaya \u003c\/i\u003esold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed.\u003cbr\u003eBut by the time of his death at age twenty-nine, Williams had drunk and drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and out of his headline spot on the \u003ci\u003eGrand Ole Opry\u003c\/i\u003e. Even though he was country music''s top seller, toward the end he was so famously unreliable that he was lucky to get a booking in a beer hall.\u003cbr\u003eAfter his death, Williams'' records sold more than ever, and have continued to do so in the half-century since. His oft-covered catalog has produced hits for artists ranging from Fats Domino and John Fogerty''s Blue Ridge Rangers to Ray Charles and B.J. Thomas; from Bob Dylan and jazz diva Norah Jones, to crooner Perry Como, R\u0026amp;B star Dinah Washington, and British punk band, The The.\u003cbr\u003eIn this definitive account Colin Escott vividly details the singer''s  stunning rise and his spectacular decline, and reveals much that was  previously unknown or hidden about the life of this country music  legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow, over sixty years after his death, a major motion picture starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen brings Hank Williams'' tragic story to the screen. \u003ci\u003eI Saw The Light\u003c\/i\u003e first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be distributed by Sony Picture Classics in the UK.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317787992446,"sku":"NW9781473634619","price":12.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781473634619.jpg?v=1778722779","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hank-williams","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}