Hank Williams tunes

I am a big fan of ole Hank Williams. Sr. of course. Anyway love his music but havnt found to much of his tab out there. None actually. Anyone know where i can get some tab of hank's online somewhere? Anyone play his stuff?

If anyone wants to say anything else about the Hillbilly hero go ahead. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

Songs i really want are, Honky Tonkin, Honky Tonk Blues, Kowliga, and i would like Hey good looking.

Wouldnt mine others either.

Well thats all i have to say time to count up my typos. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[mmukav]

Our band does Move It On Over and just recently began performing I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

What a nice chord progression to that song! I play mando on it, and the others guitar and bass. We did it live for the first time last night at a gig. I think it went over real well. Lot of people singing along. Hank rocks!

Mike

[G'DAE]

Agreed, movin on over is an excellent up-beat song.
We also do Hey good lookin.

[Bob Sayers]

Larry Sparks did an entire album of Hank Sr. songs. It's uniformly excellent. But my all-time favorite is the Seldom Scene's version of "House of Gold" on their "Act II" CD. Truly awesome and, dare I say it, even better than the original!

Bob

[Chris "Bucket" Thomas]

I Saw the Light!

[mrbook]

There is a Complete Hank Williams songbook that should be still available; I bought mine from Elderly several years ago. Music and guitar chords, no mandolin tab, but it's a good place to start. HW did a lot of great songs, and they have enough variety to make it fun playing quite a few together. We do several in every show, and could do an hour's worth without thinking twice.

Usually after playing a few Hank Williams songs we then do "The Car Hank Died In," which I found on an album by the Austin Lounge Lizards. We get a lot of people singing along on that one.

[Peter Hackman]

A very good song for a BG treatment is
"My Sweet Love Ain't Around". I believe McCourey recorded it once, with an extra bridge of his.

My band in the 60's used to do "My Bucket's Got a Hole
in it"

[swampstomper]

I can't believe no one else mentioned I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome. Not recorded by Hank but co-written by him and Bill Monroe, and the very essence of a Hank Williams song. This defined for many of us how to play blues in B natural. There's a really good version on the Bluegrass Reunion CD (ACD-4) with Dawg playing that part and Red Allen / Herb Pederson playing Martin / Monroe vocally.

[CountyFarm]

We do Bucket and Mind yer Own Bidness ;)

[evanreilly]

Okay.. and for big extra points, what is the OTHER song that Hank and Bill Monroe wrote together?

[Russ Jordan]

WAG:

Alabama Waltz?

[bjc]

We do "Good Lookin'" and "Tear In My Beer"...we just used the guitar chords as a starting point and worked 'em up...the songs are so strong that you can give them almost any kind of treatment...

[evanreilly]

Russ Jordan knows his Monrovian trivia!!

[RobP]

We do Lost Highway - we sing the whole thing in 3-part harmony. It is usually a crowdpleaser.

Rob

[JimRichter]

We do "Weary Blues." Excellent song for bluegrass (as demonstrated by both the Nashville Bluegrass Band and O'Brien/Scott).

Jim

[Moose]

Hey Evan... : ya' oughta' make Russ(see above) your "understudy" hee.... hee... Say, how's this test for ya : what Louvin Brothers'(composed) number did Mr. Monroe record early on?? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Russ Jordan]

I don't have to be Evan's understudy to know about Seven Year Blues!!!!!!!

[earthsave]

Jambalaya, I Saw the Light, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hey Good Lookin,

[Moose]

Russ! - No harm intended! - You are absolutely CORRECT! - I mentioned this "story" on a previous post but it's worth repeating - particularly if you're a Louvin fan... : Charlie(Louvin) tells that after the Brothers' "break-up", Ira came into town to visit ; he didn't have any/his mandolin ; Mr. Monroe "loaned" him his fabled F-5 ; After the Opry and Ernest Tubb Record Shop show..., Ira returned the F5 to Bill and thanked him. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[evanreilly]

For the record, I don't consider Russ Jordan my 'understudy' at all; I'd say he is a friend and peer, and fellow picker.
He's even let me play his mandolins!!!

[Russ Jordan]

Hey Moose and Evan,

No offense taken on the "understudy" comment!! Sorry if I gave that impression.

And hey, Evan lets me play his mandos too--I wish he would give me the Phoenix!

[Moose]

Sooooo,.. Evan owns a PHOENIX, eh!? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Peter Hackman]

Mrbook is right about the music book. It's complete, good, and relatively cheap. Something Hank deserves more credit for: he wrote the best lyrics (except the Luke stuff). Every word and sentence just right.
Or perhaps Fred Rose did.

[Moose]

Hey Peter! - your point is well taken..., and probably correct(for Rose's "edit's"/corrections). No disrespect for 'ol Hank, though... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Howard33]

I was interested in whether any Hank Williams was being performed on Mandolin and ran across this post. While it appears that it's being played in an ensemble setting, I was wondering if anyone was performing any of Hank's songs solo on the Mando?

If anyone is, and has the ability to record themselves, I would love to hear them.

*An side request if anyone is feeling generous, would be a conversion of (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle to tab or musical notation. However, simply hearing it on Mandolin would be pleasure enough in any case.*

[GVD]

We do "Weary Blues." Excellent song for bluegrass (as demonstrated by both the Nashville Bluegrass Band and O'Brien/Scott).

Jim

The Wilders also do good a good job on "Weary Blues" but man that O'Brien/Scott version is just off the charts. I usually have to replay it about 5 times every time I listen to it.

[earthsave]

"Settin the WOods" on Fire and recently "WHy dont you love me like you used to do"

[Mike Bunting]

The more I listen to it, the more I like The Wayfaring Strangers and they do a killer version of "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome Too" with T. O'Brien singing.

[billkilpatrick]

I am a big fan of ole Hank Williams. Sr. of course. Anyway love his music but havnt found to much of his tab out there. None actually. Anyone know where i can get some tab of hank's online somewhere? Anyone play his stuff?

If anyone wants to say anything else about the Hillbilly hero go ahead. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

Songs i really want are, Honky Tonkin, Honky Tonk Blues, Kowliga, and i would like Hey good looking.

Wouldnt mine others either.

Well thats all i have to say time to count up my typos. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

dear guest - there's not many who can equal hank williams - "the silence of a falling star lights up, a purple sky ..." - and that's the truth.

haven't listened to his stuff in years - now i will - thanks - bill

[Richard.g.hampton]

We do "Howlin' At The Moon", which seems quite popular at gigs - and not just with the lycanthropic fraternity!

[Jim Broyles]

I can't believe no one else mentioned I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome. Not recorded by Hank but co-written by him and Bill Monroe, and the very essence of a Hank Williams song. This defined for many of us how to play blues in B natural. There's a really good version on the Bluegrass Reunion CD (ACD-4) with Dawg playing that part and Red Allen / Herb Pederson playing Martin / Monroe vocally.

Jimmy Martin said Hank wrote it all. (http://books.google.com/books?id=w-vCHr0ttR0C&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=written+by+Bill+Monroe+and+Hank+Williams&source=bl&ots=3hsUNPHXAS&sig=c08EchXkuYrW_GB2kvST_bvFUjA&hl=en&ei=24n7SdWBE5PoMN-_tMUE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#PPA141,M1) I also can't find any attribution of Monroe to Alabama Waltz, only Hank. Not saying he didn't co-write it, but Hank's getting all the credit. 'Course, this is a bio of Hank Williams.

There already was an "Alabama Waltz," (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.afc.afc9999005.7282/enlarge.html?from=default) before either of them wrote it!

[Mike Bunting]

[QUOTE "the silence of a falling star lights up, a purple sky ..." -[/QUOTE]

One of the greatest lines ever!

[earthsave]

I was listening to one of my Hank Williams CDs the other day and thought I might have heard Bill Monroe playing mandolin on a break. Did he ever record with Hank? Caint say I recall the song at the moment tho. After searching a bit, looks like it was Lost Highway with the mandolin break/fill. http://www.last.fm/music/Hank+Williams/40+Greatest+Hits+(disc+1)/Lost+Highway around the 1:40 mark.

We also do "Baby We're Really in Love"

[UncleNorm]

We do "Waltz of the Wind." First heard this tune from a 10 disc CD set done a few years ago featuring most of Hank's work, demos too. The tune is credited to Fred Rose but we think Hank helped.
A particularly nice version of the song is on a CD put out by Led Kaapana playing ukulele, with Alison Krauss singing. Sam Bush on Mando finishes the tune on Mando. Cool!

[mandopete]

Hank Rules!

We do Weary Blues too.

A little off the topic, but you Hank fans should check out Wayne "The Train" Hancock.

[Raymond E.]

Evenin'....
I think y'all will find that the first recording of "Waltz of The Wind" was by a feller named Rome Johnson....Larry Sparks rendered a sparkling version of it..

Loafer

[Marty Henrickson]

The Wilders also do good a good job on "Weary Blues" but man that O'Brien/Scott version is just off the charts. I usually have to replay it about 5 times every time I listen to it.

+1 on O'Brien / Scott - that whole album is killer, too many jewels to mention, though I will metion "House of Gold". "Weary Blues" gave me a brand-new appreciation for Hank Williams' writing, though I've been playing/singing "I Saw The Light" for years.

[John Gardinsky]

This thread prompted me to submit Your Cheatin' Heart to the mandozine tab archive. Check it out and let me know what you think, I may do up a few other Hank songs. It is a tabledit file.

John

[Jeff Wheelock]

Two that I've done in BG format are "You win again" and "There'll be no teardrops tonight".

[Denny Gies]

The song "The Singing Waterfall" works well with bluegrass instrumentation and is ideal for a pretty mandolin break of the melody.

[blacksmith]

I'm not sure if it was set to music but when you have a couple of minutes, read "Those Men With Broken Hearts". If that doesn't put a lump in your throat................

[JeffD]

A real nice version, Marty Stuart, Kieth Urban, Hank Williams song.

Only singing of Kieth Urban I really like.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q18OoqeNcks

[JeffD]

I play a medly of tunes - two Patsy Cline and two Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart, followed by I'm So Lonesome, followed by I Fall to Pieces, ending with Crazy.

I wrote out the tunes from some a complete works Hank Williams piano and vocal line a best of Patsy Cline piano and vocal line books, figured out some great double stops and wrote them in, and I add lots of tremolo. So much fun.

[journeybear]

In the seasonal Cajun/bluegrass/country band, half the country part of that was Hank:

"Cold Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You," "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do," "Baby We're Really In Love," "Jambalaya" (we'd often do this in a medley with "Grand Texas," the original inspiration).

In the new duo we've got "Honky Tonkin'," "Hey Good Lookin'," "Ramblin' Man," and "Mind Your Own Business" in the song list, plus most of the above. Also, when the female singer/guitarist joins us, she does "Weary Blues," which I hadn't known before.

Over the years I've also done "Settin' The Woods On Fire," "Honky Tonk Blues," "Half as Much," "I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive," "I Saw The Light," "Kaw Liga," "Lovesick Blues," "Mansion On The Hill," "Move It on Over," "My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It," "Rootie Tootie," "You Win Again," and of course, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." I try to talk people out of doing this last one, because it is such a good song and I have heard it get butchered all too often, including by myself. I still think BJ Thomas' version of it is the definitive version, better than Hank's, :disbelief: and one of the best covers of all time.

But to answer Howard33, the only Hank songs I would even attempt to do solo would be "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Lovesick Blues." Those are the only ones I know all the words to, and feel confident enough I could pull them off. :mandosmiley:

When the fearless leader of the seasonal C/BG/C band was leaving we threw a farewell party. Sometime during the proceedings she insisted on doing "Lovesick Blues." I said, "Are you sure? It's got a dozen chords." As I said, she insisted - fearless leader. What a train wreck! At least *I* knew it. By the time we'd got almost all the way through, people had been dropping like flies. There were about two measures to either take a lead or end the song. I asked the dobro player (name escapes me, member of the NE Country Music Hall Of Fame or something) if he wanted to take a lead. He shook his head most demonstrably. I ended the song real quick. :grin: Not a good jam song, unless people know it. :whistling:

[Alex Orr]

I like to sing "When God Comes to Gather His Jewels" at jams. It's a reall pretty heart-tugging song. I play it on the guitar, but it would lend itself to real simply, tremelo-ed mando break. At one time, I also had a simple dobro break down for it as well...I really should start practicing the dobro again.

[mandocrucian]

Went through a 40s-50s honky-tonk period in the early 80's, combined with a good dose of Buck Owens and lots of rockabilly. Hank Sr., Tubb, very early Red Sovine (very funky), T Texas Tyler, etc ... plus Commander Cody goodies.

Check the youtube link below: solo version of "Honky Tonk Blues". I did that song on my On Fire & Ready! CD (with bass/drums/harmonica/mandolin). Ry Cooderish treatment. Also recorded "Low Down Blues" on that same disc, with Gaye Adegbalola from Saffire doing the lead vocal. (Phil Wiggins on blues harp) - New Orleans R&B groove with a lot of Dr. John piano vocab on mandolin, as well as Ann Rabson (Saffire) on piano. Really good blend between those instruments - sometimes sounds like a three handed pianist. Though not a "Hank" tune, the original instrumental "The Mandocrucian Hop" is a whole lot of table steel vocab (ala Don Helms) put onto mando with doublestops and recombined into a new tune. Somewhere between Hank and Bob Wills.

Other Hank Sr. tunes in the repertoire...."I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive", "Moanin' The Blues". There's other songs but I can't remember the the actual titles... like the one that starts with "I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by"

Niles H

[Mike Bunting]

hthe the actual titles... like the one that starts with "I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by"

Niles H

Long Gone Lonesome Blues, great tune.