Ricky Ross on Hank Williams

from Great Lives · host BBC Radio 4

The life of the 'Hillbilly Shakespeare' Hank Williams is the choice of Deacon Blue singer Ricky Ross. Williams is regarded as being the prototype rock star and continues to be hugely influential on musicians today despite a short recording career of just six years before he died at the age of 29. Matthew Parris presents. With Nick Barraclough as the expert witness. Producer: Maggie AyreFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

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