Outstanding from far field

Hank Williams applies alongside Johnny Cash as the most influential country musician of all time. He has widely anticipated on his own genre beyond much (just think of the rock'n'roll hints of "Move It On Over") and leaves until today traces in popular culture. If a Hank Williams song was played, sat a little boy who brought it later under the name Bob Dylan worldwide fame, breathless with the radio. Now is Country Music "a big round room", a wide field. So why someone stands there so forth?

Who music with the heart hears, knows the answer. The inflationary word of the authenticity is not intended here, but inevitable. If it were only "I Saw The Light" which Hank Williams would leave us, then it would be unspeakably much. The life Anguished died young, with 29 years - and much of what he wrote, was born in pain. The sincerity and warmth of his songs found their way to the hearts of hard-working people of the fledgling America, and they still hold their own after decades against any arbitrariness in the entertainment industry. This compilation of eight albums on four CDs is a timeless treasure, sonically fine and at a fair price.