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It’s about time this guy receives some love. Icon Hank Williams receives Pulitzer cita­tion. From the article:

The cita­tion notes Williams’ “crafts­man­ship as a song­writer” and his “piv­otal role in trans­form­ing coun­try music into a major musi­cal and cul­tural force in Amer­i­can life.” He joins other recent spe­cial cita­tion recip­i­ents Bob Dylan, Thelo­nious Monk and John Coltrane on a short list of Amer­i­can masters.

I can remem­ber many nights when my dad would come home, put Hank’s great hits LP on the turntable, sit in chair, drink beer and … listen.

I grew up on this stuff.

And it’s awe­some. Imme­di­ately and his­tor­i­cally. This stuff tran­scends.

Tags: hank williams, Music