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POPSUnheard Hank Williams Songs~Bob Dylan, Jack White and Norah Jones Record
Conceived by veteran A&R executive Mary Martin as a Dylan-centric project but eventually evolved into a multi-artist tribute to the late singer-songwriter. The songs featured in the set were rescued from notebooks left behind in a leather briefcase by Williams after he died in 1953 at the age of 29.The notes contained lyrics and song ideas that were finished by the 13 artists who contributed to the disc.The full story of Williams' notebooks will be told in the album's liner notes, which were penned by Michael McCall of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. He was perhaps the greatest singer of American folk music,born on a farm near Georgiana, Alabama.Grew up singing hymns he gained the knowledge and feeling that made him famous as a singer and writer.After his first record and hit his career and country-song history took off from his move to Nashvilles's "Grand Ol`Opry" making one smash record after another. His prolific career was cut short at 29 died driving in West Virginia
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