So dominant a figure is Hank Williams even now that I thought I would approach him through the prism of some of the covers of his work. To start with the one most explicitly “straight”, most earnestly trying to match the original – Tom Hiddleston from his actually quite good turn as Hank in the actually quite good – but commercial bomb – biopic “I Saw the Light” First we have a YouTube clip from the movie of Hank/Tom performing live, then the Spotify link to the track.
Séamus Sweeney 