On a warm night in June, 1949, with his first number one record spilling out of radios across the country, a frail young man walked onto the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for his Grand Ole Opry debut. Behind him lay nearly a decade of struggle and rejection in pursuit of this goal; ahead, a little more than five years in the limelight. By 1953, literally worn out at twenty-nine, Hank Williams was gone. But he had given country music much of its standard repertoire, a new definition of stardom and a legend so enduring that he is still the model for countless singers and songwriters. Born in Mount Olive West, Alabama (near Georgiana) on September 17th, 1923, Hiriam was the second child of Lon and Lillie Williams.
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California Zephyr Lyrics
Hank Williams
Key: e
From the (e)great salt lakes of utah to calif(a)ornias golden (e)shore
Colorado and nevada through the (f#)deserts burnin (b7)door
While shes (e)circlin through the canyons, cant you (a)see that mountain (e)stream
Its the california zephyr, the (b7)union pacific (e)queen
See her rockin see her rollin as she rambles on her way
She left la this mornin burnin up the right of way
In the distance hear her moanin hear her lonesome whistle scream
Its the california zephyr, the union pacific queen
She leaves the city of the angels headin for ole santa fe
Shes a makin nauts shes makin time just watch her swing and sway
And from way out in the darkness, see that headlight gleam
Its the california zephyr, the union pacific queen
From the great salt lakes of utah to californias golden shore
Colorado and nevada through the deserts burnin door
While shes circlin through the canyons, cant you see that mountain stream
Its the california zephyr, the union pacific queen