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Hank Williams long-deserved a decent tribute record, reckoned an Alberta all-star coalition of country crooners. So they made Sorrow Bound: Hank Williams Re-Examined - a double disc that has our Peter North reaching for his thesaurus.
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"There are some terrific versions of some of Hank's songs but there wasn't a complete album of great covers. Once I was convinced we should do it, there were two individuals tht had to be involved to make it word, Billy Cowsill and the steel player Charlie Veileux."
Hank tunes had been a big part of Cowsill's repertoire ever since the family band that he fronted in America during the sixties split up. The Co-Dependents, the popular band he had been playing in until his health bega to fail him two years ago, always made room for Hank songs in set lists that dug deep into the soul of Americana.
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Cowsill grabbed You Win Again, Your Cheatin' Heart and Hey, Good Lookin' . . .
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