{"id":4839,"date":"2012-05-25T23:43:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T23:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2012-05-25T23:43:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T23:43:14","slug":"new-movie-about-the-life-of-hank-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/25\/new-movie-about-the-life-of-hank-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Movie About Hank Williams and His Last Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Curb Records To Release Soundtrack to \u201cThe Last Ride\u201d,A New Movie About the Life of Hank Williams <\/strong>Music by Jett Williams, Johnny Cash, Michael English, The Isaacs and many more<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

\"TheNashville, Tenn. (May 25, 2012) \u2013 Curb Records is proud to announce the release of the soundtrack to \u201cThe Last Ride\u201d, a new independent movie about the life of Hank Williams.<\/p>\n

The movie, starring Henry Thomas, Jesse James, Fred Dalton Thompson and Kaley Cuoco, focuses on the period when Williams was getting his life back in order after drugs, alcohol, two failed marriages and a hair-trigger temper had nearly ruined Williams\u2019 legendary career. In late 1952, he had arranged several New Year\u2019s shows in West Virginia and Ohio. Hank Williams never got there. Somewhere on that last highway, the country music legend passed away on New Years Day, in 1953, in the back of his powder blue Cadillac, carrying only his guitar and a notebook full of unfinished songs. He was 29.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the mysterious final days of Hank Williams\u2019 life, The Last Ride is the story of that final drive through the bleak Appalachian countryside of 1950\u2019s America.<\/p>\n

The movie\u2019s soundtrack plays an integral role in the telling of this story. It contains some of the best-known Hank Williams songs as well as new material written specifically for this project.<\/p>\n

Performers include Jett Williams (Hank Williams\u2019 daughter), the late Johnny Cash and numerous country and gospel artists.<\/p>\n

Jett Williams had this to say about the film, \u201cIn the movie, my dad doesn\u2019t sing a note or strum a chord. This movie captures the essence of a man who, until recently, had become one-dimensional due to the myths, the lies, the fiction and vultures who surrounded him. Sure, it\u2019s fictionalized from a factual point of view, but it is right on from a human emotional point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tracks on The Last Ride soundtrack:
\nThe Last Ride Theme \u2013 Benjy Gaither
\nHey Good Lookin\u2019 \u2013 Jett Williams
\nHonky Tonk Man \u2013 Russ Taff
\nKeep on the Sunny Side \u2013 Rebecca Frasier
\nI Will Marry You \u2013 Wes Hampton
\nIt Wasn\u2019t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels \u2013 Sarah Johns
\nCold, Cold Heart \u2013 Doug Anderson
\nThe Swing Low Sweet Chariot \u2013 Clyde Wright & The Incredible Golden Gates
\nI\u2019m So Lonesome I Could Cry \u2013 Michael English
\nLonging \u2013 Jett Williams
\nFootprints \u2013 Benjy Gaither
\nI\u2019m Winging My Way Back Home \u2013 The Blackwood Brothers
\nCan\u2019t Help It If I\u2019m Still In Love With You \u2013 Jett Williams
\nOn I Down The Road \u2013 Val Storey
\nChino \u2013 Nathan Young
\nIlene \u2013 Nathan Young
\nWhat Ya Gonna Do \u2013 Nathan Young
\nTennessee Waltz \u2013 Nathan Young
\nO Come Angel Band \u2013 The Isaacs
\nHank Williams\u2019 Blues \u2013 Jett Williams
\nThe Night Hank Williams Came To Town \u2013 Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings
\nThe Last Ride \u2013 Tony Ramey<\/p>\n

The platform release of The Last Ride will commence June 29th<\/sup> in New York and Los Angeles. The theatrical release will be supported by major radio promotion to Country, Americana, NPR and Triple A stations across the country.<\/p>\n

In 2013, The Last Ride will be available on DVD and Video On Demand through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit www.thelastridefilm.com<\/a> or www.curb.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curb Records To Release Soundtrack to \u201cThe Last Ride\u201d,A New Movie About the Life of Hank Williams Music by Jett Williams, Johnny Cash, Michael English, The Isaacs and many more Nashville, Tenn. (May 25, 2012) \u2013 Curb Records is proud to announce the release of the soundtrack to \u201cThe Last Ride\u201d, a new independent movie about the life of Hank Williams. The movie, starring Henry Thomas, Jesse James, Fred Dalton Thompson and Kaley Cuoco, focuses on the period when Williams was getting his life back in order after drugs, alcohol,<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}