Hank Williams was born on this date in 1923. I noticed that there are a number of events in various places across the country and around the world this weekend through the coming week to commemorate what would have been his 100th birthday. I think it’s lost on some what a universal figure Hank is. Go half way around the world and you will find people who listen the man who is still the father of country music. His power was in the directness of the message. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” “Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)” “Mind Your Own Business” Three chords and truth applied to no one more than Hank. Whatever his flaws as a human being—and they were many—Williams always regarded himself as a work in progress and capable of redemption. That’s what makes his gospel recordings so powerful.