Hank Williams, Senior was one of the most significant country music artists in history, recording 35 singles that would place in the Top 10 of the Billboard Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one. Among the hits he wrote were«Your Cheatin’ Heart», «Hey, Good Lookin’», and«I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry». A personal tie to Montgomery, living here in his early years and also hosting a radio show, his funeral was held here. The marker next to the statue and fountain reads«The death of songwriter and singer Hank Williams on January 1, 1953 stunned his legion of devoted fans. On Sunday, January 4, family members viewed the body at his mother’s boarding house at 217 McDonough Street. The casket was then brought four blocks to the Municipal Auditorium. Some 2,750 mourners crowded inside for the service while another 20,000 stood vigil outside int he cold. Many of country music’s headliners, including the reunited Drifting Cowboys, sang at the funeral. In 1991, Hank Williams, Jr. commissioned Texas sculptors Doug and Sandra McDonald to create the life-sied statue of his father that faces the auditorium.» If you’re a fan of country music, or you just like the covers of his songs done by great artists including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and more, then stop here and pay tribute to «Luke the Drifter.»
