Hank Williams Sr. Signed Songbook. The father of contemporary country music, Hank Williams was a star by the age of 25, and...

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Hank Williams Sr. Signed Songbook. The father of contemporary country music, Hank Williams was a star by the age of 25, and dead at the age of 29. During the course of those four short years, he established the rules of the game for Pop and Country musicians alike, up to and including his outlaw image and passion for excess. This copy of the "Hank Williams' Country Music Folio" songbook (1948) is inscribed "Best Wishes" and signed by the singer on the cover in blue ink. Samples of Williams' autograph are notoriously hard to come by, and this is a very nice one, unaffected by the moderate wear to the cover, which has split completely along the spine and detached from the contents. Also included in the book is a vintage 8" x 10" color glossy of Williams and a page of newspaper clippings regarding his untimely death. With COA from PSA/DNA.

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