A Hank Williams box set, At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight, reveals a sweet surprise for country music folks. It includes a previously unreleased live recording “Jambalaya,” and contains 20 discs with a total running time of more than 25 hours.
20th century country music star Hank Williams is one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters. Williams recorded 35 singles that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart.
According to the Rolling Stone, At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight includes 559 tracks comprised of live performances, “as-live” transcriptions and in-studio recordings from more than 150 artists including Williams, who is featured on the previously unreleased “Jambalaya (on the Bayou)” and an exceedingly rare previously unknown recording of “I’m a Long Gone Daddy,” available from Germany’s Bear Family Records on October 20th. The set also includes performances by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton, June Carter, along with many others. Listen to “Jambalaya” below.
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