capture the
country music legend at his most inspired. Commercial pressures meant that Williams rarely recorded gospel
music for his releases; however, when he made these recordings for the Mother's Best Flour radio
shows in 1951 Hank made sure that religious
music was well represented. He performed
old time jubilees, formal hymns, gospel songs and southern quartet
music, and we've gathered them for this very special Hank Williams treasure. The Unreleased Recordings: Gospel Keepsakes includes a never-before-released version of one of the most popular hymns of the twentieth century, Williams classic I Saw the Light, as well as a previously unreleased version of the southern gospel standard Thirty Pieces of Silver.
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