Howdy, Friends!
I read yesterday that the geniuses at the Pulitzer Foundation gave
Hank Williams (Sr.) a special Pulitzer Prize for composing songs that
helped popularize American country & western music globally.
Too bad he's been dead since 1953. Old Hank would have appreciated the
recognition, though. But he'd have just spent the money foolishly, I reckon.
So it's just as well he's not around anymore.
Maybe next time they could award a Pulitzer to a great composer who's
still alive, like Bob Dylan - who didn't even get a Grammy till 1998.
Or maybe give it to somebody who could use the cash, like Alex Chilton
(Box Tops/Big Star). Oops - too late - he's dead now too. Relative obscurity is a bitch, ain't it?
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