Across
- 1. His mother, Lillie, was a church ______ (8)
- 4. Song: “I Saw the ______” (5)
- 6. Song: “Hey, Good ______” (6)
- 9. Hank’s son who became a country star himself (6)
- 11. Band he often performed with: The Drifting ______ (7)
- 13. Song: “Cold, Cold ______” (5)
- 14. Song: “Half as Much” was later covered by ______ Clooney (8)
- 16. Song: “Jambalaya (On the ______)” (5)
- 17. Song: “Wedding Bells” laments lost ______ (4)
- 19. Alter ego used for moralistic recitations: Luke the ______ (7)
- 21. “Kaw‑Liga” tells of a wooden ______ (6)
- 22. Born Hiram King Williams in this U.S. state (7)
- 23. Song: “Your ______ Heart” (7)
- 24. Song: “Settin’ the ______ Afire” (5)
- 25. Song: “Move It On ______” (4)
- 26. Song: “Mind Your Own ______” (8)
- 27. Hank’s resting place: Oakwood Annex ______, Montgomery, Alabama (9)
Down
- 2. City where Hank gained fame on the Louisiana Hayride radio program (10)
- 3. Place of death in 1953: Oak ______, West Virginia (4)
- 5. Instrument he most often played (6)
- 7. Hank’s first wife, married in 1944 (6)
- 8. Song: “Lost ______ Blues” (7)
- 10. Song: “I’m So ______ I Could Cry” (8)
- 12. Hank’s famous nickname: “The Hillbilly ______” (11)
- 15. Song: “I’ll Never Get Out of This ______ Alive” (5)
- 16. Hank’s second wife, married in 1952 (6)
- 18. His father, Lon, worked as a locomotive ______ (8)
- 20. His breakout hit in 1949: “Lovesick ______” (5)
- 23. Hank’s career helped transform “hillbilly” music into modern ______ music (7)
- 28. Record label that signed him in 1947 (3)
