Audrey Williams & Hank Williams.
Audrey was said to be the driving force behind Hank Williams’ success because of her cut-throat business skills, business management and booking. However, I think she was more a contributor to his success because of her whoreish ways and her inability to love Hank as much as he loved her.
If it wasn’t for her whoreish, cunty ways we may have never heard “Cold, Cold Heart” or “Your Cheating Heart”.
Hank married Audrey in 1944 and was divorced in 1952. Hank told her that “he would not live another year without her” if she left him. Hank died nine months later from heart failure due to drug abuse (pain killers for spina bifida) at age 29.
After Hank’s death Audrey turned to her son Randall Hank Williams, Jr to replace the income missed by Hank’s death. She dressed Hank Williams, Jr. up like his father and made him sing his songs to sold out auditoriums. People said that Audrey also dominated the life of Hank, Jr. which lead to their estrangement after Hank, Jr. turned 18 and decided to go his own way and do his own style of music.
Audrey died in 1975 bankrupt and addicted to alcohol an drugs.
