Win A Copy of “The Last Ride,” A Story of Hank Williams
The Last Ride, a movie depicting the final days of Hank Williams, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 6th through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, but you can win a copy right here on Saving Country Music by leaving the name of your favorite Hank Williams song in the comments section below.
Starring Henry Thomas (the kid from ET), Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory), Jesse James, Fred Dalton Thompson, and Fred Tolobowsky, The Last Ride follows the last 72 hours of Hank’s life as he rode in the back his 1951 powder blue Cadillac convertible. It is the powerful tale of country music’s original bad boy. The man, the myth and the music come together when Williams travels from Alabama to a series of New Year’s shows in West Virginia and Ohio. This remarkable journey leads straight into the heart and soul of the legendary performer…as he takes one last shot at redemption.
Fans of Hank Williams have waited patiently for news of when the movie would be available to the public since 2011 when information about the film first began to surface. Last year the movie saw a limited theatrical release in 15 select cities, but the new Blu-ray/DVD release will be the first time the film is made available to everyone. The soundtrack for the movie featuring 22 Hank songs sung by various artists was released on June 19th, 2012.
Saving Country Music will give away two exclusive copies of the movie to randomly selected readers who leave a comment below with their favorite Hank Williams song. And if you can’t list just one, list as many as you want! Make sure you sign in to the comments section with your REAL email address so we can contact you if you’re the winner!
****UPDATE****UPDATE****UPDATE****UPDATE****
(6-3-2012) – Congratulations to Adam Hook and Doombuggy, both of which were randomly-selected to receive copies of The Last Ride. Thanks to everyone who participated, and keep an eye out for a review of the movie coming soon from Saving Country Music!
May 29, 2013 @ 8:58 am
Just about every song he ever wrote/sung.. But if I had to chose one it would be I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
July 15, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
Eric, I writing you (since you’re the last post) about a song in the movie. When Hank makes a stop for a meal he meets some old-timers pickin’ around the heater.. One man sang a song with the words: “trouble leave me alone.” I can’t find it anywhere except the movie. Can you help me out? My email is “tresgatos@rocketmail.com. Thank you.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:00 am
Howlin’ at the moon
May 29, 2013 @ 9:02 am
It’s a dam shame we can only list one!
May 29, 2013 @ 9:03 am
Then list as many as you want! Most important thing is you list something to make you eligible!
May 29, 2013 @ 9:12 am
Pan American has to be there. Cheers!
May 29, 2013 @ 9:02 am
A PICTURE FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE
May 29, 2013 @ 9:03 am
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
May 29, 2013 @ 9:03 am
I love em all but “Long Gone Lonesome blues” always hits the spot for me.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:05 am
“i’ll never get out of this world alive”
http://i.imgur.com/boqnbUY.jpg
May 29, 2013 @ 9:05 am
I’m so lonesome I could cry.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:06 am
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
May 29, 2013 @ 9:07 am
You Win Again
May 29, 2013 @ 9:07 am
The first fall of snow, one of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:08 am
Lost Highway.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:08 am
I’d have to say ” I Can’t Escape From You.”
May 29, 2013 @ 9:11 am
hmm. probably Alone and Forsaken.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:11 am
Lost Highway
I”™ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
May 29, 2013 @ 9:13 am
I love Kaw-Liga. Lovesick Blues is a favorite too.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:13 am
Ramblin’ Man
May 29, 2013 @ 9:18 am
my favorite hank song is “alone and forsaken” just because its so great but my favorite to sing is “howlin’ at the moon”
May 29, 2013 @ 9:21 am
“Singing Waterfall” – easily my fave.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:22 am
Absolutely without a doubt my favorite Hank Williams song is “Lovesick Blues” 🙂
May 29, 2013 @ 9:23 am
Settin the woods on fire !
May 29, 2013 @ 9:29 am
Cool Water, Lonesome Whistle, Settin’ The Woods on Fire and I will stop there for now.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:29 am
Hey Good Lookin
May 29, 2013 @ 9:29 am
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
May 29, 2013 @ 9:31 am
Lost Highway. Always.
May 29, 2013 @ 11:01 am
Its a shame I had to scroll so far to see a a comment nominating lost highway. Best hank song, and to me, its top 5 country songs ever. Songs are inherently written for entertainment, but this song felt more like Hank singing a self confessing song about his fast-paced, self-destructing lifestyle then singing for a crowd.
May 29, 2013 @ 9:32 am
Long Gone Lonesone Blues
May 29, 2013 @ 9:41 am
Just one? Ramblin’ Man!
May 29, 2013 @ 9:42 am
I’m so lonseome I could cry
May 29, 2013 @ 9:46 am
“I Saw the Light”
May 29, 2013 @ 9:46 am
The Devil’s Train
May 29, 2013 @ 9:47 am
Cold, Cold Heart
May 29, 2013 @ 9:49 am
Ill be damned if I’ll narrow it down to just one song!!! Top three:
Rambling man
Alone and forsaken
Lost highway
May 29, 2013 @ 9:56 am
A House Without Love
May 29, 2013 @ 9:56 am
Lost Highway or I can’t help it if I’m still in love with you
May 29, 2013 @ 9:57 am
Alone and Foresaken
May 29, 2013 @ 10:05 am
Long Gone Daddy
May 29, 2013 @ 10:07 am
I”™m So Lonesome I Could Cry
May 29, 2013 @ 10:09 am
Crazy Heart. (with Your Cheatin’ Heart as the runner up…)
May 29, 2013 @ 10:16 am
I live in Natchez, Ms., and we have more of a New Orleans culture than a Mississippi culture so I’m going with “Jambalaya”
May 29, 2013 @ 10:18 am
“Hey Good Looking”
I play Honky Tonk, and cover a few Hank Sr. songs in the mix. But I always play and sing this song, dedicated to wonderful woman who is now my fiance, every time I play on stage now. Actually, it was the song I used to propose to her. Thanks, Hank! She said YES!
May 29, 2013 @ 10:22 am
You Win Again
May 29, 2013 @ 10:23 am
probably ramblin’ man, followed closely by lost highway and jambalaya
May 29, 2013 @ 10:25 am
Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
May 29, 2013 @ 10:26 am
“Your Cheatin’ Heart”
Because, as Moe Bandy sang, “you wrote Your Cheatin’ Heart about a gal like my first ex-wife”
May 29, 2013 @ 10:30 am
I could probably list about 20, but if I had to pick it would be between Mansion on the Hill, Cold, Cold Heart, and Your Cheatin’ Heart
May 29, 2013 @ 10:43 am
Lost Highway
May 29, 2013 @ 10:54 am
Honky Tonkin
May 29, 2013 @ 11:14 am
Honky Tonkin’ is my favorite too…best jukebox song ever.
May 29, 2013 @ 10:55 am
“Lost Highway”
May 29, 2013 @ 10:55 am
alone and forsaken, help me understand, the funeral,angel of death, men with broken hearts, lost highway, buckets got a hole in it, and everythings ok
May 29, 2013 @ 10:56 am
Lost highway
May 29, 2013 @ 10:58 am
Louvin Hank!
May 29, 2013 @ 10:59 am
Lost Highway
May 29, 2013 @ 11:05 am
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
http://youtu.be/Lw7BSwyNF20
May 29, 2013 @ 11:08 am
Listing 1 hank Williams song is like only having 1 drink out a full bottle of whiskey.
You’re gonna change (or I’m gonna leave)
Alone and forsaken
My sweet love ain’t around.
I’ll stop there but under protest. Don’t care if I’m disqualified. I still get to listen to Hank Williams.
May 29, 2013 @ 11:13 am
List as many as you want! Just must list at least one to enter the contest!
May 29, 2013 @ 11:08 am
Kawliga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29, 2013 @ 11:14 am
Lovesick blues
May 29, 2013 @ 11:21 am
Six More Miles (To the Graveyard).
May 29, 2013 @ 11:26 am
I know it’s redundant, but “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” is one of, if not THE greatest country songs ever written.
May 29, 2013 @ 11:26 am
A tie between “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.”
I’ve been a huge Hank Williams fan, ever since I was a little kid, and I’ll love his music for all of my days.
May 29, 2013 @ 11:31 am
Weary Blues From Waitin’
May 29, 2013 @ 11:42 am
Weary Blues from Waitin
Lonesome Whistle
May 29, 2013 @ 11:44 am
Ramblin’ Man!
I’ll never get sick of it.
May 29, 2013 @ 11:47 am
I’d have to see either Lost Highway or I’ll Never Get Outta this World Alive
May 29, 2013 @ 11:54 am
I saw the light
May 29, 2013 @ 11:57 am
i am so lonesome i could cry
May 29, 2013 @ 12:10 pm
“I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)”……makes me think of my favorite movie “The Last Picture.
May 29, 2013 @ 12:13 pm
Something about “The Angel of Death”….just such a haunting tone to that song. I really like it. Can’t forget about the usual ones like Why don’t you love me, Long gone daddy, So Lonesome, Moanin’ the blues, and lost Highway. Oh and Bachelor till I die..Love that song!
May 29, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
……sorry, I’m an Internet Dummy….”The Last Picture Show” !!
May 29, 2013 @ 12:15 pm
You Win Again
May 29, 2013 @ 12:15 pm
Lovesick Blues
May 29, 2013 @ 12:18 pm
” My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It” and “Kaw-Liga”
May 29, 2013 @ 12:25 pm
Hey Good Lookin’
May 29, 2013 @ 12:27 pm
Lost highway and angel of death, among many others.
May 29, 2013 @ 12:28 pm
Luke the drifter half as much homesick blues dear John lost highway and there’s many more but cant think of them at the moment
May 29, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
“Kaw-Liga” would be the story of my young life almost to a T, that would be my favorite. And scratching in a close second is “Your Cheating Heart”
May 29, 2013 @ 12:42 pm
Fly Trouble.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9ThqMbheImc#!
May 29, 2013 @ 12:54 pm
Ramblin’ Man
May 29, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
May 29, 2013 @ 1:10 pm
“Hey Good Lookin” and “Settin The Woods On Fire”
May 29, 2013 @ 1:19 pm
Jambalaya (On The Bayou), Your Cheatin’ Heart and I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry!
May 29, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
Six More Miles (To The Graveyard) !
May 29, 2013 @ 1:37 pm
Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door)
May 29, 2013 @ 1:38 pm
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
May 29, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
Long Gone Lonesone Blues
May 29, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
decisions decisions
Oh well, just to get entered, I’ll say “Your Cheatin’ Heart”, though I could add quite a few more
May 29, 2013 @ 3:09 pm
Cold Cold Heart
May 29, 2013 @ 3:30 pm
So hard to choose just one, but for today I’ll go with “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle”
May 29, 2013 @ 3:50 pm
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
May 29, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
No Not Now is probably my favorite. I laughed out loud the first time I heard it.
May 29, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
Scratch that, I Saw the Light is my favorite because my grandpa used to play it all the time before he passed.
May 29, 2013 @ 4:06 pm
Kawliga, long gone lonesome blues, your cheating heart, cool water, so many country classics!
May 29, 2013 @ 4:24 pm
I love Cold, Cold Heart and I’m So Lonesome I could cry!
May 29, 2013 @ 4:35 pm
Kawliga for the story of the indian maiden, Move It On Over for being the first rock and roll song, and My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It just cause it’s a fun song.
May 29, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
Top 2 Faves but too many to list… 🙂
Lovesick Blues
Moanin’ the blues
Honkytonk Blues
Long gone daddy
Ramblin’ man
Jambalaya
Men with broken hearts
You win again
Kaw-liga
Half as much
Rootie tootie
Be careful of the stones you throw
I could list a lot more but there Trigger, you have more than one song. 🙂
May 29, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
Oh and I must say that there are few things that melt my heart quite like famous (Hank moan) <3 HAHA!
May 29, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
Alone and Forsaken, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Too many to choose from!
May 29, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
Won’t You Sometimes Think Of Me
May 29, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
Alone And Forsaken
You Win Again
I Saw The Light
Ramblin’ Man
May 29, 2013 @ 6:14 pm
Mansion on the Hill
May 29, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
You Win Again
May 29, 2013 @ 6:55 pm
I Saw the Light
Angel of Death
Pictures from Life’s Other Side (as Luke the Drifter)
Honky Tonk Blues
Lovesick Blues
Alone and Forsaken
May 29, 2013 @ 6:59 pm
“Pictures From Life’s Other Side”
May 29, 2013 @ 7:27 pm
Honky Tonk Blues
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)