Hank Williams wrote some of the most enduring songs in American music before dying at twenty-nine in 1953. The bluegrass repertoire claimed many of them. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” became one of the genre’s defining lonesome songs. “Jambalaya” stayed in the country side but pickers adopted it. “I Saw the Light” turned into a bluegrass gospel standard via Bill Monroe and others. “House of Gold,” “You Win Again,” “Move It on Over” round out the set. Nine songs Hank wrote or co-wrote that bluegrass bands still play.

Each song’s page on Picker’s Guide has chord charts, lyrics, recordings, and song history.