Mother Is Gone Explained

Mother Is Gone
Type:single
Artist:Hank Williams
B-Side:Message to My Mother
Released:1955
Recorded:1946 or 1948
Genre:Country, Gospel
Label:MGM Records

"Mother Is Gone" is a song by Hank Williams. It had appeared in Williams' song folio in 1946[1] and was released as a posthumous single by MGM Records in 1955. The narrator in the song laments the passing of his mother, one of several compositions that Williams wrote containing a maternal theme that was likely influenced by Roy Acuff and other singers who recorded similar songs. The original recording was a demo Williams made for publishing company Acuff-Rose sometime between 1946 and 1949.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Escott, Colin . Colin Escott . Hank Williams: The Biography . Back Bay . 2004 . 0-316-73497-7 . 318.
  2. Book: Escott, Colin . Hank Williams: The Biography . Back Bay . 2004 . 0-316-73497-7 . 328.