artistsong
Crate record
Hank Williams
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
From the counter
Hank had it on record with the Drifting Cowboys long before Townes got to it, and Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan both took a turn too. Follow this one and you are walking the line Townes learned from.
Watch
▶[I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle [Acetate Version 27] [2019 - Remaster]Liner notes
First pulled by @ga-3501 · No. 0017, Oct 14, 2026.
Written by Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams.
Recorded earlier by Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys in 1951.
Also recorded by Johnny Cash (1957), Bob Dylan (1992), Don Gibson (1970), Porter Wagoner (1967).
From the regulars
No notes yet. Leave the first.
Threads through this record
Townes Van Zandt → Guy Clark
@ga-2095 · 5 cuts · 39 min ago
Townes Van Zandt → Willie Nelson
@ga-3501 · 4 cuts · 3 h ago
How you get here
Townes Van Zandt recorded "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle." Jimmie Davis is one writer on it. Who shares the credit with him?Hank Williams
Pull a thread from Hank Williams →
a knot from Townes Van Zandt · next: Hank Williams
or start at Townes Van Zandt on a different knot →
Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.