I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ~ ~ ~ Gene Gamble Jr

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ~ ~ ~ Gene Gamble Jr
Cover as recorded by: Hank Williams
Songwriter: Hank Williams
Gene Gamble Jr ~ Singer/Songwriter 1976-2024
Recorded audio in 1997 revised in 2024 with Music Maker loop tracks
Audio & video 10-22-2024 produced by McCarty Ln Studio, Rochester, IN

Vocals/Guitar by Gene Gamble Jr
Shure Beta 58 Microphone
Fender Acoustic Guitar Model F-220SB
Dean Markley ProMag SC-1 Acoustic Pickup
Dean Markley strings light gauge
Fostex Multi-Tracker Recorder (4)
Pioneer CT-W504R Stereo Cassette Player/Recorder
Windows Media Digital Conversion
MAGIX Music Maker 17 Studio
steel guitar, 2 guitar rhythm tracks, banjo, bass guitar mixes
MAGIX Sound Forge Audio Studio 17 (Editing & Mixing)
YouTube Movie Maker 13

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song has been covered by a wide range of musicians.

Various writers quoted Williams as saying he wrote the song originally intending the words be spoken rather than sung, as he had done on several of his Luke the Drifter recordings. According to Colin Escott's 2004 book: Hank Williams: A Biography, the inspiration for the song came from the title to a different song Williams spotted on a list of forthcoming MGM record releases.

The song was recorded on August 30, 1949, at Herzog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Williams was backed by members of the Pleasant Valley Boys: Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar) and Louis Innis (rhythm guitar), as well as Tommy Jackson (fiddle) and Ernie Newton (bass).