Hit the Highway Top Ten: Lost Highway (#4)

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After a long morning I’m ready for lunch, a nap, and a song. Not necessarily in that order. For the song, here’s another one of the greats on my list of favorites with “highway” in the title. Lunch is good, and the nap will come later. #4: Lost Highway - Hank Williams This is one that you’ve probably “heard of,” if not heard. If “Life in the Fast Lane” is rock and roll’s theme song/motto, then “Lost Highway” is country’s motto. And then there’s Hank. Even people who have no clue about country music know who I mean when I say Hank. Lots of people named “Hank” in music and in the Hall of Fame, but let’s face it: there’s only one Hank. Even though he didn’t write this, his hit set the standard that many have tried — and failed — to reach. Lost Highway Written by Leon Payne Recorded by Hank Williams Released as a single, 1948 Neither good nor bad: