This day in music history.

January 2, 1997, Randy California (Spirit) was swimming with his family off the coast of Molokai, HI, when he and his 12-year-old son Quinn were caught in a riptide. Randy succeeded in pushing his son to shore, but he was swept out to sea, and his body was never recovered.
Natures Way by Spirit
It's nature's way of telling you something's wrong
It's nature's way of telling you in a song
It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong
It's nature's way of telling you, summer breeze
It's nature's way of telling you, dying trees
It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong
It's nature's way, it's nature's way
It's nature's way, it's nature's way
This day in music history.
January 1, 1953, Hank Williams plane flight was canceled because of a blizzard, An 18-year-old taxi driver (Charles Carr) was hired to drive Williams Cadillac to Canton, Ohio. Hank passed out in the back seat. A policeman who stopped the car for ignoring speed restrictions remarked, 'That guy looks dead'. Five hours later, Carr discovered that Hank was indeed dead. At the time of his death his latest hit working its way up the charts was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive."
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Hank Williams Now you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kind-a mad
I had lot's of luck but it's all been bad
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world a-live.
My fishin' pole's broke the creek is full of sand
My woman run away with another man
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
A distant uncle passed away and
left me quite a batch
And I was livin'g high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
I was only hatched.
Ev'rything's agin' me and it's got me down
If I jumped in the river I would prob'ly drown
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
Are full of holes and nails
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails.
I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow'
Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright no how
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.