I - Saw The Light

Hank Williams was inspired to write the song in January 1947 while returning from a show in Fort Deposit, Alabama.

: While it wasn't an immediate hit, it became his signature closing number and a standard in country gospel. At a concert following his death on New Year's Day 1953, the crowd only believed he had passed when another performer led them in a final rendition of the song. The 2015 Film I Saw the Light

The movie I Saw the Light is a biopic that dramatizes Williams' life, starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank and Elizabeth Olsen as his first wife, Audrey. Hank Williams was inspired to write the song

: Williams was asleep in the backseat of a car while his mother, Lilly, was driving them back to Montgomery. was driving them back to Montgomery.