Sneezy Waters, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sneezy Waters

Canadian singer

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Profession: singer-songwriter

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Sneezy Waters

  • Sneezy Waters (born Peter Hodgson on March 1, 1945) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and guitar player who is best known for his portrayal of Hank Williams Sr.
  • in the play and film Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.
  • The play portrays an 'imaginary concert' that the legendary US country singer might have given New Year's Eve 1952 in Canton, Ohio, had he not died en route.
  • It was premiered in November 1977 at the Beacon Arms Hotel, Ottawa, and then presented on tour throughout Canada and in the USA until 1982.
  • It was also staged at the O Kanada cultural exhibition in Berlin in 1983.
  • Waters gave some 300 stage performances as Williams, and also appeared in the film adaptation of the show, a made-for-Canadian-TV-movie that first aired 31 December 1980.He began performing in Ottawa coffeehouses in his late teens and was a member of several local rock bands, including The Children (which included Bruce Cockburn) and A Rosewood Daydream, appearing with the latter at Expo '70, in Osaka, Japan.
  • Taking the stage name Sneezy Waters he performed during the 1970s as a street musician in Ottawa and appeared as a soloist and with his Excellent Band at folk festivals and nightclubs elsewhere in the country.

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