Sneezy Waters

Sneezy Waters (born Peter Hodgson; March 1, 1945) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hank Williams Sr. in the play and film Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave. He also works as a stagehand at the National Arts Centre in his home town of Ottawa, Ontario.

Biography 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. The show toured throughout Canada and the United States, and was part of O Kanada, a Canadian cultural festival in Berlin. The movie version of the play garnered rave reviews. In 1984. Waters received the Best Actor Award in the 3rd Festival International du Film Musical in Grenoble, France, for his role as Hank Williams. The film was also nominated for the best country motion picture in the 19th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

He has been featured on many network radio and television shows including This Country in the Morning, The Entertainers, Variety Tonight, Let's Sing Out, The Family Brown Show, Café Hibou, Canada After Dark, The Bob McLean Show, Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show, Ninety Minutes Live, The Alan Thicke Show, The Tommy Hunter Show, The Twilight Zone ("Love Is Blind") and Super Country Superstars.

Sneezy Waters was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1997.

Discography 1975 Sneezy Waters, Robert Armes, Bent Stump String Band, John Allison (CBC Radio Canada – LM 423) (features four Sneezy recordings) 1978 You've Got Sawdust on the Floor of Your Heart (Sneezy Waters Records – SW5) 1981 Sneezy Waters Sings Hank Williams (Sawdust Records - SW6) (1999 CD release: Borealis Records BCD122) 1997 A Letter Home (Watershed Music – WM5) 2011 Sneezy Waters (sneezywaters.com) 2017 Sneezy Waters And His Very Fine Band LIVE (sneezywaters.com)