Hank Williams set many a music-biz template. He was a “rollin’ stone” before Mick Jagger, and a guitar rogue before Keith Richards. A singer/songwriter before Bob Dylan. A successful talent who couldn ...
In the late 1940s, Hank Williams had an idea that was way ahead of its time — a social media experiment of sorts. Apparently, someone had suggested to the 26-year-old rising country-western ...
Seventy-one years ago today, one of the most consequential songwriters in country music history died in Nashville.
About 10 years ago, I made a pilgrimage to the Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery, Ala., about an hour’s drive from Butler County—where the country-music legend was born 100 years ago—and where ...
An all-star set of practitioners of timeless country music — plus members of Hank Williams' family carrying on his creative vision — performed a stirring concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and ...
Hank Williams, Jr. scored one of his most career-defining hits with “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down),” which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Nov. 21, 1981. What’s the Story ...
This Hank Williams Jr. deep cut from the 1979 album Family Tradition deserves more love. It’s one of Williams’ bluesiest tracks, but it doesn’t lose that country/honky tonk energy that he’s known for.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will host a concert to commemorate Hank Williams’ 100th birthday, which was Sunday, September 17. The concert will be held at 3:30 p ...
Hank Williams' 100th birthday is Sept;. 17. To celebrate it, the Hank Williams Museum is bringing three concerts to the Davis Theatre on Sept. 15-17. Tickets to each concert day can be purchased ...