Happy Bithday Hank Williams Sr.
I’m in Nashville for the Americana Music Association Conference which starts full steam tomorrow so today I had time to stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to check out their new…
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Hank Williams pedal player Don Helms dies
From Country Standard Time: Don Helms, pedal steel guitarist for Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys, died this morning at 81. He is featured on more than 100 Williams recordings. Helms played a lap steel (also known…
Hanks Williams at the Opry
60 years ago in this day, June 11th 1949, Hank Sr. made his famous debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He sang his hit Lovesick Blues and received a record number of ovations and encores,…
Justin Townes Earle Live Cuts at Hearya.com
Hearya.com has posted four great live cuts from Justin Townes Earle. The cuts are “Lone Pine Hill,” “Who Am I To Say,” “Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me” and “Turn Out My Lights.” The…
Country Music Hall of Fame to Present the Williams Family Legacy
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will present an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a great American musical dynasty in Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Co-Presented by SunTrust and Ford Motor Company, a…
Hank Williams lyrics sell for $145,000
New York City’ – Christie’s November 30 sale of rock and pop memorabilia at totaled $864,938 and was sold 95 percent by value and 87 percent by lot. The top lot was Hank Williams’ notebook…
RIP Hank Williams
55 years ago, at 3 am Eastern Standard Time, on a cold road somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Oak Hill, West Virginia, the King of Country music, Hank Williams died in the back of a…
Hank Williams Fans in Montgomery, Alabama for New Years Eve.
Sometime between New Years Eve 1952 and New Years Day 1953 Hank Williams Sr, died in the back of his new cadillac as a hired a chauffeur was taking him to a scheduled show on…
More Big Label Idiocy
How stupid do the major labels think their customers are? The Wall Street Journal‘s front page detailed a plan to deceive customers by passing off a signed talent, a 24-year-old singer and guitarist named Marié…