Born September 17, 1923, in Mount Olive, Alabama, Hank Williams was determined to be ... singing one of his first original songs called “WPA Blues”—writing the lyrics around the melody ...

If they get serious about making another “Blues Brothers” sequel, part of the job is done: Hank Williams just showed up with the soundtrack, an album titled “Rich White Honky Blues,” on ...

On an overcast April morning, Country Music Hall of Famer Hank ... Williams calls "Bobby Kid Rock and Little Kracker, my rebel sons" – about how much he enjoyed playing many of his blues ...

(AP) - Sometimes it's hard to tell who Hank ... Williams took his own rowdy blue-collar Southern rock sound to new heights, changing the sound of country music. His new record, 'œRich White Honky ...

Hank Williams Jr. says it was nothing but love that inspired the title of his new album, Rich White Honky Blues. Love, and a popular 1970s NBC sitcom. Rich White Honky Blues (June 17) is a ...

Hank Williams ... Music Hall of Fame. Williams married Audrey Mae Sheppard, his manager, in December 1944 and restarted the Drifting Cowboys after the war. "Lovesick Blues" was a hit in 1949 ...

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) -- Sometimes it's hard to tell who Hank Williams Jr. really is behind the dark sunglasses and the beard covering facial scars. How much of him is a persona — or a stage ...

Hank Williams Jr. poses in a recording studio on June 6, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn., to promote his new album "Rich White Honky Blues," under his alter ego Thunderhead Hawkins. The album shows the ...