“The Treasures Of Hank Williams” includes about 2,000 ... But perhaps most interesting are the handwritten lyrics of some of his songs: “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “I Saw The Light ...

Seventy-six years ago today, country legend Hank Williams made his Grand Ole Opry debut and performed one of his biggest hits.

For Hank Williams Jr., the struggle to hold his own in the country music world was stretched over years of imitation before finally breaking the barrier and becoming a star in his own right.

Since I like a lot of the music from that era, I decided to look a little deeper — and felt surprised to learn there were claims he wrote the Hank Williams classic songs, "I'm So Lonesome I ...

The songs that made Hank Williams, Jr., a Country Music Hall of Famer are just part of the conversation. The songs that kept him out for so long deserve as much consideration. Not that any should ...

Hank Williams, who was inducted as one of the first artists into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961, stands tall as one of country music’s giants. The Alabama native was more than just a ...

By the late 70s, Hank Jr. was cranking out hits left and right. Songs like Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I think it’s extraordinary in the fact that he’s been dead for 70 years, and his music is alive and well today around the world,” said Hank’s daughter, Jett Williams. “My dad has ...

Even so, she knows Hank Williams’ hillbilly singing voice, every recorded tone and inflection. She knows his music, and the stories behind the songs. “The author of ‘Lovesick Blues’ is ...