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Hank Williams Estate Makes Over 200 Live Recordings Available

Amy Sciarretto — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:00:30 +0000

2013 marks 90 years since the birth of country legend Hank Williams and 60 years since his tragic death. While he didn't live to see 30, the indelible mark he left on the genre is indisputable. Now, the Hank Williams Estate, which is overseen by his children Jett and Hank Williams, Jr., is making over 200 live performance recordings available to movie houses, TV production companies and ad agencies.

Hank Williams Jr. 'Born to Boogie' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:01:52 +0000

From 1979 to 1990, our KLAW Classic Artist enjoyed a string of 30 Top Ten Singles and over 40 in his career. Randell Hank Williams, Jr. reached the number one spot 10 of those times. Hank Williams little boy, ‘Bocephus’ had the number one on this day 25 years ago today with ‘Born to Boogie’. [...]

Hank Williams, Jr.: President Obama Is 'the Worst'

Cory Stromblad — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:00:34 +0000

It’s not a big secret that Hank Williams, Jr. isn’t President Obama’s biggest fan. But in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the opinionated country singer really slammed the man inhabiting the White House, going as far as to call him “the worst.” “I mean, the guy is the worst,” Williams tells the magazine of [...]

Hank Williams Jr. Surprises Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood During 2011 CMA Awards Opening

Billy Dukes — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:44:16 +0000

The 2011 CMA Awards began with one of the best laughs and biggest surprises in recent years when Hank Williams Jr. crept up on Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, who were busy making fun of him and his ‘Monday Night Football’ scandal. The co-hosts went right after Bocephus, with a spoof of his hit song ‘Family Tradition.’

Hank Williams Jr. Tells 'Fox & Friends' and ESPN, 'I'll Keep My …"

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:26:38 +0000

The Obama-Hitler comparison made on ‘Fox & Friends’ by Hank Williams Jr. a while back forced ESPN to sack the singer’s opening theme song from Monday Night Football.

Now, according to sources who spoke with the Associated Press, the 62-year-old has fired back at both ESPN and ‘Fox & Friends’ in a new song titled ‘I’ll Keep My …,’ which he recorded in a Nashville studio on Friday.

Norah Jones, Bob Dylan and Others Collaborate on 'The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams' [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:31:37 +0000

Bob Dylan, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Norah Jones, Jack White and Sheryl Crow are just some of the performers who’ve recorded tracks for a new project entitled ‘The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.’

All were tasked with fleshing out and setting music to the words Williams wrote in old notebooks he carried with him — notebooks that sat in a vault for decades after the country legend’s death in 1953.