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 ...

These days, Hank Williams is enshrined as the poet of country music, the man who established the classic modern country music myth and body of work: a spangled, grimly grinning performer who sang ...

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 ...

And it was an experience with his ghost that inspired David Allan Coe ‘s 1983 classic “The Ride.” ...

Seventy-eight years ago today, Hank Williams walked into Castle Studio to record a now-forgotten country classic.

Hank Williams was born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, Alabama, to a family of strawberry farmers and log company workers, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In addition to growing up in ...

Thirty-two years is a long time, especially in the music business. Hank Williams, the first superstar of country music, lived only 29 years. His famous son, Hank Williams Jr., headlined at the ...