News & Updates — Hank Williams
Hank Williams / Sept 17, 1923 - Jan 1, 1953
One of my very favorites of the honky/cracker artists, country music star Hank Williams had a soulful delivery and wrote some lasting classics. He came from Alabama and got his guitar lessons from a black street performer named Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne before getting his professional start in Montgomery in '37. He started out on the radio before signing a recording contract with MGM. He became very popular and was part of the Grand Ole Opry for a brief period and made some television appearances. He developed bad addictions to booze & painkillers (he was born with spinal problems) and...