In the late 1940s, Hank Williams had an idea that was way ahead of its time — a social media experiment of sorts. Apparently, someone had suggested to the 26-year-old rising country-western ...

Seventy-one years ago today, one of the most consequential songwriters in country music history died in Nashville.

An all-star set of practitioners of timeless country music — plus members of Hank Williams' family carrying on his creative vision — performed a stirring concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame 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 who couldn ...

Hank Williams Jr. began his Country Music Hall of Fame acceptance speech by stating that he was glad the Medallion Ceremony wasn't scheduled for one day earlier, because he may not have shown up. He ...

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 ...

On this day, November 17, 1939, country music's most notorious artist took the stage for one of the first times at 16 years old.

About 10 years ago, I made a pilgrimage to the Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery, Ala., about an hour’s drive from Butler County—where the country-music legend was born 100 years ago—and where ...

It took 57 years from the release of his first single for Hank Williams Jr. to become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. His induction speech took less than two minutes. Williams, an avid ...

As a country mainstay with a healthy dose of outlaw rock 'n' roll in his delivery, Eric Church has always counted Hank Williams Jr. as a major influence. On Sunday (Nov. 21), the "Hell of a View" star ...

Kix Brooks has something to say. That’s not surprising, given that Brooks — a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and radio host — has been in the music business for about 40 years. For most of ...