American Songwriter

4 Songs Hank Williams Wrote But Never Finished or Released

By the mid 2000s, one of Hank Williams' notebooks of unfinished songs was found and later recorded nearly 60 years after his ...
Whiskey Riff

David Allan Coe’s “The Ride” Was Written After The Ghost Of Hank Williams Visited Songwriter Gary Gentry

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

3 Hank Williams Covers by Three Outlaws of Country: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings (1960-2021)

Waylon Jennings once called Hank Williams (1923-1953) an “outlaw hero,” and someone he measured himself against as an artist. “If I had an outlaw hero,” said Jennings, “someone to set my standard and ...
Tennessean

Connie Francis' dalliance with country music and Nashville remembered after her death at 87

Legendary pop singer Connie Francis, known for hits like "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Vacation," died at 87. Francis recorded several albums in Nashville in the 1960s, working with producer Owen Bradley ...