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Montgomery residents share key moments

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:58:12 GMT

In recognition of the city's 190th anniversary, the Montgomery Advertiser asked the following Montgomery residents to share historical moments or changes they may have witnessed.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser

Radio's tallest singing cowboy recorded with Hank Williams Sr.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:42:06 GMT

Dubbed "Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy," Bill Lister of Brady was 6 feet 7 inches at a time when that height was enough to keep you out of the military. But it couldn't keep him out of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band.
Source: Austin American-Statesman

Radio's tallest singing cowboy dies at age 86

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:49:17 GMT

W.E. “Big Bill” Lister had already been dubbed “Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy” and had performed in the inaugural San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, when he decided in 1951 he needed a beer-drinking song.
Source: San Antonio Express

Florida vs. Alabama in pop culture

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Clockwise from top left: Nat King Cole, Claude Jarman Jr. with Flag the Fawn in “The Yearling,” Ray Charles, Hank Williams Sr. , Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump and Jim Nabors.
Source: Gainesville Sun

Big Bill Lister, Who Rediscovered "There's a Tear in My Beer," Dies at 86

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:04:24 GMT

Big Bill Lister, a former member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys who later rediscovered a forgotten acetate recording of "There's a Tear in My Beer," died Tuesday (Dec. 1) in San Antonio. He was 86.
Source: CMT - Country Music News

Jeff Bridges Talks Jeff Bridges

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:11:00 GMT

For actor Jeff Bridges, whose career has already spanned five decades, Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart” was something of a homecoming and, the actor says, “a dream come true.” Bridges stars in the film as Bad Blake, a ramblin’ country-western singer who...
Source: Rotten Tomatoes

We All Applauded!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:47:09 GMT

We all applauded when the old man finished playing his guitar solo for us. None of the band members would play with him. They thought an old man like that wouldn't be able to play or at least not very well.
Source: Associated Content

PHOTO CALL: Baby It's You! at Pasadena Playhouse

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:39:21 GMT

Written by Colin Escott (Grammy for "The Complete Hank Williams," and author of Broadway-bound Million Dollar Quartet) and Floyd Mutrux (Million Dollar Quartet), the new pop-filled show is directed by Mutrux.
Source: Playbill

Hank Williams Jr. & Friends - That's How They Do It In Dixie

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:18:11 GMT

Quoted in 'Fans of music and movies reflect on decade'

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:32:15 GMT

said in KansasCity.com:

When I was little, hearing my grandmother play the piano when we visited her really fueled my love for music. I had wonderful teachers with obvious passion for music. In high school I was in the band and played the clarinet. And my parents played lots of music in our home while my sisters and I were growing up. Everything from Trini Lopez to Bobbie Gentry to Strauss to Hank Williams Sr.

Quoted in 'Best of What's Next: Nathan Moore'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:31:33 GMT

said in Pate Magazine:

When I read Rimbaud or Bukowski, or listen to Woody Guthrie or Hank Williams, I see them all in this long continuum of art and craft that has been going on since we first came up with language ... I have always felt an intense relationship and lineage to that history.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:20:43 GMT

Gloria Estefan, left, and Hank Williams Jr. tape the new opening segment for ESPN's Monday Night Football in Nashville, Tenn. , Monday, June 22, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:47:39 GMT

Gloria Estefan, left, and Hank Williams Jr. tape the new opening segment for ESPN's Monday Night Football in Nashville, Tenn. , Monday, June 22, 2009.