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 ...

This Hank Williams Jr. deep cut from the 1979 album Family Tradition deserves more love. It’s one of Williams’ bluesiest tracks, but it doesn’t lose that country/honky tonk energy that he’s known for.

Hank Williams Jr. took a liking to Parton's 1967 song and recorded his own version on his album 'My Own Way' that same year.

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 ...

On Jan. 3, 1953, the Montgomery Advertiser wrote the following about Hank Williams, who had died two days earlier during a car trip to Canton, Ohio: “He was racked by physical and emotional ...