----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: [peeps-country-classics] Country Music--Hank Williams Jr.
> Hank Williams Jr. with his father's songs, voice and mannerisms. He > debuted on the Opry at age 11 and at 14 made his first hit record, a > rendition of his > father's "Long Gone Lonesome Blues." A year later, he sang all the songs > on the soundtrack of Your Cheatin' Heart, Hank Sr.'s film biography. In > his teens, > he learned piano from Jerry Lee Lewis, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show > and performed for crowds of 20,000 people. > > In 1969, he and Johnny Cash teamed up at Detroit's Cobo Hall for the > largest-grossing country show to date, and in 1970, Williams signed the > biggest recording > contract in the history of MGM Records. But as much as he loved his > father's legacy, he had grown weary of cloning his father and wanted to > pursue his > own musical identity. > > In the early 1970s, Williams adopted a Southern rock side, easily heard in > the 1975 album Hank Williams Jr. and Friends. That same year, he nearly > died > from falling off a Montana mountain and endured numerous surgeries to keep > him alive. After moving to a new record label in 1979, he issued his > signature > classic, "Family Tradition," which referenced his famous father and their > shared love for the wild side. He remained a staple of country music radio > in > the 1980s with hits like "Texas Women," "Dixie on My Mind," "All My Rowdy > Friends (Have Settled Down)," "A Country Boy Can Survive" and "Born to > Boogie." > He won the CMA's entertainer trophy in 1987 and 1988. In 1989, he won his > first (and only) Grammy for the duet with his father, "There's a Tear in > My Beer," > which borrowed Hank Sr.'s vocals from a vinyl record. > > When the radio hits slowed down in the 1990s, Williams found notoriety by > singing the opening theme for ABC's Monday Night Football. Alan Jackson > turned > Williams' song "The Blues Man" into a Top 40 hit in 2000. In 2006, he > released a single-disc hits album, That's How They Do It in Dixie: The > Essential > Collection. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Please Note; The standard For The People policy for all e-mail lists > prohibits personal attacks or inflammatory remarks. > To post material to this list send to; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Be sure to catch, The Rare Jewels of Country Music, at 10:00 M Eastern > every > Monday. > To change the status of this list, press Enter on the Appropriate choice > and > send a blank e-mail. > Set To no mail: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Return to normal status: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You will receive a confirmation of the change of status from Yahoo. > You may subscribe to any of our other lists by going to: > http://for-the-people.com > Click on the E-Mail link near the bottom of the page. You will find > subscription and unsubscription links for all our lists, as well as > descriptions of the focus for each list. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peeps-country-classics/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peeps-country-classics/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.33/678 - Release Date: 2/9/2007 > 4:06 PM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
