Radio and Roots Music along the Red River
by
Tracey E. W. Laird
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
On a Saturday night in 1948, Hank Williams stepped onto the stage of the Louisiana Hayride and sang "Lovesick Blues." Up to that point, Williams's yodeling style had been pigeon-holed as hillbilly music, cutting him off from the mainstream of popular music. Taking a chance on this untried artist,...