From Hank Williams’ Movie ‘The Last Ride’, more pictures

I’m not sure what’s going on with this new Hank Williams’ biopic called ‘The Last Ride’ which was being filmed recently in Arkansas. But here’s a photo of one of the stars Kaley Cuoco. And here’s  another shot of Henry Thomas who stars as Hank Williams. I’ve heard some comments from some people who aren’t [...]

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Shreveport memories of Hank Williams

A final newspaper article on Hank Williams’ Pulitzer Prize honor. In this one, the citation from the Columbia University Pulitzer committee, is nicely linked with the memories of Bob Sullivan who knew Hank Williams during his days at the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport. I’ve often wondered who coined the phrase “Hillbilly Shakespeare”, which is revived [...]

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Nice comment on Hank’s singing style

The rush of news and comment in the media on Hank Williams’ Pulitzer Prize is starting to slow down. But I wanted to bring you at least one more comment, this time from the Martinez News Gazette in California. This article has the clever title of ‘Melting the Pulitizer’s cold, cold heart’, and is written [...]

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Hank’s Pulitzer: More brilliant commentary

It’s been a little slow to develop but the commentary on Hank Williams’ Pulitzer is bringing out some great writing about Hank in the media. I’m jealous of ability and the insights I’m seeing. Here a comment from JP G at ‘Satire on the Rocks’, a blog. If the Wisdom of the Ages had an [...]

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More on Hank’s Pulitzer

Hank Williams is hitting the big time on Wall Street. Well not exactly bringing down the billions on worthless commercial paper and the multi million dollar paycheques,  but getting a nice write up in the Wall Street Journal of all places. Hey they’ve got hearts after all! I especially like the clever play on the [...]

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Why is Hank Williams’ stature continuing to grow?

Sometimes when you’re listening to Hank Williams sing, you are taken to another place. Whether one of his own songs, or a traditional hymn, or someone else’s composition, something happens.You are engulfed with an overwhelming pall of understanding that you are in the presence of an artist who is exploring human experience and emotion at [...]

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Hank’s Pulitzer: Best news report

The special Pulitzer Prize Citation celebrating the life’s work, craftmanship, and profound cultural importance of Hank Williams has received publicity around the world.  Virtually all of the news and comment has been positive. This is just a quick post to bring to your attention what I think is one of the best articles I’ve seen. [...]

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Hank Williams wins Pulitzer Prize from Columbia University

I’ll have more on this later of course. Once again a wonderful miraculous day for Hank Williams, a day to bring tears to the eyes of those of us who have always believed in the artistic stature of Hank Williams. Thanks to Marvin Kaplansky for an early tip on this. Here is the first part of [...]

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New film of Hank Williams performing discovered

Film of Hank Williams and other early fifties country stars has been discovered in San Diego California. Thanks to Marvin Kaplansky for the heads up on this release on UPI and story at Country Standard Time. This is a tremendous find. It has always been a strange twist of history that although Hank Williams lived [...]

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Photos of ‘The Last Ride’ shooting in Little Rock

We have some photos  from ‘The Last Ride’, the new Hank Williams movie  shooting in Little Rock Arkansas.These are from Dennis Oxley who acted as an extra in the scene, along with Becky Alexander who posted a comment earlier. These are scenes involving extras and a photo of the Cadillac used in the movie shoot. [...]

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