In September 1954, the city of Montgomery, Alabama, hosted a Hank Williams Memorial Day, celebrating what would have been the singer's thirty-first birthday. Williams had died on New Year's Day, 1953, and the world of country music was shaken by the…
Brian Turpen, author ofRamblin' Man: Short Stories from the Life of Hank Williams (2007), discusses Hank Williams with Darwin Lee Hill, December 14, 2010.