ContactMusic — The 1964 Pontiac Bonneville KID ROCK drives in his BORN FREE video was custom-made for country music icon HANK WILLIAMS, JR.The Michigan rocker now owns the one-of-a-kind motor, which was styled by tailor to the stars Nudie Cohn in 1968, after pickin... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Any Major Dude said... A HISTORY OF COUNTRY VOL. 6 - 1950/51 1. Eddie Kirk – Sugar Baby 2. Moon Mullican – I’ll Sail My Ship Alone 3. Cotton Thompson – How Long 4. Red Foley – Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy 5. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mr And Mis... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Four Steps From The Blues said... Since the early Seventies, Big Star has been near the top of the list of Pop bands. I bought their first album back then and was less than impressed. The songwriting was very good but the performance was less than aw... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ultra-deluxe collections from the likes of Elvis Presley, Miles Davis and Hank Williams are priced at up to $1,200. Retailers recognize they're not for the average fan. Ultra-deluxe collections from the likes of Elvis Presley, Miles Davis and Hank Wi... more info

ContactMusic — Country legend HANK WILLIAMS JR's daughter HILARY has recalled the moment she died after a near-fatal car accident in a heartbreaking new autobiography.The singer-songwriter's memoirs, Sign of Life, opens with her account of the 2006 accident, which ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — In 1951, Hank Williams and his band, The Drifting Cowboys, recorded a series of radio shows sponsored by Mother’s Best Flour. Recorded on fragile acetates, 72 of those shows have survived, and have now been cleaned up and swankily packaged as The C... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Current Sugarland members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush settled a lawsuit with the group’s founding member, Kristen Hall, who claims she was owed more than $14 million. Details of the settlement weren’t disclosed. NPR’s Meredith Ochs says ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — The Songwriter Agency opened in Nashville with the specific goal of booking hit songwriters into a variety of mainstream venues. Full roster here. The official count for Taylor Swift’s first week of sales for Speak Now is 1,047,000 copies. Only 16 ... more info

The Late Greats — Got three bits of music for you to throw back today. 1) John Francis’ sophomore album – The Better Angels” will be out next month (11.9).  John reminds me a little of Hank Williams I and III. The album was … Continue reading → more info

The 9513 Country Music — On Wednesday’s News Roundup, Brody highlighted a Washington Post review of a recent Hank Williams Jr. concert. In the article “Hank Williams Jr. flashes his own brand of charisma,” writer David Malitz thought Hank Jr.’s show seemed less about... more info