Hank Williams may be the most influential artist in country music history. Nearly every artist who came after him was influenced by him either directly or indirectly. In other words, if one could do a ...

Waylon Jennings once called Hank Williams (1923-1953) an “outlaw hero,” and someone he measured himself against as an artist. “If I had an outlaw hero,” said Jennings, “someone to set my standard and ...