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Reinstate Hank Williams don't know if this has been posted b4, don't really care either. Just wanted to bring this to your attention and wanted to ask you all to sign this petition if you want to.
url >>> http://www.gopetition.com...liams.html grtz Kevin Reinstate Hank Williams
Created by Steven Riola on Feb 19, 2003 Category: Arts & Entertainment Region: GLOBAL Target: Steve Buchanan, President, Grand Ole' Opry Web site: http://www.hank3.com Description/History: This petition calls for the reinstatement of Opry legend, and country music star, Hank Williams. Fifty years have passed since the tragic and untimely death of country music's greatest performer, who made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry on June 11th, 1949. A few years later, in 1952, Hiram Hank Williams was asked to leave the Opry -- with the intention that he would sober up and make a return to the stage that he loved so much. Before he could make that return, he passed on, in the back seat of a car on the way to an Ohio show. It's now 2007, and Hank Williams has yet to be reinstated to the Opry. Hank Williams has been one of the most influential artists to ever record; changing the face of music, and the way that we view country music. Since his passing in 1953, he has posthumously achieved numerous rewards and achievements. In 1961, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and a few years later, he was added to the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars. In 1973, he was the recipient of the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. He received a Grammy for 'Your Cheatin' Heart' in 1983, and was then inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. That same year he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Life Magazine even ranked Hank Williams #1 on the 'Most Important People in Country Music' list. Within his short years with us on earth, he had 11 #1 singles, including 'Lovesick Blues,' 'Kaw-Liga,' as well as 25 other Top 10 Singles. We, the undersigned, feel that it is past due for Hank Williams' reinstatement to the Grand Ole Opry. Hank Williams was one of the most influential people to ever record or write music, and his untimely death made it impossible for his to 'redeem' himself in the Opry's eyes, but after 50 years we feel that his legacy has more than made up for any objections that the Opry may have had about his personal life. His lyrics and music helped create everything traditional country music became. Sincerely, The fans of Hank Williams, Sr. It was not in vain...it was in Minneapolis! | |
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This is all rather odd imo.
Hank Williams is probably the single most influential country music artist of all time, and has influenced artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash, as well as countless other country and country/rock artists. His songs, a number of which are classics of the 'great American Songbook' have been covered by everyone from Tony Bennett, Dinah Washington, Elvis to Cowboy Junkies. While I suspect the glory days of the Grand Ole Opry are deep in the past, it does strike me as quite petty and short-sighted for them not to reinstate so iconic an artist so long after his death, simply for some personal problems he had back then. I know some country fans have long memories, but it would probably be good PR for the Opry and the Hank estate for starters. In the words of one of Hank's greatest songs - I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream. Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart  | |
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