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{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs40 The Band "New Vision"\par \par } rtf58x  KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs28 Ricky Fitzgerald\par } rtf59x  KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs28 Terry Smith\par } rtf60[ KKpTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\f0\fs28 MUSEM HISTORY\par \par \b0 The history of the building in which the museum is housed, and where Hank lived dates back to 1903. It is also named on Alabama Heritage & Landmarks List.\par \par } rtf61{.\ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs28 MUSEUM CURATORS\par \par Margaret Gaston\par Leonna Simmons\par } geo59y^D KKrtf63& K? 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He died in the back seat of his Cadillac, while being chauffeured by Charles Carr of Montgomery, AL. He was scheduled to appear in Charleston, West Virginia and Canton, Ohio the following two nights.\par His actual death was somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Oak Hill.\par Hank's last record release before his death was, \ldblquote I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive.\rdblquote\par After his death many northern newspapers referred to him as a \ldblquote hillbilly star.\rdblquote\par Maybe it was because he wore cowboy boots and hat, and was from Alabama. For certain, he was not a polished, social person. His life was filled with sorrows, sadness, and many other emotions.\par But his words were pure and straight from the heart, like these verses he wrote for his wife Audrey after she left him for the last time. It was all from the heart.\par \par We met we lived and dear we loved\par Then came that fatal day\par The love that we felt so dear\par Fade far away\par Tonight we both are alone\par And here all that I can say\par I hope you still and always will\par But that's the price we have to pay\par \par Elonzo (Lonnie) Huble Williams and Jessie Lilybelle Skipper were married in 1916. Lonnie served in France during World War I. After his discharge, the family settled in Butler County, and began farming. A late freeze in 1920, forced the family to move a few miles south near Georgiana.\par Between 1920 and 1921, the couple's first son, Ernest Huble, was born, but he had a digestive problem and died.\par The couple's second child, Irene, was born on August 8, 1922. \par The following year, on Sept. 17, 1923, Hiram (Hank) Williams was born in a small house near Mount Olive, Alabama.\par Lonnie Williams was employed by W. T. Smith Lumber Co., but somewhere between 1929 and 1930, Lon left the family and went to the Veterans Administration hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.\par Supposedly, an injury he had received during the war began to bother him, and he experienced a lot of pain in his face and jaw. Eventually his mouth became so paralyzed that he was unable to speak. His face was motionless.\par While Lonnie was in the hospital, Lillie took the two children and household belongings and moved to a house at 127 Rose Street in Georgiana. After a few years, she moved the family to Greenville, and then on to Montgomery. During this time, the family received Lonnie's disability check.\par According to an article by Steve Maze in the March 1999 issue of Yesterday's Memories, one day Lonnie was sitting in his hospital bed when something \ldblquote exploded\rdblquote in his head. Blood began pouring from his ears, nose, and mouth.\par It was an aneurysm in his brain that had ruptured, but instead of killing him, he made a remarkable recovery. The paralysis disappeared from his face and he was able to speak again.\par Lonnie thought he would return to his family, but his former wife, Lillie had other ideas. She practically threw him and his clothes out the door when he tried to move in with them in Montgomery. Lonnie moved to McWilliams, Alabama, and Hank would either hitchhike, or ride a bus to visit him. \par It was when Lillie had moved the family to the house in Georgiana that Hank became serious about singing. One of his first tutors was a Negro, named \ldblquote Tee-Tot,\rdblquote who lived just outside Georgiana.\par In an interview with Ralph Gleason of the San Francisco Chronicle, before his death, Hank said: \ldblquote I been singing ever since I can remember. My mother was an organist in Mount Olive, Alabama, and my earliest memory is sittin' on that organ stool by her and hollerin'. I must have been five, six years old and louder'n anybody. I learned to play guitar from an old colored man. He was named Tee-Tot, and he played in a colored street band. I was shinin' shoes, sellin' newspapers, and followin' this old Negro around to get him to teach me to play the guitar. I'd give him fifteen cents or whatever I could get hold of for a lesson. When I was about eight years old, I got my first guitar. It was a second hand one that my mother bought for me for $3.50.\rdblquote\par The house in Georgiana was a raised cottage and Hank would sit under it playing his guitar and singing. Since it was right next to the L&N Railroad tracks, it is here that he first learned to write and play the lonesome songs he would later become famous for. \par Hank was 13 when Lillie moved the family into a large boarding house in Montgomery. During the weekends, and when they were not in school, Lillie would roast peanuts, and Hank and Irene would sell them on the downtown streets.\par One of Hank's favorite spots was in front of radio station WSFA. He would set up shop and sell whatever his mother had prepared for him. In addition, he shined shoes, and played his guitar to whoever would listen. Soon he was being brought into the studio to perform.\par His earliest performances on WSFA was in late 1937 or early 1938. By 1941, he had his own radio show.\par Braxton Schufert was one of the early radio entertainers. In addition to playing a guitar and singing, Schufert delivered meat for Hormel.\par \ldblquote He was just a thin kid when I first met him, no more than 15,\rdblquote Schufert said in a 2005 interview. \ldblquote He was always playing his guitar. His voice wasn't like a teenage boy, it sounded more like a man's. His music wasn't polished, he just sang straight notes. He knew how to play, but he took a liking to me, and pretty soon, I was giving him some tips and he began to play more and more.\par \ldblquote Hank was still in school when he met Hezzy Adair. Hezzy lived with his father. His mother was dead. Hezzy could play a mouth harp and guitar.\par \ldblquote The first few times we played together, it was Hezzy, Hank, a fiddle player, named, Freddie Beach, Irene, and myself. I had the contract to play for a theater chain in Montgomery and some other towns.\par \ldblquote Hank's mother provided the car. I think it was a Ford station wagon. They had several evening matinees, and we would play maybe three shows during the evening and night. I think the pay was seventy-five dollars. That was a lot of money back then.\rdblquote\par Schufert continued to play off and on with Hank and the band, but he refused to give up his meat delivery job.\par The Drifting Cowboys band was not comprised of the same members throughout his entire career. Some of the players were regulars, while others played off and on, or as needed.\par According to Pee Wee Moultrie, the original title of the band was \ldblquote Hank and Hezzy's Driftin' Cowboys.\rdblquote\par Moultrie, who now lives near Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, was one of the earliest band members. His father bought him a guitar and it didn't take him long to learn how to play it. After hearing Pee Wee King and the Golden West Cowboys on the Grand Ole Opry, he fell in love with the accordion.\par \ldblquote I was working with a small band in 1939 and we had gone to Montgomery to play on the radio (WCOA),\rdblquote said Moultrie. \ldblquote While we were in there I noticed a couple fellows watching me.\par \ldblquote It turned out they were Hank Williams and Hezzy Adair, and they were looking for a couple of musicians.\par \ldblquote It wasn't too long after that, the name was changed to Hank Williams and The Drifting Cowboys. Hezzy continued to play with us, but his name was dropped. I'm not sure, but I think he had another job, and it had something to do with that.\par \ldblquote We hardly survived. If it hadn't been for Hank's mother putting us up in her boarding house in Montgomery and feeding us, we couldn't have made it. We didn't make enough money to buy toothpaste.\par \ldblquote We played schools, churches, and theaters. I'll bet we played every school in the state. We even played in cow pastures. Once, we played at Camp Kilby, the prison outside Montgomery.\rdblquote\par After leaving the band, Moultrie spent 29 years in the Air Force. He continues to play part-time in a band, Hank's Drifters, formed by another former Drifting Cowboy, Clent Holmes.\par Moultrie lives in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.\par There were several women singers, including Sue Taylor who went with the band when a female vocalist was needed, but Bernice Turner is considered the only regular female band member.\par Hank, who continued to live in Montgomery, was unable to keep his band together after the start of World War II. Since he was classified 4-F, he was exempt from military service. He worked first in a shipyard in Portland, Oregon, and then as a welder at a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.\par But his mother still had faith in him. After booking him for several shows, she rented a car and drove to Mobile, where she picked him up and the pair returned to Montgomery. At the time, he was unable to get his band together, and joined a medicine show that was touring south Alabama.\par While touring with the medicine show in 1943, Hank met his future wife, Audrey. She was still married at the time and had a two-year-old daughter, Lycrecia.\par According to, Reflections on Those Who Loved Him, MGM Records, Audrey said they were married on December 15, 1944.\par \ldblquote I knew Hank about a year before I married him. All that time, he was trying to get me to marry him. I was hesitant because he had a drinking problem, and I'd never been around anyone with a drinking problem.\par \ldblquote He was living in a trailer in Andalusia and playing a club, a rather large club in Andalusia. I was doing the cooking for the boys in the band. All of a sudden one afternoon, he asked me, and I said, 'Yes.' \par \ldblquote He'd been doing real good, not drinking. We went by the justice of the peace, who ran a filling station, with a couple of the boys in the band, and we got married.\rdblquote\par Their love affair was certainly something of a love/hate relationship. In a 2002 interview Don Helms, Hank's steel guitar player gave the following account of their personal life.\par \ldblquote Within a week after they were married, Hank went on a drinking binge. They got into a fight, I guess because Audrey got mad over his drinking. She called the police after Hank threw some of her clothes out of the trailer they were living in.\par \ldblquote They took him to jail and locked him up. I had to go down and get him out. Back then drinking and fighting wasn't all that big of a deal with the police. They pick you up, take you to jail. You pay the fine and that's about all there was to it. \par \ldblquote I remember one of the policemen thanked Hank, or something like that, and Hank said, 'Go to hell.'\rdblquote\par After the war ended, Hank went back to his old job on WSFA. Quite often he showed up drunk, or not all. The station tried to fire him several times, but each time there were so many phone calls from listeners, that he was reinstated.\par It was Audrey that helped him get to Nashville. She arranged an interview with Fred Rose of Acuff-Rose Publishing Company. Hank tried to back out of the meeting, but according to Audrey, she forced him to go.\par During that first meeting, Rose didn't think Hank had written the songs that he brought with him. Rose gave Hank the title, \ldblquote Mansion on the Hill,\rdblquote and asked Hank to make up the words to it. He and Audrey went back home, and a few days later, they returned with the completed song.\par Rose placed Hank with a small label, Sterling. After cutting four records, Rose negotiated a new contract with MGM, and Hank was on his way to stardom. \par While Hank's music career was moving up, his personal and married life was headed down. On April, 28, 1948, Audrey filed for divorce, stating, \ldblquote Hank Williams my husband is twenty-four years of age. He has a violent and ungovernable temper. He drinks a great deal, and during the last month, he has been drunk most of the time. My nervous system has been upset and I am afraid to live with him any longer.\rdblquote\par The divorce was final on May 26, 1948.\par But once again, Hank had pulled himself back together and sobered up.\par He and Audrey got back together. The pair moved to Shreveport, Louisiana so Hank could play on the Louisiana Hayride on Radio Station KWKH.\par Clent Holmes joined the Drifting Cowboys in 1948 and played with Hank until he left for the Grand Ole Opry in 1949. His wife, Mayme, was a close friend of Williams' wife Audrey and often was a baby sitter for Hank Jr.\par Clent recalls some of his early experiences with Hank.\par \ldblquote It was in early 1948 that I met Hank,\rdblquote he said \ldblquote I was on my way to Abilene, Texas, to work with my brother, when I decided to stop off at a radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana. Hank was there, and he needed a guitar player to go with him on a tour, and then return to the Louisiana Hayride.\rdblquote\par \ldblquote The tour was for the Chamber of Commerce. They had it arranged where the train stopped at almost every pig-trail, along the way, until we arrived in Houston. We would just sing wherever the train stopped.\rdblquote\par Holmes and Hank got along good. He even allowed Holmes to drive his big Packard automobile whenever the band toured.\par \ldblquote Hank had a lot of confidence in me.\rdblquote Holmes continued. \ldblquote He was one of the most honest fellows you ever met. When it came time for payday, he would look you up in order to pay you. A lot has been said about his drinking, but he was also a down-to-earth honest person who loved fishing and good country food."\par \ldblquote Hank was so easy to play with. That's why he went over so good. He might write a song in the front seat of his Packard and not say a word to us. When he got up on stage to sing that night, he'd just say, 'Ladies and gentlemen, it makes an old country boy like me feel good to write a song in the car while we were coming on down here, and I want to play it for you.'\par \ldblquote Then he'd turn to us and say, 'Hit me the key of C, boys.' And that would be the first time we'd ever heard the song.\par \ldblquote Every time he went on stage, he had something different and funny. He was always carrying on and was a pleasure to work with. Just a one-time genius is the best way I know how to describe him.\rdblquote\par The Grand Old Opry in Nashville called Hank Williams in 1949. They wanted Hank to use Nashville musicians, and Clent and the other Louisiana Hayride band members were left behind.\par Hank made his farewell appearance on the Hayride on June 3, 1949, before a standing room only audience. His last song was \ldblquote Lovesick Blues.\rdblquote\par He quickly became country music's biggest star, rising above Roy Acuff, Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, and Eddie Arnold.\par His big hits were, \ldblquote Lovesick Blues,\rdblquote \ldblquote Cold, Cold Heart,\rdblquote \ldblquote You're Gonna Change, or I'm Gonna Leave,\rdblquote Long Gone Lonesome Blues,\rdblquote and \ldblquote I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You.\rdblquote\par He would be sober for months at a time and traveled almost all the time through tours arranged by the Grand Ole Opry, and was only home on weekends.\par Hank had incredible power over his fans and audiences. Jerry Rivers describes his uncanny ability in \ldblquote From Life to Legend,\rdblquote in 1967.\par \ldblquote I could not then, nor can I yet, understand the almost uncanny power Hank Williams had over his audience. As we rolled out of Nashville in his blue Packard, after my first Opry appearance with Hank, I sat quietly in the back knowing I had changed. In those few moments on stage, watching Hank perform, and watching the audience respond, I regained a humility I'd lost somewhere along the way.\rdblquote\par In an interview several years ago, Little Jimmy Dickens, said, \ldblquote When he came on stage, it was over. People came unglued.\rdblquote\par But by late 1949, his life's downward spiral had accelerated.\par The road was terrible. The grind was incessant. The endless travel aggravated a back problem, and Hank had become more and more addicted to painkillers as well as his long-time foe, alcohol.\par He and Audrey drifted further and further apart. He excluded her on all of his performances. The songs, \ldblquote A House Without Love,\rdblquote and \ldblquote Why Should We Try Anymore?\rdblquote clearly point to the failed marriage.\par He had been friends with Louisiana Sen. Dudley LeBlanc owner of the Hadacol Caravan, one of the last traveling medicine shows. Hank appeared for several months on the show, going from town to town on a train. Hank was owed a considerable sum when the show closed at the end of 1951. All the checks given to him bounced.\par His career and marital stress brought more and more problems. He drank more, and almost as soon as he started, he would be unable to work. Occasionally, he would be taken to hospitals or sanitariums to \ldblquote dry out.\rdblquote\par A former nurse at one such clinic in Andalusia, Alabama recalls one time Hank was brought in.\par \ldblquote They told us in advance that a famous person was going to be admitted,\rdblquote she said. \ldblquote When they brought him in, he was really soused. But he was hollering and carrying on. No one could understand what he was saying about something he had in a cloth sack he was carrying. He grabbed that sack away from a nurse, and before anyone could stop him, ran outside and started scattering shotgun shells all over the yard. He thought he was feeding the chickens.\par \ldblquote He stayed for a few days and the longer he stayed, the nicer he was. Several days after he was discharged, all the nurses received candy and flowers.\rdblquote\par In 1951, Hank disbanded the Drifting Cowboys and went into Vanderbilt Medical Center for an operation on his back. He was scheduled for a show on New Year's, 1952, but everyone knew he wasn't able. \par Audrey replaced him on the show. Before she left home, he had grabbed a shotgun and fired it several times. She took the children and left. She called him to tell him, 'she would never live with him again.'\par In 1952, Hank had constant back pain. He really never had a regular band again, always picking up musicians in towns where he had a date.\par During some performances, he was unable to stand erect and often left out words in a song. \par Hank returned to Nashville in early 1952 and shared a house with another up and coming star, Ray Price. He got on a pretty regular schedule, with broadcasting and personal appearances, but he still had discomfort traveling. In March and April, he appeared on the Kate Smith Evening Hour television program. He was on target with his singing, and both performances turned out well. Footage from them is still in existence.\par In June, 1952, Hank and Audrey's divorce was proceeding, and Hank had a new girlfriend, a dancer, named, Bobbie Jett, who lived in Nashville. She already had a daughter, and was pregnant with Hank's child.\par During the last half of 1952, Hank's life continued to go downhill, but he was able to make some good recordings; including \ldblquote Jambalaya,\rdblquote\par Even though Bobbie Jett was pregnant, Hank met another strikingly beautiful woman from Shreveport, Billie Jean Jones. \par Hank was fired from the Opry on August 11, 1952.\par A week later, he went to Nashville and picked up Bobbie Jett and the two of them set up housekeeping in his mother's boarding house in Montgomery.\par Hank was able to get back on the Louisiana Hayride. As soon as he hit Shreveport, he made up with Billie Jean.\par Hank and Billie Jean were married twice. The first was on Friday night, Oct. 17. The second one was Oct. 18, in front of 14,000 people in the New Orleans City Auditorium. The second time was just for show and to make some extra money. All the fans had paid two dollars see the famous star.\par Hank found a bogus doctor, Horace \ldblquote Tobey\rdblquote Marshall that had bought his medical diploma from a traveling salesman. Hank didn't like doctors, but he took a liking to Marshall. He began treating Hank's back pain with chloral hydrate, which can be deadly. \par Hank's last tour began in Houston, Texas and ended Dec. 19, 1952. He might have had a light heart attack while in Houston, because his mother flew down to meet the group in San Antonio. Hank, Lillie, and Billie Jean returned to Shreveport after the Austin show.\par Hank returned to Montgomery after the tour. It's unknown if he saw Bobbie Jett. He had a bad case of flu, but was able to sing at the Musicians party in Montgomery, on Dec. 28.\par Hank left Montgomery with his chauffer, Charles Carr on Dec. 30. They stopped at a hotel in Knoxville, TN to spend the night. It was here that he learned that the Charleston, West Virginia show had been canceled. He received some injections from a doctor for his back pain.\par The promoter instructed Hank to continue on to Canton, Ohio. They left Knoxville at 10:45 p.m. on New Year's Eve. A patrolman, who stopped the car in Rutledge, Tennessee for speeding, around 11 p.m., thought Hank was already dead. Stopping near Oak Hill, West Virginia, Carr found Hank's lifeless body on the morning of January 1, 1953.\par The last recording he made during his lifetime, \ldblquote I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive,\rdblquote was released twenty four days after his death.\par \par NOTE: Anything contained in this article may be used by newspapers or other newsmedia to promote the Hank Williams Festival. Nothing may be used on websites, magazines, or other publications without expressed permission from Gerald Hodges, 251-626-4086. E-mail: hodges@race500.com \par } rtf75(+kV KK#>!Times New Roman {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fmodern\fprq6\fcharset134 SimSun;}{\f2\froman\fprq1\fcharset128 MS PGothic;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24 HANK WILLIAMS MYSTERIOUS LAST RIDE\par By Gerald Hodges\par Just before daybreak on a cold New Year's Day in 1953, a baby-blue Cadillac pulled up to the small Oak Hill, West Virginia hospital. Exactly who was driving the car is uncertain, but the man in the back seat was singer-songwriter Hank Williams.\par \f1\'b5\'b3\f0 I ran in and explained my situation to the two interns who were in the hospital,\f2\'81\'45\f0 said Charles Carr. \f1\'b5\'e4\f0 hey came out and looked at Hank and said, 'He's dead.' \f1\'b5\'c4\f0 asked 'em, 'Can't you do something to revive him?' One of them looked at me and said, 'No, he's just dead.'\f1\'c3\'bd\f0\par The last 24-hours of the troubadour's life has passed from reality to myth. Historians and biographers have speculated about what really happened. They used sketchy reports made by officials and statements from the young chauffeur, 17-year-old Charles Carr, that only deepened the mystery. \par Williams was very gifted and talented, and in his own way fell victim to his own success and circumstances. Yet he managed to find a giant place in history, despite the demons in his personal life.\par By the time he had reached his 29th birthday, Williams had succeeded in making a mess of his life. He suffered from Spinal Bifida from birth and underwent several operations the last year before his death. Most biographers agree that the constant pain and bad marriage with wife, Audrey is what led to his drinking and reliance on shots of morphine and other drugs.\par Hank had been kicked off the Grand Ole Opry in June, 1952, and was playing at the Louisiana Hayride. By the end of November he had completed two successful tours, one in Texas and the other in Florida. He was making progress towards getting his life back in order.\par In late December he had come down with the flu and was in bed at his mother's boarding house in Montgomery. Hank was ready to attend two shows in Charleston, West Virginia on December 31 and Canton, Ohio on New Year's Day.\par On the morning of December 30, Hank set out to find a driver. He visited friend and former band member, Braxton Schufert. \f1\'b5\'c4\f0 had a regular job with Hormel, and while I occasionally played with him in Montgomery, I couldn't go off for several days,\f2\'81\'45\f0 Schufert said during a 1999 interview.\par He asked Leo Hudson, another local singer and Daniel Carr, owner of a taxicab stand in Montgomery. Daniel Carr told Hank that his 17-year-old son, Charles was home from Auburn, and he would probably accept his offer.\par It was cloudy and raining when Charles Carr and Hank left Montgomery on the afternoon of Dec. 30, 1952. They spent the first night in Birmingham, a distance of just over 100 miles.\par On the afternoon of the second day (December 31), they made it to Knoxville, Tennessee. Realizing they were still three hundred miles from their first show, Hank decided to go to the Knoxville airport and book an airplane flight. The flight took off, but was turned back because of the snow and low clouds. Records show they checked into Knoxville's Andrew Johnson Hotel at 7:08 p.m. \par A later official police report indicated that Williams had been carried to his room by hotel porters. Carr has never said in any of his interviews whether Hank was drunk or sick, but there had been plenty of time and places to buy liquor. But according to the autopsy performed a day later, there was only a trace of alcohol in his system.\par After checking into the hotel, Carr called room service and ordered dinner for the two. In a later interview, Carr said that Hank developed a bad case of hiccups and was unable to eat. There are records that show that Dr. Paul Cardwell, the hotel's doctor and Knoxville physician visited Hank that night. Cardwell later testified that he gave Hank a shot of morphine to control the convulsions.\par Carr said that Hank fell out of bed and bruised his head. This bruise became a point of controversy during the later investigation and was never fully explained.\par A call came from A. V. Bamford, Hank's agent in Montgomery. The show in West Virginia had been canceled, and Carr was instructed to get Hank in the car and head towards Canton.\par Carr had the hotel's porters carry the exhausted and unconscious singer to the Cadillac to resume the journey to Canton. One of the accounts that verify Williams was carried to the car by porters came from a report filed by Tennessee Highway Patrolman, Swan Kitts.\par "He was lifeless as they put the clothes on him," Kitts wrote in a report.\par Carr said in an interview that Hank was fully dressed all the time. He also reported that Hank was pushed in a wheelchair to the car.\par It is believed that as Carr drove out of Knoxville on Highway 11, he picked up a hitchhiking soldier. Trying to make up time, Carr passed a Greyhound bus and almost ran into Officer Kitts. The officer turned around and stopped the Cadillac. He listed a third person as being in the car in his report. He allowed them to continue, but noted that Hank was covered with an overcoat.\par They headed on towards Bristol, Virginia and stopped at the Burger Bar, a diner that is still in existence. Carr said, "I remember Hank got out to stretch his legs and I asked him if he wanted a sandwich or something. He just said, 'No, I just want to get some sleep.' Carr said that was the last time he remembers Hank talking to him.\par No one has ever validated Carr's statements that Williams got out of the car in Bristol. After getting a snack, Carr pulled out and headed towards Bluefield, Virginia. It was between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. By this time Carr was exhausted. He had driven since leaving Birmingham without any sleep. Persistent rain and snow continued to fall, and Carr knew he couldn't continue much longer.\par Arriving in Bluefield, he spotted a small diner that was open. He made a U-turn and came back to the restaurant. Next to it was a cab stand. Hazel Schultz was the waitress at the Dough Boy Diner that listened to Carr's story. She indicated there was a cab driver in the back of the restaurant that had just gotten off work.\par The driver was Don Surface, and she brought him up to talk with Carr. The pair struck a deal. Surface would be paid fifty dollars plus a bus ticket back home in exchange for driving to Canton. The pair left the restaurant around 4:30 a.m. \par Whatever happened to the soldier remains a mystery, because no one in Bristol or Bluefield remembers seeing him.\par With Surface at the wheel, Carr quickly went to sleep in the passenger's seat. The trio reached Beckley, West Virginia, where Surface realized he had missed a turn and stopped at a service station on Main Street.\par The owner came out and Surface tried to wake Carr, but was unable to. He then tried to wake Hank and became alarmed. The owner of the station looked at Hank, and said, "Boys, I think you've got a problem. There's a hospital six or seven miles up the road, and I suggest you take him there immediately."\par Carr was awake by this time, but Surface continued to drive. In several interviews, Carr said it was he that drove Hank's lifeless body to the hospital.\par In his book, "The Death of Hank Williams", Ralph Moore said one of Surface's cousins told him Hank was wearing only a T-shirt.\par There are many contradictory statements about Hank's condition and his final trip. We do know that he was pronounced dead at the Oak Hill hospital at 7 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1953.\par Charles Carr died in 2013. He gave several interviews after Hank's last ride and his story of the events remained consistent throughout the years.\par Even though Hank died 64 years-ago his memory lives on in his songs. His music is more popular now than when he was alive. \par Hank spent much of his boyhood years in the small town of Georgiana, Alabama, next to the L&N Railroad tracks. The building that now houses the Hank Williams Museum was once his home. Each year the faithful gather and honor him with a festival the first weekend in June. Fans come from around the world to listen to his songs and fellowship.\par \par } rtf76)c KKTimes New Roman {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\fs24\par } geo69*X`KK rtf77+ n KKHTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs32 The Original Drifting Cowboys: 1938\par L-R: Pee Wee Moultrie, Charley Mays, Sue Williams, Hezzey Adair, Hank Williams\par Note: According to Pee Wee Moultrie, who died in 2012, this photo was taken in Montgomery, AL just prior to the band leaving for a gig.\par Sue Williams was not a member. Moutrie said girl singers often accompanied the band\par Furnished by Pee Wee Moultrie\par } geo72,1b`KK rtf78-v KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Hank Williams Sr. 1951\par } geo74.8p`KK rtf79/ ,W KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs56 Brad Magness\par \fs40 of Bean Blossom, Indiana\par } rtf800u KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf811[J  KK Times New Roman {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24 Brad Magness and his band, \ldblquote The Flying Buffaloes\rdblquote has been a mainstay of the Hank Williams Festival for the past 25 years.\par In addition, the Bean Blossom, Indiana native helped form the Hank Williams Fan Club.\par \par \ldblquote This (2012) year will be my 21st consecutive year of coming to the festival,\rdblquote said Brad. \ldblquote The first year you might not want to count, because it was held at the high school. Mary Wallace, Junior O'Quinn and myself went over to Garland, and set underneath a tree, and formed the Hank Williams Fan Club.\par \ldblquote That year, people were still living in the house where the museum is. The City of Georgiana bought the house and began developing what is now the Hank Williams Music Park.\par \ldblquote Before the big stage was built, we played at a small stage at the back of the post office. We'd bring our equipment and start setting it up about 7 am. By 9 o'clock the other musicians and crowds would start together, and we'd play without a break until 6 pm.\par Boy, you talk about getting hot. It felt like 150-degrees up there.\par \ldblquote We donated all our time and equipment. We've always felt like it was a good cause.\rdblquote\par \par \ldblquote I've been playing since I was eight years-old,\rdblquote he continued. \ldblquote My big break came in 1975, when I became associated with the Little Nashville Opry in Nashville, Indiana. All the country music singers came through there at one time or the other. Unfortunately, it burned down in 2009.\par \ldblquote I've been able to make a good living in the printing business, but I've supplemented my income by playing music.\par \ldblquote Two years ago, the vocational school I attended in high school needed a Graphics Image teacher. I talked with them and decided that was a little better than what I was doing, so I went to work teaching. I'm still able to get away on the weekends, and then I'm off all summer.\rdblquote\par \par When asked about his philosophy towards life, Brad replied:\par \ldblquote It doesn't matter what you do for a living; digging ditches, or performing at the highest level, what really matters is how you convey yourself to other people. If you are nice to others, it will show. If you're not nice, they will notice real quick.\par \ldblquote The folks that we've got coming to this year's festival are some of the nicest in the business. These people have been around for years. You can't be an entertainer for 30 or 40 years and not have something up your sleeve, when it comes to entertaining others.\par } geo782kt`KKrtf833Ne KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Brad and his band in 2019\par } rtf854*FSu KKTimes New Roman {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24 Mary McDonald was born and grew up in a small rural community in Southeastern Oklahoma near Stonewall. She was the third of four children born to Oran and Alma (Smith) Kerr. Mary would probably be called the "Black Sheep" because her interest was very different from her two Brothers, and Sister. She was a dreamer, and a loner to some extent. Never quick to make friends, and shy. As a youngster her Dad was a sharecropper, and moved the family every year until Mary was 11 years old, It was then her parents bought their own farm.\par \par Mary's interest in music started at a very young age (4) She would place a chair right in front of\par the radio, and listen to the "Grand Ole Opry" attentively\'85and dream\'85But no one seemed to\par notice her interest in music\'85At 11 years old she scouted out the new home place, and found the\par perfect stage for her own Grand Ole Opry, a huge flat rock that set on the bank of the creek that\par ran through the place\'85The trees were her audience\'85still dreaming\'85At age 17, Mary married,\par then graduated from High School, and left Oklahoma to live in the state of Virginia, a year later\par she toured several countries in Europe with her Husband in the military..Then, back to\par Oklahoma, Mary attended A Beauty College, finished and received her cosmetology license, and\par has owned a beauty salon for 23 years. \par Mary has three children, two Daughters, and one Son. As long as they were still at home, Mary\par was always there for them, But she had begun singing locally from time to time. When the kids\par grew up, and had their own lives, Mary decided to pursue her life long dream of singing (first she\par taught herself to play the guitar) Mary couldn't be happier with her success, She has been the\par opening act for several country music legends. In 1998 Mary won "Female Vocalist"at the\par International TMA awards show (traditional music association) She has also won a number of\par other awards. Mary travels from coast to coast promoting "traditional" country, gospel, and\par bluegrass music. \par In 1999 she opened her own "music barn"(opry) located on her childhood home place, shows\par are the 3rd Saturday night each month, where two of her children perform each month, Lisa\par plays drums, and sings, and Dhana sings, her son Marty gets to occasionally play lead guitar\par with, the "Barn's" Country Pride" band, and just for the record, her first stage is still there on the\par creek bank\'85Mary, and her husband Louie bought the home place in 1973 where they raise\par black Angus cattle, and Louie is the sound man at the show. \par In 2001 she published her first traditional country cookbook, it consist of over 600 recipes from\par her fans and friends from every state, and several foreign countries.\par Alabama has always been special to Mary for a lot of different reasons; she has made so many\par wonderful friends, and fans.\par The "Alabama Pecan Festival," in Mobile, The Hank Williams Festival," in Georgiana, and "The\par Hank Williams Museum," in Montgomery. Just to name a few.\par Mary just discovered on her last trip to Alabama, that her ancestors on her Mothers side first\par settled in, Tallapoosa County, Al in the mid 1800's, "Isaac Smith", was a great-great-great-great\par grandfather , His place was known as "The Smith Place" with 700 plus acres. Mary was\par fortunate enough to find the place. (Have you ever felt as though you had already "been here\par before?) "De'ja'vu"?? That is how Mary said she felt her first time to visit Alexander City,\par Alabama.\par If you ever have the opportunity to go see Mary, and listen to her sing a "real" country song, I\par think she will gain another friend, and fan.\par } rtf865l KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf876A,~W KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs56 Mary McDonald\par \fs40 of Stonewall, Oklahoma\par } geo837G`KKrtf908A~ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Mary McDonald in 2018\par } rtf919q KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf92:2,W KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs56 Colon Leatherwood\par \fs40 of Ozark, Alabama\par } geo87;J4`KKrtf95<a KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf96=="C KKTimes New Roman${\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs72 Mary Battiata\par } geo90>n%$`KKgeo91?] F`KKrtf101@s KKTimes New Roman {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24 Mary Battiata (pronounced Baa-tea-ah-tah it's Italian)\par She was raised in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington DC in the 1960s and '70s, when local commercial and public radio was broadcasting several hours of classic Country and vintage Bluegrass daily, including the occasional broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry and the Eddie Stubbs show on WSM. She first heard Hank Williams, and many other greats, from George Jones to Connie Smith to Dolly Parton to the Stanley Brothers, as well as Jimmy Martin, Wanda Jackson, the Country Gentlemen, the Louvin Brothers and the Seldom Scene on the family's car radio and late-night transistor. She was hooked!\par She loved the sound, the pedal steel and the beautiful stories in those songs. By high school, she had bought herself a flat-top guitar with her chore money and was sounding out traditional and new songs as interpreted by her favorite female artists, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Emmylou Harris and Hazel Dickens, among others. She began writing her own songs in the late 1990s, after returning home from several years overseas as a journalist in war zones in Eastern Europe and East Africa. She resettled in Northern Virginia and formed her first alt-country band soon after and has since released three CDs of original music, all in the alt-Country and Country folk vein. \par Her latest recording, The Heart, Regardless, is the most traditional Country sounding yet, and includes honky-tonk and rockabilly songs, and even a barroom ballad or two. The album has been well-received, earning some five-star reviews and airplay on commercial Country and public radio shows in the U.S. and Europe. Mary tours and plays from home base in Virginia, including semi-annual shows in Austin, Texas. When she is not playing music, she teaches art and creative writing to elementary aged children with learning differences and works part-time as an assistant park naturalist. This summer, she will hit the road to promote the new record, playing shows in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York state and the Carolinas. She will also return to Classic Country Music Week at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins West Virginia, to present a class on the history of early country music television.\par She is currently obsessed with the catalog of several great Alabama artists, the late Vern Gosdin among them, and she continues to explore and expand her knowledge of the Hank Williams catalogue. In September, Mary will return to Montgomery to play the annual Hank Birthday Show at the Hank Williams Museum there. It was at that show four years ago that Mary first met Sherri Little Brackin, ET Thomas and other members of the Hank Williams Fan Club. This will be Mary's third year at the Hank Williams Festival. She is very happy to be returning to Georgiana and working with the wonderful Flashback band.\par \par "This is a gem of an album" Bob Harris, Bob Harris Country, BBC Radio 2\par "Mary Battiata's latest is no more and no less than a jewel of modern country." Dani Heyvaert, ROOTSTIME.BE (Belgium)\par "Dark Country that hits the motherlode" Mike Davies, Fatea Records Magazine (UK)\par "Ms. Battiata has a fabulous voice and wraps it around some excellent lyrical content. \'85 The arrangements do indeed incorporate a little twang a little folk and a little pop influence but you also get a sprinkling of delicious Bluegrass undertones, some haunting strings and the occasional nice fat funky bass line. That there are so many quality musicians in this studio band also adds to the overall enjoyment of this collection, all bar one written by the artiste herself. I will express a preference for some of the more up-tempo songs 'Six Miles Out' and '20 Words' both floated my boat as did the very infectious 'Knockout Boy.' The closing song is an absolute delight." Chris Smith, 5-star review, Country Music People magazine (UK), May 2018 \par "One of the 20 other great honky-tonk albums that I tremendously enjoyed this year" - A. Michael Uhlmann, Honky Tonk Daily (Austin TX), in the coda to HTD's list of Top Country Albums of 2017; others on the coda: Jason Isbell, Charley Pride, Lee Ann Womack, Marty Stuart and more]\par "The space evoking 'Remember This' \'85 is arguable the high point of the album as pedal steel, banjo and a moody drifting feel see Battiata on an emotion packed adventure to a place beyond the norm. \'85 and crackerjack of a back-roads country jewel 'Can't Take My Mind Off You' (more excellent harmony vocals [Dudley Connell], and the gallop of '20 Words,' a machine-gun short tune that never stops for breath. The record, produced by Battiata and Dave Nachodsky, enjoys a great deal of instrumental depth, creativity and width over what is a more than generous 14 tracks." Maurice Hope, Flyinshoes Review (UK) \par \par } rtf102As KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf103B^;Eu KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs48 Photos of\par Hank's Band\par "The Drifting Cowboys"\par } rtf104C7n+ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs48 Hank's Band, "The Drifting Cowboys"\par } geo96D[ J`KKgeo97E) ?`KKrtf109FNNdd KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs28 According to Pee Wee Moultrie, this was the original Drifting Cowboys.\par L-R: Pudin Taylor\par Charlie Mays\par Pee Wee Moultrie\par Hank Williams.\par \par Originally, it was Hank & Hezzie, but Moultrie said this was the original four members after Hezzie Adair left.\par \par Braxton Schufert played with Hank almost from the beginning, but according to Schufert, "I never considered myself a regular member, because I drove a truck and couldn't go out of town with them very much." \par } rtf110GN-dY KK<Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs28 Hank, Joe (Penny) Pennington on guitar and Lum York riding the bass fiddle. As of April, 2018, Pennington was still living in Plant City, Fla.\par } geo102Hy&`KKgeo103Ix+`KKgeo104J)`KKrtf119Kk* KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Clent & Mayme Holmes\fs28\par } rtf120Lk* KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Lum York\par } rtf121Mk* KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Pee Wee Moultrie\par } geo108Nl)`KKgeo109OWS`KKgeo110P7`KKgeo111QG8s`KKrtf130R~ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Jimmy Porter\par } rtf131S~ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Don Helms\par } rtf132T~ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Braxton Schufert\par } rtf133Uv KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Doyle & Bernice Turner\par } geo116VLi6`KKrtf136W*>T| KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Former Drifting Cowboys on stage at Georgiana\par Clent Holmes, Bernice Turner, Pee Wee Moultrie, R. D. Norred, Braxton Schufert, Lum York\par \par Note: There were also several other members of the Drifting Cowboys.\par } rtf115Xt+ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs48 Area Accomodations\par } geo117YWWRR`KKrtf118Z< w KKArial {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs22 Greenville\fs20\par } rtf122[^ KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Home Page\par } rtf123\m'4 KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs56 Accomodations\par } rtf124]..[\ KK(Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs28 There are stores, shops service stations and restaurants in Georgiana, but no motels. \par The city of Georgina operates a travel trailer lot. Call 334-376-9852 for availability and pricing.\par There are several motels 15 miles south of Georgiana on I-65 in Evergreen, and more 25 miles north in Greenville. Additional motels are located in Andalusia, southeast of Georgiana.\par } rtf125^KVj KK7Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Evergreen\par \pard\par \pard\qc Sleep Inn 251-578-9590\par \par Quality Inn 251578-4701\par \par Econo Lodge 251-578-2100\par } rtf126_Knj KKQTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Greenville\par \par Holiday Inn 866-270-9595\par \par Quality Inn 334-371-1674\par \par Comfort Inn 334-383-1674\par \par Day's Inn 334-382-3118\par } rtf127`KVj KK4Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 Andalusia\par \par Holiday Inn Express 866-270-5110\par \par Econo Lodge 334-222-7511\par \par Comfort Inn 334-222-8891\par } rtf128a KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs32 There are many regional and local motels in Montgomery, which is about a 45 minute drive north of Georgiana\par } rtf129byn KK}Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 PLEASE NOTE:\par The Hank Williams Festival is an outdoor event. \par NO RESERVED\par SEATING!\par Bring your lawn chairs.\par No lounge chairs, coolers, food, drinks, or pets can be taken into park.\par } rtf134cyJ KK'Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 For More Info:\par \par E-mail:cityofgeorgiana\par @camelliacom.com\par Phone: 334-376-2396\par Fax: 334-376-9850\par } rtf135dym KKmTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs32 ATTENTION FOOD & ARTS & CRAFT VENDORS\par If you are interested in\par displaying at this year's\par festival, contact:\par cityofgeorgiana\par @camelliacom.com \par or: 334-376-2555\par } geo128ez&K KKzz&&rtf141f: KKjTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red255\green255\blue255;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\f0\fs36 Do you have questions or need more information regarding the site or festival? Call \par Gerald Hodges at 251-626-4086, or e-mail: hodges@race500.com. We love helping our fans\par } rtf140go"! KK$Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red255\green255\blue255;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\i\f0\fs36 A Special Thanks To The Alabama Dept. of Tourism For Their Past Support\cf2\b0\i0\fs32\par } rtf139h4 KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs56 Elaine McMillan\par } rtf153is KK Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs32 Elaine's music career started with piano lessons at the age of three years old in her hometown of Chattanooga. At the age of 17 upon graduating from High School, she was offered a spot with the well known touring Rock Band Side Winder playing concerts with acts such as Marshall Tucker Band, Dixie Dregs and Black Oak Arkansas.\par \par After 3 years on the road she returned to Chattanooga joining the band at the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo performing 6 nights a week.\par \par Eventually, Elaine moved to Nashville and discovered her roots were performing with Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad and began touring with Roger Alan Wade who wrote Country State of Mind as well as many other songs recorded by Johnny Cash and many major label artists. Elaine played piano and sang harmony, sharing lead vocal time with Roger.\par \par When not on the road she was in the studio singing demos, harmony and working on her own recording projects. She also performed in and around town sharing the stage with the like of Chet Atkins, Mickey Gilley and Billy Ray Cyrus to name a few. Elaine attributes her talent to her heritage. Being a blood relative of Hank Williams, she often returns to Georgiana to perform at the Festival honoring Hank's life and music and always enjoys spending time with her Family there. Elaine resides in Nashville, Tennessee.\par } geo144jWg3 KKrtf154ke KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\f0\fs32 HOME\b0\par } rtf157l4fg5 KKxTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs28 ORDER TICKETS NOW\par \pard\par Weekend Advance Tickets ($40 each): Number______ Amount______ Total Order Amount____________\par \par Friday only ($20 each) Number______ Amount______ Remit to:\par Hank Williams Festival\par Saturday only ($30 each) Number_______ Amount______ P O Box 310\par Georgiana, AL 36033\par Name_____________________________________________________Phone________________________\par \par Address________________________________________________________________________________\par \par City__________________________________State___________________________Zip_______________\par \par \pard\qc\par } geo148mO[K KK[O[Ortf158n"C KKTimes New Roman${\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs72 Scott Haggard\par } rtf160oa  KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\f0\fs36 HOME\b0\par } rtf161p[3f KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs28\par When Scott Haggard takes the stage this year at the Hank Williams Festival, he will be sharing two things he and the legendary singer, Hank Williams, have in common; both are native Alabamians and both love country music.\par Haggard's professional music career didn't begin until late in life.\par \ldblquote I was a welder for ten years, drove a truck for fourteen, and now lay tile.\rdblquote\par As a matter of fact, Scott didn't know he was the son of Merle Haggard until he was eight years old.\par \ldblquote My mother (Lanorah Margaret Bowden) was working in Atlanta in 1968 as a switchboard operator when she and daddy met,\rdblquote continued Scott. \ldblquote My mother moved to Opp, Alabama, where I was born. I think a couple people might have tried to pass it on to Daddy that I was his son, but nothing ever came of it.\par \ldblquote She married a Vietnam Veteran that was a Navigator on a B-52 bomber during the war. He was a good stepfather to me. I was an only child, and about the only thing I had to play with on the farm was a bunch of dogs. My stepfather taught school, and I rode to school with him every day until the eighth grade.\par \ldblquote I was very inquisitive as a child. I was always asking questions, and sometimes I'd get a stick put on my butt. But I'm sure I needed it.\par \ldblquote When I was eight years old, my mom told me who my real dad was. I had heard of Johnny Cash, but I didn't know Merle Haggard. I couldn't tell anyone because of my stepdad's teaching position, and besides, who would have believed it.\par \ldblquote Around my sixteenth birthday I told a friend and we went to Tallahassee, and saw Merle on stage. But I didn't have the gumption then to go up and introduce myself, but I left a picture of me with his bus driver.\rdblquote\par Scott learned to play a guitar, but during his early years his singing was mostly confined to gospel music and in the high school band, where he played drums, saxophone, and guitar.\par After graduation, he started driving a truck.\par \ldblquote I've driven a truck in every state except Hawaii,\rdblquote he continued. \ldblquote One day I was driving a log truck and heard a radio announcement. It was about a group that would give you guitar and singing lessons. I went down on the day it was scheduled and played and sang for the folks using sheet music. A man took me aside and said, 'Boy, you're gonna have to get rid of those cheat sheets. If you're going to be a real singer, you've got to put feelings into your words and music.\par \ldblquote I went home and for two-three weeks began to memorize words and lyrics of songs. As time went on, I got better and better.\par \ldblquote I met daddy in 2000 in Panama City, Florida. I listened to his entire show, and when he started singing \ldblquote Okie From Muscogee\rdblquote , which I knew was his last song, my wife and I headed outside towards his bus.\par \ldblquote There was a line of people, but I went to the front of it. The driver asked who I was, and I said, 'I'm Merle's son.' He said, \ldblquote O.K.\rdblquote and that was it. \par \ldblquote His manager came out ahead of him and we were in conversation when daddy came up.\par \ldblquote I'm your son,\rdblquote I told him\par Merle replied, \ldblquote Boy, somebody lied to you.\rdblquote\par \ldblquote I looked him dead in the eye and said, \ldblquote No, they didn't.\rdblquote\par He said, \ldblquote Do you want to fight?\rdblquote\par \ldblquote I said, \ldblquote No.\rdblquote\par \ldblquote About this time a security guard had come up, but Merle said, \ldblquote Come on in the house.\rdblquote\par \ldblquote My wife and I went inside the bus and daddy said he wanted to hear my story.\par \ldblquote By the time I finished, he was crying. He got up and went to the back of the bus.\par \ldblquote My wife and I got up and left.\rdblquote\par A short time later, he took a DNA test, and the results showed Merle was his biological father.\par Since then he has been able to meet all the rest of the family, and even spent some time with them.\par It wasn't until 2008 that he really began to pursue a singing career.\par \ldblquote One of the first places I sang at was the Country Music Association in Mobile, Alabama,\rdblquote said Scott. \ldblquote In 2012, I moved to Michigan and put together a band, but come winter, we decided to head back south.\rdblquote\par He wrote and recorded his own composition "Living In The Shadow Of Merle" which was released on his debut CD, recorded in Nashville in April 2012.\par Scott Haggard has a great country music with a haunting resemblance to his father. Both share that raw, forlorn quality that is essential to the interpretation of traditional country themes, conveying the deepest emotion of every lyric. \par \ldblquote In 2004, I decided to return to my music and have been working on that part of my life ever since. Listening to my dad's music gave me inspiration to write my own songs. My first songs written are called " Living in The Shadow of Merle" which came very quickly to me as it describes my feelings about my Father, and "Do you love me " which I wrote for Vicki (his ex-wife) and relays the feelings I hold for her deep in my heart. \ldblquote In May of 2008 I won the Horizon Award from the Mobile Alabama Country Music Association, which states, "Presented to Scott Haggard in recognition of your outstanding talent and continued hard work promoting country music.\par \ldblquote I have played before a lot people, from Las Vegas to Nashville, but I've never been on the Grand Ole Opry. That would have to be one of my future goals.\par \ldblquote I love the type music I play. I think that most of it fits in with the type my daddy sang, but most of all, it fits me.\rdblquote\par Scott continues to live in Covington County, Alabama.\par } rtf159qa& KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs40 HOME\par } rtf162r""C KKTimes New Roman${\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs72 Sam Williams\par } rtf163sG9s KKmTimes New Roman{\rtf1\fbidis\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset128 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\nowidctlpar\sl200\slmult0\cf1\lang1023\f0\fs28\par Singer-songwriter Sam Williams is the youngest son of renegade country legend Hank Williams Jr., which of course, also means he\lang1033 '\lang1023 s the grandson of perhaps country music\lang1033 '\lang1023 s original outlaw superstar, Hank Williams Sr. The 22-year old Nashville resident has been gradually stepping into the music business, releasing singles \lang1033 "\lang1023 Darkwater\lang1033 "\lang1023 in 2016 and \lang1033 "\lang1023 The Lost Grandchild\lang1033 '\lang1023 s Plea\lang1033 "\lang1023 in 2018. His latest offering, \lang1033 "\lang1023 Gemini\lang1033 "\lang1023 is a folk-driven Americana gem that Williams originally wrote as a poem before he realized its potential as a song. \par \lang1033 "\lang1023 When I started writing songs before securing a pub deal, I\lang1033 '\lang1023 d write poems that I knew could be my songs,\lang1033 "\lang1023 Williams said. \lang1033 "\lang1023 Gemini was a co-write with the lovely Jaida Dreyer. I\lang1033 '\lang1023 m pretty good at knowing what I want to say and what I don\lang1033 '\lang1023 t, and that day I wanted to outline all these opposites in my life. One day I can be as impressive as can be, the next day I might fault harder than I ever have. We all deal with that. \lang1033 "\lang1023 Gemini\lang1033 "\lang1023 was written at a time when I was really digging into Billie Eilish music and that\lang1033 '\lang1023 s how I figured I wanted the chorus to fall much different than the listener may expect.\par \lang1033 "\lang1023 My dad didn\lang1033 '\lang1023 t play music in the house, and it was a thing I had to grow into. I had to learn my family\lang1033 '\lang1023 s catalogue on my own and see what it meant for me. My sister Holly is also a tremendous influence for me. I\lang1033 '\lang1023 ve been the tipsy guy singing that song with him on stage before, but nowadays I take it very seriously and feel so blessed to get to sing beside him. He is a miracle in every sense and entertains like no other. I\lang1033 '\lang1023 m just waiting on singing \lang1033 "\lang1023 Weatherman\lang1033 "\lang1023 together.\lang1033 "\lang1023\par As the son of Hank Williams, Jr., Sam Williams inherited the gift of wondrous country lyricism and a vocal talent that his father believes is best in the family. (CMT) With a striking tone and poetic approach to songwriting, Williams is poised to leave his own legacy on Country Music, unafraid to push his own creative limits and break through the self-inflicted limitations that threaten the genre as a whole. In the words of his late grandfather Hank, \lang1033 "T\lang1023 o sing like a hillbilly, you had to have lived like a hillbilly. You had to have smelt a lot of mule manure.\lang1033 "\lang1023 Sam jokes, I haven\lang1033 '\lang1023 t done that so why would I try.\lang1033 "\lang1023\line\f1\u8205?\f0 Inspired by the new Nashville with artists like Maren Morris, Margo Price, Tyler Childers, Ruston Kelly and more blurring genre lines, the CMT \lang1033 "\lang1023 Indie You Need To Know\lang1033 "\lang1023 feels it\lang1033 '\lang1023 s his time to share what he\lang1033 '\lang1023 s been working on to forge his own path, with a bit of grit and rebellion for good measure. Influenced by artists from Billie Eilish to Dolly Parton, his sister Holly Williams to Drake, it\lang1033 '\lang1023 s easy to see why so many have been keeping a close watch on him in anticipation of what\lang1033 '\lang1023 s to come.\line\f1\u8205?\f0 Born in Nashville in the season of the Gemini and raised on Highway 79 in Paris, TN, Williams cared more about sports than he did following in his father\lang1033 '\lang1023 s footsteps. Now 22, he\lang1033 '\lang1023 s found himself using poetry and songwriting as therapy to get out the things he needs to say, important to him that it\lang1033 '\lang1023 s straight from the heart. He attended Belmont University for 2.5 years studying Entertainment Industry before deciding to leave to pursue his music.\line\f1\u8205?\f0 In 2016, he released his debut single \lang1033 "\lang1023 Darkwater\lang1033 "\lang1023 showcasing his funky folk sound and a whole lotta\lang1033 '\lang1023 blues. He followed up with \lang1033 "\lang1023 The Lost Grandchild\lang1033 '\lang1023 s Plea\lang1033 "\lang1023 in 2018, an ode to his grandparents he never knew, Hank and Audrey Williams. His sister Hilary has said. "people call us the Country Kennedys, because of all the trauma that has happened in the Williams family. We\lang1033 '\lang1023 re fighters and survivors.\lang1033 "\lang1023\line\pard\ltrpar\f1\u8205?\f0 Williams has a global publishing and artist development deal with Get It Done Music Entertainment (Missi Gallimore / Gary Borman) & Kobalt. He\lang1033 '\lang1023 s collaborated with writers Lori McKenna, Shawn Camp, Dan Tyminski, Jim Lauderdale, Mary Gauthier and more, penning over 40 songs in the past year. He\lang1033 '\lang1023 s played a handful of shows across the country, some appearances opening for the likes of Corey Smith and Frank Foster. Looking ahead, he\lang1033 '\lang1023 s excited for what\lang1033 '\lang1023 s to come and for the own torch he\lang1033 '\lang1023 s sure to carry, not allowing anyone to put it out. His current single, \lang1033 "\lang1023 Gemini\lang1033 "\lang1023 was co-written with Jaida Dreyer (Reba, Sunny Sweeney, Luke Bryan) and released on June 21, the last day of Gemini season. \lang1033\par } geo153t b<`KKrtf164u & KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs40 Sam and his dad, Hank Williams Jr.\par } rtf165v "C KKTimes New Roman${\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs72 Bobby Tomberlin\par } rtf166wR& KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs40 HOME\par } geo157x`KK rtf167yz  KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs28 Grammy, CMA and ACM nominee Bobby Tomberlin started out in the music business at the age of 11 in his hometown of Luverne, Alabama interviewing legends such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Keith Whitley. Mel Tillis gave Bobby his first publishing contract and for the past 14 years, Bobby has been a staff writer for CURB Records Publishing.\par Bobby co-wrote the number one country and Top 5 AC single, \ldblquote One More Day\rdblquote recorded by Diamond Rio. Bobby also co-authored an inspirational book by the same title. Bobby co-wrote the Top 10 single \ldblquote A Good Day To Run\rdblquote with Darryl Worley. Bobby has also had songs recorded by Josh Turner, Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Joe Nichols, Terri Clark, Little Jimmy Dickens, the Oak Ridge Boys, Joe Diffie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ty Herndon, Lee Greenwood, Chely Wright, Linda Davis, Chris Young, T. G. Sheppard, Eddy Arnold and many others.\par Some of Bobby\rquote s co-writers include Steve Wariner, Bill Anderson, Mac Davis, Steve Dorff, Phil Everly and Josh Turner.\par Bobby is one of the singers on the new CMT hit series, \ldblquote The Singing Bee\rdblquote\par Bobby has appeared on numerous other television shows including \ldblquote Opry Backstage\rdblquote and \ldblquote The Bad Girls Club\rdblquote on the Oxygen Network, where he starred in an episode.\par } rtf169z& KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs40\par } rtf170{Jl4 KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\b\f0\fs56 Museum Is Open\b0\par } rtf149|";C KKTimes New Roman${\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs72 Mark Wills\par } rtf150}r! KKTimes New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs36 HOME\par } geo151~KKkk`KK!rtf171#:s KK Times New Roman{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset128 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial Black;}{\f2\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs24 \f1\fs28 Mark Wills was born August 8, 1973, in Cleveland, Tennessee. He signed with Mercury Records in 1996, and released five studio albums for the label until 2003.\par Of his albums, Wish You Were Here is the best-selling, with a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. This album's title track and the late 2002 release "19 Somethin'" both reached number one on the country music charts. Besides these, six more of his singles have reached Top Ten on the charts: debut single "Jacob's Ladder", "Places I've Never Been", "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "She's in Love" and a cover version of Brian McKnight's "Back at One".\par Mark Wills has captivated fans and listeners for over two decades. He achieved his first top-charting success at the young age of 23, and has maintained longevity in the music business that many artists can only dream of. His mission is to create country music filled with depth and meaningful substance to create lasting memories through the words.\par The year, 2020, was a slow year for Wills and many other entertainers, because of the Covid Virus.\par "Doing shows is my favorite pastime right now, and working," he said. "I have really missed working. I will wholeheartedly tell you that there's been nothing more special in my life than spending time with my family. I have enjoyed being with my wife and daughters, and projects at the house.\par "But also, I have honest-to-God, truly missed the people I work with. For some people, the people you work with, the people you tour with, are just employees, maybe for some people that's the case. For a small unit like us, who all travel together on one bus and spend a lot of time together, it's been tough. 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