With one of the most famous pedigrees in country music, Hank Williams Jr. spent his early ... this time entirely in the Southern country-rock genre. In the last six months of the 1970s, Hank ...

Throughout the decades, country music has been home to some of ... ranging from titans of the genre like Hank Williams to relative newcomer Luke Combs, and so many more.

Those credited with creating the genre, particularly Elvis Presley, pulled large elements of their style directly from Hank ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hank Williams Jr. has been steadily working in the country world for more ...

Hank Williams wasn’t the first major country music star nor was he the most successful. However, few artists in the history of the genre have been more impactful or influential than him.