At the height of his short yet astonishing career, country legend Hank Williams earned a few extra bucks in 1951 by performing an early-morning weekday radio show for Nashville station WSM. Sponsored by Mother's Best Flour, these 15-minute gems opened with a song by Hank, continued with a tune featuring his Drifting Cowboys band, and concluded with a daily spiritual dedicated to the sick and "shut-ins" among his mostly rural audience. … Back to Article
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