Hank Williams Jr. and Hank III to share the Opry stage
Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams III will perform together onstage for the first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of country legend Hank Williams’ death.
Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams III will perform together onstage for the first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of country legend Hank Williams’ death.
Several of Williams’ classic songs will be performed by his son and grandson on Grand Ole Opry Live, which will be broadcast on Jan. 4 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times on the CMT cable network.
“It was a year ago that I made my first performance on the Grand Ole Opry in over 17 years,” Hank Williams Jr. said in a statement. “And boy, it was a sad night as I honored my brother Waylon Jennings. This time I will be honoring my father, and who better to be performing with but my own son, Shelton [Hank III].”
Hank Williams--whose best-known songs include “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Lovesick Blues” and “Cold, Cold Heart"--made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry on June 11, 1945, and was brought back to perform six additional times. He died--apparently after mixing drugs and alcohol--on New Year’s Day of 1953 at the age of 29.
CMT will also pay tribute to Williams with a new episode of its biography CMT Inside Fame, which debuts on Jan. 1.
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