Monday night Keith, Rick and I attended a private party/meeting in Cincinnati to commemorate the 60th anniversary of when Hank Williams recorded at Herzog Studio. We actually got in the space, where Jake Speed and Freddies, David Rhodes Brown, Ed from Strawboss, Patrick Ewing and Elliot Ruther all performed Hank covers including a couple of Hank's bigger hits "Lovesick Blues" and "My Bucket.." The event was not only to commemorate this historic date sixty years ago when "Lovesick Blues" was recored there, but also an attempt to raise money and awareness to Cincinnati's ties to the history of country music and music in general. Donations and proceeds from the event were to to raise funds to get a marker to place outside the building so that people will know what has taken place in that space.
CityBeat, a local Cincinnati publication wrote a blog on the space and event that you can read here:
http://www.citybeat.com/ci
I would like that thank all of those that came out and let us be apart of the event. It was a great experience, and again as with "Reinstate Hank" it is great to meet people who care about the legacy of Hank Williams, music, and their home.
There was also an recent article about Hank Williams and the Opry in a Birmingham, AL publication that you can check out here:
http://bhamweekly.com/blog
More soon.
