How the late rock & roll icon's "Rip It Up," with additional music by the group Butcher Brown, officially replaced Hank Williams, Jr.'s long-running intro
A revamped rendition of the rock & roll pioneer's "Rip It Up" will greet viewers next week
Songwriter Dean Dillon rounds out the 2020 class of inductees
'Hank Williams will always be a treasured past member,' says the country institution's vice president and executive producer
Billed as a "weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us," new Oklahoma festival also features Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, and Blackberry Smoke
From Carrie Underwood's "Love Wins" to Kenny Chesney's "Get Along," country songs preached unity and acceptance in the Trump Era
From Dolly Parton's 'Great Balls of Fire' to Merle Haggard's 'Serving 190 Proof,' the best country albums of 1979
Daughter of Hank Williams Jr., who briefly "died" after a horrific 2006 car accident, released her debut LP in May
While contemporary country stars stay out of the political fray, two veterans continue to sound off via disparate approaches
Country's proto-rebel, who married classic country with Southern rock, once recorded Allman's "Come and Go Blues"
