Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music along the Red River - Tracey E. W. Laird - Google Books

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On a Saturday night in 1948, Hank Williams stepped onto the stage of the Louisiana Hayride and sang "Lovesick Blues." Up to that point, Williams's yodeling style had been pigeon-holed as hillbilly music, cutting him off from the mainstream of popular…