Elvis, Hank, and Me
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Elvis, Hank, and Me

Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayride

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Elvis, Hank, and Me

Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayride

About this book

In 1948, Horace "Hoss" Logan, a young radio producer in Shreveport, Louisiana, started booking talent for a new weekly music show called the Louisiana Hayride. Performed for a live audience and broadcast nationally over the CBS Radio network, the show became known as the "Cradle of the Stars." In this affectionate memoir, Hoss Logan recalls the Hayride's heyday with behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the dozens of musicians he knew and nurtured, including Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Faron Young, and many more. As producer, emcee, and friend to the Hayride performers, Logan gives us a personal look into musical history - from Hank Williams's ups and downs to the teenage Elvis's first performance on national radio to the ways the Hayride's many emerging stars expanded our idea about what country music could be.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Foreword by Hank Williams Jr.
  5. Introduction by Johnny Cash
  6. 1. The Shy Kid from Memphis
  7. 2. Birth of an Entertainment Legend
  8. 3. Hank Williams I—A Ticket to Immortality
  9. 4. Hank Williams II—The Loneliest Man Alive
  10. 5. The Legacy and the Lawsuits
  11. 6. ā€œCradle of the Starsā€
  12. 7. The Feud with the Opry
  13. 8. The Act Nobody Could Follow
  14. 9. Freeing the King to Claim His Throne
  15. 10. Johnny Horton: Fisherman’s Lament
  16. 11. Cashing in with the ā€œMan in Blackā€
  17. 12. Ringing Down the Curtain
  18. 13. Hillbillies in Hollywood
  19. 14. Casualties, Survivors, and Outlaws
  20. 15. It Was One Helluva Ride!
  21. Artists and Bands That Appeared on the Louisiana Hayride
  22. Index
  23. Newsletter Sign-up
  24. Contents
  25. Copyright