hank williams

There's a scene in the Hank Williams biopic in which actor Tom Hiddleston helps recreate a studio moment that finds the Godfather of country music recording a song that would become timeless.

It's hard to believe just how many people from Shreveport or Bossier City have gone on to lives of incredible celebrity. What's even harder is identifying the 5 most famous of those people.

Local musician Cody Cooke (Cody Cooke And The Bayou Outlaws) was passing through Montgomery, AL when he stopped at the grave site of country legend Hank Williams, Sr.

Actor Tom Hiddleston is set to portray Hank Williams in the new film 'I Saw the Light.'

Braxton Schuffert, who was an original member of Hank Williams' backing band the Drifting Cowboys, has died.

Fans haven't heard much from Hank Williams III since he released four albums simultaneously in September of 2011, but it looks like that's all about to change. The stubbornly independent country/rock/whatever-you-want-to-call-him performer has revealed that he's been working on 25 new songs that will see release some time this year.

2013 marks 90 years since the birth of country legend Hank Williams and 60 years since his tragic death. While he didn't live to see 30, the indelible mark he left on the genre is indisputable. Now, the Hank Williams Estate, which is overseen by his children Jett and Hank Williams, Jr., is making over 200 live performance recordings available to movie houses, TV production companies and ad agencie

From the Civil War, to the Louisiana Hayride,  to the landing of Air Force One here in the hours after the 9-11 tragedy, Shreveport has seen it's share of historical events.  And actually, it was a discussion of a notable Hayride moment involving a skinny kid from Tupelo,  Mississippi, that brought about this post.  If a stranger came to town, and wanted to know what there was to see in Shreveport