Luke the Drifter was a name Hank Williams adopted in the later part of his account [Around 50' so last two years.] to release his religious songs. He made the change because there was a fear that Jukebox operators (Because that is supposedly where a lot of Williams records were sold.) would be scared to play these songs, because most of them didn't contain singing, but rather recitations. So in order to keep the two different styles separately he released records under both names.
I like Nelson just slipped my mine while posting. I would like to know though, do you know much about Merle Haggard? I for some reason never ventured into him other than the occasional song. Thanks in advanced, HtD.
Thanks for the welcomes.
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“If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.” - Hank Williams
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