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Anyone know how to get presale codes for Paul Cauthen shows?

He has a show in August that I want to go to. The presale is May 19th, but I can't find where to sign up for it! Any help is greatly appreciated.

u/Because-of-Money — 4 days ago
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I’ve been building a classic country music history site — just published a deep dive on Hank Jr. Would love honest feedback from people who actually know this music

Been working on a passion project for about a year now — a site called Classic Country TV, basically a journal dedicated to preserving the history and stories behind classic and outlaw country music. Not a fan blog, more of a long-form editorial thing. Deep dives, song stories, the stuff that gets lost over time.

Just published what I think is my best piece yet — a full artist deep dive on Hank Williams Jr. Not the surface-level greatest hits stuff. I wanted to actually dig into why his story matters: the years of imitating his father, the Ajax Peak fall, and how those two things together cracked something open in him.

Here’s a bit from the piece, on the accident:

“Stripped of the stage, stripped of the expectations, forced back into the most basic questions about who he was and what he actually wanted — Hank Williams Jr. began, slowly and carefully, to figure out the answers. He grew a beard during the recovery. He started wearing sunglasses. The face that looked back at him from the mirror was different — and in that changed face, he found something unexpected: permission. Permission to be someone different. Not Hank Sr.’s boy. Not the tribute act. Something genuinely new.”

That recovery period — 1975 to 1977 — is where I think the real Bocephus was actually born. The accident didn’t derail the career. It made it.

Full piece is here if you want to read it: https://journal.classiccountrytv.com/2026/05/17/hank-williams-jr-artist-deep-dive/

Genuinely looking for feedback — are there angles I missed? Things you’d want to see covered that the mainstream history always skips? I want this to be something worth bookmarking for people who care about this music, not just another content farm article.

u/ClassicCountryTV — 5 days ago
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Cool Find

1987 CBS prints 58 songs specifically for Readers Digest members. Still sealed !

u/roadyrizzle — 5 days ago
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The New Albums of the Week

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - They Call Us The Lucky Ones

49 Winchester - Change of Plans

Reckless Kelly - Alternate Routes

Jobi Riccio - Face The Feeling

Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open

Russell Jamie Johnson - Self-Titled

Rob Baird - Smoke on the Breeze

Braxton Keith - Real Damn Deal

Sarah Harralson - Just The Beginning

(EP)

Johnny Mullenax - This Joints For You, Too (EP)

Hunter Morris/Mountain of Youth - Nowhere, NW

Kevin Farge - Country Love Song

Adam Ross - Bring On The Apathy

Desiree Dorion - Pieces of Me

Teddy Thompson - Never Be The Same

Thin Lear - Many Disappeared

Dan Walsh - At the Station

Amanda Shaw - Rhythm of My Roots

Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs - Tribute to The Stanley Brothers

Brandon Good - Restless

Shakey Graves - Fondness, Etc.

S.G. Goodman - (Re)Planting by the Signs

Ramsey Thornton - I Called It

Sam Gelband - That's All

Menoncle Jason - Hallo Chanceux

Crow and Gazelle - Truth Be Told

Jack Shields & The Mojave Rush - Avalanche Hour

Daughn Gibson - Lake Mary Not Mysterious

Carly King - Loving you is Easy

Angelo De Augustine - Angel In Plainclothes

I’m Kingfisher - Give Up Together

Hannah & Nathan - Love & Labour

Spencer Bandy - Ends With Us (EP)

Madisons - The Return of Country Music Sunday!!! (EP)

Jason Scott & The High Heat - Highway Robbery (EP)

STELLA LEFTY - Is This Heaven? (EP)

Son of Dave - Four Sod Kickers (EP)

Cancion Franklin - The Highway and the Morning Stars (EP)

Alex Amen - California Blues (EP)

Golden Everything - Down Time (EP)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7rCwShoqBkytk8L11rhMz0kvZddwrJJz&si=1PQuPWcPMaYXO7km

u/Routeamericana — 4 days ago
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Help me make a list of the real hard core troubadours that burned up the roads playing every roadhouse and honky tonk they possibly could.

New or old artists or bands. The ones that seemed to play your local joints at least once a year. The grinders. The really dedicated to the life ones.

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u/evidentlynaught — 7 days ago
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Dumbass Question...

In "Streets of Bakersfield" the guy gets locked up in San Fran, and took $15 from a drunken cell mate. He then says he left him his watch and house key, becuas "Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal...".
What does one thing have to do with the other? $15 watch? And why the house key? Am I looking to deeply?

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u/EStreet12 — 7 days ago
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Beyond Boot-licking and Bigotry: Reclaiming Country Music's Progressive Roots

After Holmes introduced the four as country giants, saying “some might argue they are country music,” they began to talk about what’s ailing America. Willie Nelson led with “there’s a lot of things wrong with this country. I think the spirit is still here, the spirit just needs to scream a little bit.”

Kris followed with a far more biting remark. “Other than the fact that it reminds me a lot of the flag-waving and choreographed patriotism that we had back in Nazi Germany half a century ago … the fact that we’ve got a one-party system which is in control of all three branches of our government … a lapdog media that’s cranking out propaganda for the administration that would make a Nazi blush … other than that, we’re doing pretty good.”

Johnny Cash added “If you ask me, one of the illnesses is that there’s too much money being spent on military and there should be more spent on education, welfare, the children, and the elderly … There’s always been a lot of things wrong with the country but it’s always been our obligation and opportunity to help straighten those things out. I love America.”

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u/shirst_75 — 9 days ago
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Slow Bluesy Outlaw Songs

Looking for slow bluesy songs by outlaw artists, a few I like are:

- Harvest Moon / St Louis Blues : Hank Jr

- Sugar Man - Kristofferson

- Blues Medley : Hank Jr.

Specifically slow blues not fast blues ie: My Name is Bocephus, Folsom Prison.

Don't care if its a cover or not. Thanks for all your help.

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u/Easymoney_67 — 8 days ago