2022年12月2日 · Johnny Cash notoriously smashed the stage lights spraying glass into the front row audience, while Hank Williams lost his membership after failing to show up to his scheduled Opry shows.

2020年2月17日 · Although Hank Williams has gone down in history as one of the country music genre's most important figures, he is not a member of the Grand Ole Opry. According to the Opry's current...

2020年2月13日 · In 2003, Williams’ grandson Hank Williams III started a campaign to have his grandfather reinstated into the Grand Ole Opry. An online petition garnered more than 65,000 signatures, but...

2022年6月18日 · Hank Williams Jr. isn't a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and he says he never will be. The singer's reasoning dates back 60 years, and really boils down to musical preference.

2024年10月10日 · Inducted into the elite company in 1949, Hank Williams would go on to be dismissed from the Opry just three years later in 1952. Reasons for his departure included alcoholism, ill behavior,...

2022年8月11日 · Constantly presenting issues for the Grand Ole Opry stemming from his alcohol abuse, Hank Williams would miss rehearsals, turn in drunken performances, and generally cause issues for the legendary radio show’s managers and producers.

2024年9月17日 · As Opry executive producer Dan Rogers explained to Rolling Stone back in 2020: “Hank Williams will always be a treasured past member of the Grand Ole Opry. The Grand Ole Opry is made of living, breathing artists who can contribute to the show, and to whom the Opry can give back.”

2024年8月9日 · Hank Williams had been on thin ice with the organizers of Nashville’s already-fabled concert and broadcast institution, The Grand Ole Opry, when he pushed his luck too far on August 9, 1952....

2023年4月6日 · Back in 2002, Hank Williams Jr. returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage at the Ryman Auditorium after more than 20 years to pay tribute to his friend, the late, great Waylon Jennings, just after his death three days prior.

2020年2月15日 · The new vice president and executive producer of the Grand Ole Opry said this week in an interview that Hank Williams will not be reinstated to the institution he helped popularize.