Music

March, 1979

The current pop consciousness in Nashville—to break country acts into the vastly more lucrative terrain of Top 40—has assumed in some quarters the missionary fervor of a religious crusade. One star who has no heavy crossovers to bear for his sins, however, is Don Williams, the ruggedly independent Texas native with a leathery Lonesome Cowboy charisma who was named Male Vocalist of the Year last fall by the Country Music Association. Although Williams has racked up 12 number-one hits (She Never K...