Ultimate Country Rebels

January, 2005

Hank Williams: the patron saint of honky-tonkers everywhereCrime against Nashville: Disillusioned, alcoholic and stricken with back pain, he was kicked out of the Grand Ole Opry for his drunkenness and unreliability in August 1952. Five months later he was dead.Legacy: He was posthumously forgiven, because Nashville needed him more than he needed it.Johnny Cash: the Man in BlackCrime against Nashville: Fried on amphetamines, Cash ended a 1965 show at the Grand Ole Opry by dragging the microphone...

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