Happy Holidays to everyone. Thank you for supporting us in 2008, from the Reinstate Hank campaign to all our new projects and bands we have the good fortune to work with. Look for a new site overhaul in 2009, some SXSW, much more of the campaign, and a few surprises.

Monday night Blake, Rick and I attended a private party/meeting in Cincinnati to commemorate the 60th anniversary of when Hank Williams recorded at Herzog Studio. We actually got in the space, where Jake Speed and Freddies, David Rhodes Brown, Ed from Strawboss, Patrick Ewing and Elliot Ruther all performed Hank covers including a couple of Hank's bigger hits "Lovesick Blues" and "My Bucket.." The event was not only to commemorate this historic date sixty years ago when "Lovesick Blues" was recored there, but also an attempt to raise money and awareness to Cincinnati's ties to the history of country music and music in general. Donations and proceeds from the event were to to raise funds to get a marker to place outside the building so that people will know what has taken place in that space.
CityBeat, a local Cincinnati publication wrote a blog on the space and event that you can read here:
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-301-hank-williams-citybeat-and-music-history.html

Labels: Citybeat, Hank Williams, Herzog Studios, Jake Speed, Judd, Neltner, reinstate hank