Three New Inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame-- Part 1: Dillon, Williams and Stuart

From the August 13, 2020, Chicago Tribune  "Artists to join country hall of fame."

Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon are the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.

This was announced on Wednesday, August 12 by the Country Music Association.  Williams will join his father, country legend Hank Williams Sr in the Hall of Fame's rotunda.

"I have been making Top Ten records for 56 years, said Williams, 71.  "I fell off a mountain and tried to reinvent myself as a truly individual artist and one who stepped out of the shadows of a very famous man, one of the greatest.  I've got to thank all those rowdy friends, who, year after year, still show up for me.

"It's an honor to carry one this family tradition.  It is much appreciated."

Bocephus, as he is also known, is known for his songs like "A Country Boy Can Survive,"  "Family Tradition" and "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight."  He has had 10 No. 1 Billboard Hot Country songs.  That's him singing at the beginning of Monday Night Football games.

One of my absolute favorite country singers. Back when male country singers did not sound so similar.  You knew when Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash or George Jones was singing.

--RoadBocephus