http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/reinstate-hank-williams.html

REINSTATE

Hey Everybody,

How Goes It?

We are looking for NASHVILLE Locals who will to support The Reinstate Hank Williams Campaign. We are mailing out posters, large and small stickers, stencils for tagging, buttons, & whatever else we can come up with. Your objective is to get out there and spread the word in the music city by any means necessary! Look, don't get your self arrested and don't do anything stupid. We're not gonna bail you out. But if you receive this package, you ARE obligated to go forth and spread the word. So…if you live in Nashville (or pretty Damn close), reply to this with your name and mailing address and we will get you hooked up.

In the meantime, if you have not already, follow this link and sign the petition!

Hank is the man... Real cuntry music.

This petition calls for the reinstatement of Opry legend, and country music star, Hank Williams. Fifty years have passed since the tragic and untimely death of country music's greatest performer, who made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry on June 11th, 1949. A few years later, in 1952, Hiram Hank Williams was asked to leave the Opry -- with the intention that he would sober up and make a return to the stage that he loved so much. Before he could make that return, he passed on, in the back seat of a car on the way to an Ohio show. It's now 2007, and Hank Williams has yet to be reinstated to the Opry.
Hank Williams has been one of the most influential artists to ever record; changing the face of music, and the way that we view country music. Since his passing in 1953, he has posthumously achieved numerous rewards and achievements. In 1961, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and a few years later, he was added to the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars. In 1973, he was the recipient of the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. He received a Grammy for 'Your Cheatin' Heart' in 1983, and was then inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. That same year he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Life Magazine even ranked Hank Williams #1 on the 'Most Important People in Country Music' list. Within his short years with us on earth, he had 11 #1 singles, including 'Lovesick Blues,' 'Kaw-Liga,' as well as 25 other Top 10 Singles.

We, the undersigned, feel that it is past due for Hank Williams' reinstatement to the Grand Ole Opry. Hank Williams was one of the most influential people to ever record or write music, and his untimely death made it impossible for his to 'redeem' himself in the Opry's eyes, but after 50 years we feel that his legacy has more than made up for any objections that the Opry may have had about his personal life. His lyrics and music helped create everything traditional country music became.

Sincerely, The fans of Hank Williams, Sr.

Im a huge Hank sr fan, but I dont really follow why people care, the grand ole opry is on the border of irrelevance and he is already the most celebrated country music legend there is, seems like the opry would have more to gain by "reinstating" him, whatever that even means, its not like the man is going to come back from the dead to perform one last show for anyone... seems like people could be focusing on things a little more important, like masturbating for instance, or debunking the myth of female orgasm.... just sayin

they basically fired him, but now they have a Hank impersonator standing at the frontdoor holding it open for people when they attend the Opry.

Hank Jr. Jr. should torch the place.

signed and forwarded to someone way more into country than me

Fuck the Opry!
If Hank was alive he'd probably tell you to go light your crack pipe with that fuckin' petition. He don't need Nashvilles fuckin' patronage. The damage is done....They fucked up.
Really, someone should do something about those cash whores the "Music Mafia" and their weak ass psuedo outlaw pop country faggotry choking up the radio.



I'm a rollin' stone all alone and lost
For a life of sin I have paid the cost
When I pass by all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies makes a life like mine
O the day we met, I went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly 22
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now I'm lost, too late to pray
Lord I paid the cost, on the lost highway

Now boy's don't start to ramblin' round
On this road of sin ,or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway

Troll's probably right, though.

*smokes crack through the interwebs*

mmm thats some good crackin

love his music..but I dont really care about this