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Article: Hankering honky-tonk?: Petty revives the legendary Hank Williams.
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- Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2006
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Byline: Patrice Stewart
Mar. 26--His favorite song is "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."
Jason Petty hasn't been too lonesome, however, since his talent at portraying country singer Hank Williams Sr. was discovered when he was "just a kid singing the songs of several country stars in the Country Music USA show" at the old Opryland theme park in Nashville.
You can hear that song and others April 4 when Petty brings "Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes" to the stage of the Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts.
If you like the Hank Williams' standards -- "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Jambalaya," "Hey, Good Lookin'," "Cold, Cold Heart," "I ...