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Junk in the Trunk: Drive’s Daily Blog for Friday January 23rd 2015

Published: January 23, 2015

Each day, Rich Terfry and Radio 2 Drive wraps up your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world.

RICH'S PICK: "Funky" by The Chambers Brothers

JUNK IN THE TRUNK:

Limbo prank:

Bubbles!

Kitten attack!

REAR VIEW MIRROR:

Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, Hank Williams with "Long Gone Lonesome Blues."

Hank Williams is credited as one of the most important figures in music history and the father of contemporary country music. He gave all the credit for his success to an unknown African American street performer and blues musician named Rufus Payne.

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AUDIOListen to Rich tell you the story behind Hank Williams and the incredible music from his career.

Hank Williams was eight years old when he got his first guitar. That was an important first step toward becoming the music legend we know him as today. But first he had to learn how to play the darn thing. Young Hank was taken with a musician who played on street corners in his home town of Georgiana, Alabama. His name was Rufus Payne, but friends called him Tee-Tot. Williams hounded Tee-Tot for guitar lessons - he'd offer him a few cents or for him to come to his house for meals in exchange.

Williams was relentless and eventually Payne paid a visit to Williams' mother Lillie and told her he was worried the kid would get them both in trouble if he kept following him around. A white kid and a black man seen hanging around in small town Alabama in the 20s was potentially a recipe for trouble, to say the least.But eventually Payne gave in and taught Williams everything he knew - chords, chord progressions, bass turns, the fundamentals of the blues. He also taught Williams, who was a shy kid, to come out of his shell, to project and to be more expressive as a performer.

When Williams started writing songs and performing professionally, he employed the techniques he learned from his old pal Tee-Tot, over and over again. And whenever he had a chance, he let people know who his teacher was.

After Hank Williams became a superstar, he made a triumphant homecoming. He searched high and low for Tee-Tot, wanting to catch up and to thank him for all his help, but he had passed away. Williams was heartbroken. Payne died in 1939 at the age of 55.

The blues education Hank Williams received from Rufus Payne is evident in the majority of his songs including this one, which went to number one on the charts in 1950 - here's "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" on Rear View Mirror.

Source:	https://music.cbc.ca/blogs/2015/1/Junk-in-the-Trunk-Drives-Daily-Blog-for-Friday-January-23rd-2015
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