One of my other favorite singers has always been Ray Price. He had an incredible career but I once heard him tell about the very early years when he first started out - possibly about 1953 just after the death of Hank Williams. Ray hired Hank's band to back him up. After one of the shows a fan told Ray that he "sounded just like old Hank." The next thing Ray did was hire a new band which he named the Cherokee Cowboys. As they say the rest is history. Maybe Jim had ideas that replacing Hank at that time may have been hard to do I don't know.
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