If you’re a fan of Willie Nelson, George Strait or Charley Crockett, cue up “The Wild Side of Life” on Sept. 3 to mark the 100th birthday of a fellow Texan who inspired them: Honky-tonk swing pioneer ...

On this day (September 3) in 1925, Henry William Thompson was born in Waco, Texas. After serving in World War II with the United States Navy and studying at Princeton University, he decided to pursue ...

In the early 1950s, country star Hank Thompson went into his then-state-of-the-art home studio in Oklahoma City and made a series of recordings for radio.

The Brazos Valley Boys, Hank Thompson’s backing band, will celebrate 100 years of the western swing icon with a performance at the Pawhuska Western Swing Festival, scheduled Nov. 14-15 at the Osage ...