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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2016 · 14 MIN

Hank’s Last Ride

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

On New Years Eve, 1952, 17 year old Charlie Carr was on a mission to deliver country music star Hank Williams to a concert in Canton, Ohio, and ended up driving into Appalachian history. Despite Charlie’s efforts, Hank didn’t make it to Canton, having died somewhere between Bristol, Virginia and Oak Hill, West Virginia. On […]

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