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    • Aug 15, 1951
    Hank Williams begins a concert tour, sponsored by the Hadacol medicinal company, that puts him on a bill with comedians Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Minnie Pearl, Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante
    Sep 22, 1951
    Lefty Frizzell headlines one of country music's first stadium shows, at Griffith Park in Washington, D.C. The lineup also features Ernest Tubb, Flatt & Scruggs, Moon Mullican, Carl Smith and the Duke of Paducah, drawing 14,000 fans
    Jan 29, 1952
    Hank Williams plays his first concert since a December back operation in Richmond, Virginia. At the hotel, he drinks a mixture of tomato juice and rubbing alcohol, then gives a poor, abbreviated show. Ray Price fills in with a 40-minute set
    Jan 30, 1952
    Addressing a female reporter who gave the prior night's show a bad review, Hank Williams dedicates a song to a "gracious lady writer" on stage in Richmond, then plays "Mind Your Own Business"
    Mar 11, 1952
    Hank Williams leads a Grand Ole Opry road show at the Municipal Auditorium in Jackson, Mississippi. The audience includes Billy Ray Reynolds, who will play guitar on numerous Waylon Jennings hits, including "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
    May 16, 1952
    Hank Williams performs at the Last Frontier, kicking off his first Las Vegas stint. Williams is booked for two weeks, though he ultimately plays just one week
    May 23, 1952
    Hank Williams' two-week engagement at Las Vegas' Last Frontier is cancelled after just one week
    Sep 17, 1952
    On his 29th, and final, birthday, Hank Williams visits the Alamo, then plays San Antonio's The Barn, owned by singer Charlie Walker. Future Texas Tornado Doug Sahm, age 11, sits on Williams' lap and plays "Steel Guitar Rag"
    Sep 27, 1952
    Virginia Hensley debuts as a singer with Bill Peer & His Melody Boys at the Brunswick Moose Hall in Winchester, Virginia. He becomes her manager and gives Patsy Cline her new first name
    Dec 14, 1952
    Hank Williams plays one of his final shows in Houston. Future country star Rodney Crowell, at age 2, attends with his father, J.W. Crowell



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