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...special attraction is the energetic diversity he displays when given a beer and a stage. Hunched over the piano, a spindly Ichabod partial to wide-brimmed swamper hats, Stewart invites everybody to get loose to something like his own Hank Western, with a weakness for "any good-lookin' woman, any kind of booze." The delivery, in a tight, nasal tenor voice, is as seasoned as the inside of an old spittoon, but heartfelt. Says Stewart: "It's all a poor man's music that talks about troubles on the home front and hard times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...lookin' for violence? I got lots of guys in the dock who can give you violence," one of the sargeants responded when I asked if reports of any "incidents" had come in. "No, son," he said, shaking his head, "There ain't going to be much violence this year...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...lookin' for violence? I got lots of guys in the dock who can give you violence," one of the sargeants responded when I asked if reports of any "incidents" had come in. "No, son," he said, shaking his head, "There ain't going to be much violence this year...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

Hank Williams, Jr. was barely two years old on the December night his father died in the back seat of a Cadillac in southern West Virginia, minutes after finishing his last gig. Williams pere casts an awesome shadow over country music--"Jambalaya," "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" have entered the pantheon of American popular music...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Brand New Country Star | 4/10/1976 | See Source »

...handlers on tugboats, airplane welders, bulldozer operators and a deep-sea diver. All recruits go through rugged basic training, learning to shoot and strip rifles (just in case they ever have to in an emergency) and slog through mud, with full packs, to cadence-counting chants ("Standin' tall and lookin' good/ We ought to be in Hollywood . . .") The service academies are preparing for women in the classes that will be admitted next summer. West Point will take in about 100 women cadets, the Naval Academy 80 and the Air Force Academy 100. The women will wear handsomely cut uniforms, basically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN OF THE YEAR: Great Changes, New Chances, Tough Choices | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

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