Rare Hank Williams, Carter Family, Acuff Video - 1952 - Glory Bound Train

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Hank, Roy, The Carter Family and more. It does not get any better than this.

[@Steve-gj1ev]

Hank is really grooving here. He sure was a tall country boy.

[@derickfeigum1467]

Absolutely love hank Williams he's the one who got me into country music

[@katy9532]

I remember when my mother would be watching some of these shows and back then as a child I didn't realize how great Hank Williams, Sr., really was. And I didn't like the old country music that much. But, I have to say: as I came to be an adult and had my heart broken, I realized what a jewel he really was. I have all of his songs. Now, I don't know about you But, in my opinion I have to say: He sang from the heart. What you heard from him --- was who he really was. I wished I'd been his girl.

[@orvillelowrie3997]

AMEN TO THAT AND GOD BLESS YOU ❣️..

[@sideshowbob5237]

Acuff's diction is superb. A few modern artists could take a leaf - well pretty well all of them actually.

[@pinkiesue849]

This is what America was not all that long ago. Its just wonderful

[@reality8605]

You held too tight and it slipped through your fingers. So thanks a lot Sue rap is your fault as it was never anything other than a reaction.

[@dennissmith8394]

Sue,you have it right. We lost it somewhere along the way.

[@doctorboot7191]

a melting pot of music, food, and thought.

[@ccolby8593]

Sue Elias as long as you were white... Thinking it probably isnt so nostalgic for anyone who wasnt.

[@chrisarchard2009]

@@CommanderLongJohn thank the lord someone here is redpilled enough to explain this. Im an unfortunate mutt thanks to the melting pot but the early 1950s wouldve been a time id much rather be alive in. Good fucking jam

[@terrimyers3337]

WOW all that talent in one place singing together! Amazing‼️

[@danielescalon2793]

Nothing but Legends on the stage I saw June and Johnny cash at a Billy Graham crusade. I love this song. We need more of this today

[@brucehanify3892]

It's great!

[@donaldabshire4110]

I love this song, message, and video. I must have watched it 100 times since I found it about one year ago. Modern music just does not compare to this fifties music. Thank God it’s still available.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1952 {April 23rd} Hank Williams performed "Glory Bound Train" on the NBC-TV program 'The Kate Smith Evening Hour'... The performance would be the last time he would appear live on television... R.I.P. Hank Williams {September 17th, 1923 - January 1st, 1953)...

[@kirstendieker8757]

Thank you for that bit of information!

[@janeclarkson8471]

Absolutely number 1 country singer for me. R.I.P Hank Williams. Thank you for your wonderful music and songs. You were gone too soon! Respect of the heart from Midlands UK 🇬🇧 👌❤️👌 I treasure these recordings and that KZbin brings them to us!

[@nickbogve4628]

I'm a descendent of the carter family and damn proud of my history my great grandmother met most of the carters in this video and played music with them as well

[@TheCBACCUS]

Hank steals the show without ever singing the lead.

[@chuckbump5386]

I want to go to a church this morning that I can join in with others and sing this kind of music!

[@garyr1846]

Amen Brother

[@dekelanson5280]

Sadly, too many churches that I've been to today play all this new pop worship junk. I hate it and wish more churches did this kind of hand clapping gospel music.

[@deewesthill1358]

@@dekelanson5280 By the music they use as bait, these churches are obviously trying to attract younger people who would reject handclapping old school gospel as uncool, ridiculous, and boring.

[@OkieJess1208]

What an amazing find! Hank was such a wonderful performer!

[@mattgartman7550]

Yes my great grandfather was

[@melissahowtonpoole.1120]

True beauty of musical talent and the Glory of God! Hallelujah!

[@donaldabshire4110]

Awesome!!! Nostalgic!! LOVED IT!!!

[@eugeneendres5846]

This is pure gold !!

[@bruceatnip986]

Roy Acuff has always been one of my favorites. Thanks for Sharing.

[@flautalee3090]

This truly is a memorable performance, for sure! While I’ve been a Carter fan literally since I began teaching myself guitar from Jerry Silverman’s book, “The Folksinger’s Guitar Guide, Book 1,” long, long ago, I only recently learned of Roy Acuff in a performance of "’Will the Circle Be Unbroken” with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.” He sure is tall in this video! I see Anita and June Carter in this video hear them both in each, too. June’s so excited that she’s near to flying off the stage! Yes, Hank Williams is fine, too.

[@christopheranderson601]

Hello Flautalee, How are you doing?

[@flautalee3090]

Of course, Mother Maybelle is just behind Roy Acuff’s L shoulder.

[@christopheranderson601]

@@flautalee3090 Yes you are right.. How are you doing?

[@christopheranderson601]

@@flautalee3090 Hello Flautalee

[@ciphercode2298]

Pure gold. My dad had hundreds of 78rpm slate records of all these golden voices of country music. He used to sit and listen to them for hours on end.

[@melissasibley8813]

GREAT !!!!! My husband is a bluegrass gospel singer and is known from the Cumberland Highlander's show and this music is GREAT !!! REAL MUSIC 😊

[@charlesveg]

Amen. This music is my Tennessee family's roots.

[@myrnacrowe629]

This brings lot of memories.songs I have not heard even.New yo me!

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson I yearn for this style of music to return.Indeed,a great find,Hank,Roy and the team on vintage 50`s tv.Doesn`t get any bettter than this.Thank you!

[@donaldsavoie3330]

Ric, thank you for posting. That stage is loaded with some of the greatest singers and musicians ever born

[@facialhairlegend]

wow hank, acuff, carters, brother Oswald, Clell Summey, Oscar Sullivan, Lloyd George and others. Amazing stuff

[@ernvirgin8255]

Chris Hartsell wolf carter Wilf carter

[@glencoe6305]

@@ernvirgin8255 Wilf Carter wasn't part of the Opry Show. Nor was he in this Video.

[@clintwalls9429]

All there!!

[@margaretstokely9016]

Speck Rhodes

[@petermiller5701]

Yes, the Country Music World lost a great member the day Hank Williams passed away I, so clearly, recall the song “ The Death Of Hank Williams “. It holds a special place in my heart.

[@garymack9734]

Hanks legs and body are to boogie! Wish we could flip time and I remember some of it!

[@dansaver8247]

Terrific, with Ernie Newton on the bass.

[@ericlewis2416]

Love this song

[@julievernon4830]

Amazing film ... love seeing znd hearing the first families of country music

[@dannyhuffman]

Hi Julie hope you’re okay??

[@muffassa6739]

I love watching this video, it was incredible 😍 ❤ 👏

[@MikeBlitzMag]

Absolute, utter perfection.

[@chief2196]

I miss the old time gospel music like this. We used to sing like this in my church.

[@lindacook8819]

When we all go to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be. Singing and praising GOD with the greats. Thank Yoi

[@dianezehner3858]

Love the music, but wow those dresses and skirts are amazing. Hank and Roy were always good. The Grand

[@glennweeks7176]

quite a few legends on that stage that day....

[@rockyeasterline348]

I never knew June and Hank knew each other what I didn't know before anyone knew Hank he said I can sing just like Roy Acuff he was right and he went on to be probably the biggest country Superstar there ever was

[@judyanderson6640]

June is actually Hank Jr godmother

[@brianmaricle9646]

So much talent on that stage

[@joannemurphy1115]

Just got request for this song from my Dear Husband. He heard it in church in 50's. We really enjoyed these precious people singing it!

[@mikeaubuchon8409]

I really like find these older videos of the legendary country artists - the men and women who made country music great . These artist today could learn a lot from the true legends , because artist today don't know what great country music is . George Straight & Alan Jackson said it best . Somebody committed murder on music row and for that someone should pay .

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Real Country Music and America as we once knew it.

[@jrat92]

Wonderful. I love this.

[@Dannys998877]

It looks more like Helen Carter to me, but it's hard to tell for sure. It could be Anita. Mother Maybelle Carter is behind and to the right of June, and can be seen between June and Roy. This is a Kinescope film of an appearance of Roy and other "Opry" performers on the "Kate Smith Evening Hour" from 1952. They appeared on her show twice. Once in March and again in April of 1952.

[@ravensbrood3544]

you can sure tell Ol' Hank had an eye for pretty little Anita Carter on his right hand side, he was looming over her..😄

[@normangrimm4581]

Hank looked like he was eyeing June too.

[@shelleybradford3395]

That’s June on his right. But he wanted Anita.

[@margaretstokely9016]

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[@kerryg100]

wow nelly now this is the real deal.....I have my ticket amen... Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat

[@joshjosh2963]

Me to amen

[@ronkelley3821]

Slainté from an Americanized Irishman ☘️

[@michaeljudge3401]

The ticket is repentant faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour.

[@lionofjudahlambofgod9132]

@@michaeljudge3401 Amen

[@bigbossman7991]

I used to watch these and picture that is what Heaven looks like.

[@isaacfreemansr7543]

Jason Pope. hi

[@bigcdog5645]

man he was the best he felt the music he would have done it for free he had a great gift i dont think he knew what he was

[@CashPresley32]

Johnny Cash was the greatest singer.

[@ronkelley3821]

Same here. I don’t think Hank knew the impact he had on American music but he definitely gets down and boogies with this great gospel song. You can tell he’s having a good time

[@sandmonjones8004]

Man o man the pain he must have been in at this performance

[@mandograssable]

Ole Hank is really into it!

[@barb3107]

One of the best things to ever see live rip hank june and roy

[@melissamissileonard5047]

OMG!!! 😮 This is AMAZING!!! 👍 THANKS for POSTING this Video!!! 🎥 This is GREAT!!!! ✌👌👍

[@catherinewatts4606]

Heavenly!

[@silusray715]

Move over, want to see more Hank!!!

[@czyhrs]

Great talent. Please keep it up. No more like this.

[@daktariusa]

The only known moving picture that shows Hank with the body movements that were the forerunner to the modern performance era. Looks natural for Hank. look at the head movements the, eye and face, and the body that just rotated to the music.

[@MrGcarpen]

very perceptive yes

[@samuelscarborough6348]

Sang just months before his death. Hank was a troubled soul and self medicated. Fired from the Opry and alcohol/Pills. However if you listen to His voice he was at his prime and it was his time. I believe he knew his time was short on this earth and gave us so much on so little time. Remember he was only 29.

[@countryboy-bu4ek]

I never realized how tall hank williams was

[@jakeelmore8799]

Same he's like a giant!

[@ciphercode2298]

Pretty sure he was right around 6ft. May of been 6'2" in his boots,but his very slim build and the others height makes him look taller.

[@jayelliottcarter]

Great stuff!

[@chrisbuck1695]

Thats a load of talent on that stage

[@louiemancini7279]

These videos are precious.

[@braddownham6399]

Nicely done.........

[@donaldsinclair6440]

It does NOT get any better than this👍👍👍👍👍

[@barbaracassello4818]

Great song!!

[@TheAdvencherContinues2022]

I went to the Carter Fold unannounced. Nothing was happening but Sarah's grand daughter answered the door and told me it was a shame I was so late cause she just cleaned dinner up and I could've joined them for beans. Feeling welcome I asked if I could pitch a tent in the yard. She said sure you can sleep in the music room if you want. I did surrounded by priceless Carter Family memorabilia she said you just missed Johnny lastweek. Turned out to be his last public performance. It's on youtube too. I told her I knew you were going to be this nice that's why I stopped and knocked. She said, "Well we are just simple country people." You all need to go on a pilgrimage to Hiltons VA sometime and pay your respects.

[@kellycoleman715]

So glad I got to see Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl at the Grand Old Opry before they passed.

[@Dannys998877]

Maybelle, Helen, Anita, and June did a number on one of the Kate Smith appearances. It's in the first two minutes of a KZbin clip titled "June Carter and Hank Williams."

[@steveendicott1855]

You'll never see this magnitude or calibre ever again!

[@brownieshoultz2415]

One of his best

[@1203atwork]

Love It!!

[@dannyhuffman]

Hi Pat hope you’re okay?

[@timothyd63]

WOW!

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

WOW. WOW WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!

[@KLUNKET]

I bet George Jones was soooo excited to see his hero's Hank and Roy Acuff after April 26th 2013.

[@glencoe6305]

@KLUNKET: Bet he was happy to see JESUS, 1st of all, and his Parents,2nd.

[@sailawaybob]

Awesome, good days !

[@livingitup247]

LOVE IT

[@E171955]

Ernie Newton slapping that bass!

[@tomjohnson5402]

i love this

[@elvispresleyandjohnnycash691]

Wow, I can hear Anita!

[@vipuntilwhenever128]

Amazing

[@jamesalexander703]

We are losin this !i play it for my kids like my father did me.this tells a story not tryin to make money like what they call country today!.losin our roots

[@ruthboykin9873]

Awesome!!

[@allenmurray7893]

What a collection of country greats. Did I see Rod Brasfield there as well?

[@mygoddess1]

Thanx mucho :)

[@julievernon4830]

Pure America!!!!!

[@rogeralsop3479]

Wonderful!

[@leonardhall6674]

Lonzo and Oscar...Glory Bound Train ....reminds me of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,,,,Will the Circle Be Unbroken... historic performance...

[@bernardmcmahon351]

Brilliant,

[@BobHodge]

That harmonica player appears to be Jimmy Riddle, who some will remember as the "eefin'" guy on Hee-Haw a decade or two later.

[@mandoist]

+Bob Hodge I think it is Onie Wheeler?

[@uncledavedougherty]

It's definitely Jimmy Riddle. I knew him and also Roy and the rest of the Smoky Mountain Boys in the 1970's.

[@zahmmy1]

Look at how tall Hank Williams is!

[@joshjosh2963]

Yea he was only 6 feet now im 6'4 imagine me there lol

[@dudley237]

Hank gets down on this song!

[@ronkelley3821]

dudley237 yessiree. He’s feelin it hahaa

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Awesome1

[@m.f.richardson1602]

I Love it💝

[@sheilabarron4526]

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[@sittinginthebasement]

Wonderful! June Carter was on the left, but was that Anita Carter to the right of Hank?

[@DoyleHargraves]

Makes me miss my pawpaw

[@randallhutchcraft5518]

Lot of talent

[@generidgeway4446]

True country

[@yvonnewilliams8579]

GM Y'all ....

[@bxnnyblues6033]

Amen.

[@TonyWud]

Reinstate Hank!!! And thanks for posting!

[@heidichesney6479]

Anyone know who the fiddler is? Love seeing this footage even if the video quality had deteriorated.. I also wonder if digital restorations have or are being done?

[@uncledavedougherty]

The fiddler is "Big" Howdy Forrester who was with Roy for many many years

[@treystewart9812]

+David Dougherty he also played with Bill Monroe too!