What happens
Hank Williams performs for the listening audience on the Mother's Best Flour program, sponsored by the makers of Mother's Best flour and farm feeds. He sings a series of songs, including Moanin' the Blues, and chats with the cast between numbers. The show is broadcast in 1951, and the original air date is January 10, 1951. Hank Williams is the featured performer, joined by the program's music makers and the sponsor's commercial pitches for flour, self-rising cornmeal and farm feed. The musical set ranges from cheerful blues and gospel to a nostalgic hymn about a new body and a new life. Cousin Louie and other cast members banter and mention the group's fans and cards and letters from listeners. The episode is a mix of live music, friendly patter and advertising.
A live radio studio broadcast of the Mother's Best Flour program, performed for listeners across the South.
Characters: Hank Williams, Cousin Louie, Cousin Little Buck, Miss Audrey
Listen for: Hank Williams singing Moanin' the Blues and the gospel number about a new body and a new life, plus the cast's banter between songs.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.