FRIZZELL & FRIENDS to air again....

April 23rd  and 27th @ 7PM CDT on MyRural-TV 

Again, on June 11th @ 7PM on RFD TV

See original posting below for details on this great project and the artists involved, including our Jettster.

For Immediate Release

Media Contact:

Janet Bozeman/Bozeman Media

615-472-8417/janet@bozemanmedia.com

Jett Williams To Perform At 33^rd Annual Hank Williams Festival In Georgiana, Alabama, June 1-2, 2012

Nashville, TN (April XX, 2012) ----- Jett Williams will once again take the stage in honor of her father for the 33^rd Annual Hank Williams Festival in Georgiana, Alabama.  The event will take place June 1-2, 2012 at the Hank Williams Music Park and will feature free karaoke (May 31), Hank’s boyhood home and museum, arts & crafts, a food court and lots of good country music.   Jett Williams will be headlining the mini-Opry on Saturday (June 2) which is the highlight of the outdoor event, and also features Moe Bandy, Larry Gatlin, and Jeremy Parsons.  Advanced tickets for the weekend festival are $30.00 and available through May 25^th.  Ticket order forms are available online at www.hankwilliamsfestival.com and for more information please call 334-376-2396.

"I have had the pleasure and the honor to participate in the Georgiana tribute to my dad for decades now,” explains Jett Williams. “Seeing his boyhood home and hearing that lonesome whistle come down the tracks is like a time travel machine for me.  I enjoy being able to take a traditional country music show there, and share the talent of my friends and colleagues with the fans of The Great One.  At the same time, fans also will be able to experience my dad’s boyhood home and community.  Come join us, you won't regret it.”  

About Jett Williams

Jett was born Antha Belle Jett in Montgomery, AL on January 6th, 1953, the daughter of Bobbie Jett of Nashville, TN and Hank Williams. Her birth came five days after the untimely death of her famous father and two days after his funeral in Montgomery, AL.  After Hank’s death his mother, Lillian, became the paternal grandmother of Jett and renamed her, Catherine Yvonne. Unfortunately, Lillian died two weeks later and Jett become a ward of the State of Alabama. She was adopted again and raised in Mobile, AL without a clue to her true identity.  Fast forward to the 1980’s and Jett began a search for her biological family, which led to nine years of litigation before being legally named Hank Williams’ daughter.  Jett’s attorney during this process was Keith Adkinson, who Jett eventually married in 1986.  The couple moved to Nashville, where Jett began her singing career and has performed all over the world and been spotlighted with such major media outlets as Newsweek, Rolling Stone, NPR, BBC, etc.  Jett and Keith work tirelessly to honor her legendary father that includes taking the lead in bringing the Family Tradition exhibit to the Country Music Hall of Fame that was seen by thousands of fans around the world, and bringing timeless unheard of Hank Williams’ recordings through the multiple historic releases from Time Life. The next project will be a major, big screen motion picture telling the true story of Hank Williams life. For more information on Jett Williams and tour updates please visit online at www.jettwilliams.com.

Tune in on Sunday, March 18, 2012, to watch the Behind the Scene with Mason and Dean interview with Jett and Jeremy Parsons.  The show airs on Dish Network on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM Central Time on channel 232 (Rural TV).

TUNE IN ON MARCH 29^TH AT 9:00 PM CST FOR THE FIRST AIRING ON RFD OF A SPECIAL FEATURING AND HOSTED BY DAVID FRIZZELL.  ALSO FEATURED ARE JIMMY FORTUNE, MOE BANDY AND OUR JETTSTER.  IT IS ENTITLED FRIZZELL & FRIENDS “IT’LL BE ALRIGHT.” THE SPECIAL WILL AIR AGAIN ON MARCH 30^TH AT 5:00 AM AND 5:00 PM CST.

IT WAS REHEARSED ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14^TH -- VALENTINE’S DAY -- AT DAVID MCCORMICK’S ERNEST TUBB TROUBADOUR THEATRE ON MUSIC VALLEY DRIVE OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.  MOE BANDY AND WIFE TAMI DIDN’T MAKE THE REHEARSAL BUT THEY DID MAKE IT OUT TO THE COMPOUND OF THE DYNAMIC DUO TUESDAY EVENING TO STAY WITH JETT AND KEITH.  SINCE IT WAS VALENTINE’S DAY, THE DUO, ALONG WITH MOE AND TAMI AND MOES BAND MEMBER/BUS DRIVER AND GIRLFRIEND WERE JOINED BY RADIO/TV VOICE PERSONALITY KEITH BILBREY AND HIS WIFE EMY JOE FOR DINNER AT A LOCAL FANCY DANCY RESTAURANT, TULLEY’S.

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HARTSVILLE HAS A FANCY DANCY RESTAURANT, BUT IT DOES AND THE DUO DOES WHAT IT CAN TO ENHANCE THEIR GROSS REVENUE.  THE DINNER WAS SUPERB AND THE BANTER AND CONVERSATION HYSTERICAL.  IN FACT, RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE LOT OF THEM CLEARED THE ROOM WITH THEIR BOISTROUS VERBAL ANTICS.  THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO STAYED, PROBABLY THINKING THEY SHOULD BE TAKING NOTES OF THE CONVERSATIONS SINCE EVERYONE AT THE TABLE OF THE COUNTRY ENTERTAINERS WAS TELLING IT LIKE IT IS REGARDING THE INDUSTRY ET AL.

THE SHOW TAPED THE NEXT DAY FEATURED A RECORDING BY DAVID FRIZZELL OF “SAY HELLO TO HEAVEN,” WHICH WILL END UP BEING THE THEME SONG OF MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING, WITH WHICH DAVID AND JETT HAVE TEAMED UP TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF WHAT MADD DOES AND HOW THEY DO IT.

THE TAPING, WHICH LASTED FROM 10 AM UNTIL 4:30 PM, WAS A HOOT AND A HOLLER.  ACE PRODUCTION EXPERT EARL OWENS WAS ON HIS GAME, AS WAS DAVID’S SUPER COMPETENT WIFE AND MANAGER JO.  AS FOR MOE, DAVID, JIMMY AND JETT, THEY JUST HAD A BALL BEING TOGETHER AND SINGING AND TALKING FOR THE CAMERAS.  BY THE END OF THE ORDEAL, WHEN THIS EXHAUSTED QUARTET WAS STAGGERING THROUGH THE PSA ENDORSEMENTS, IT WAS BELLY LAUGHING HYSTERICAL. THE DIRECTORS KEPT TINKERING WITH THE WORDS AND OUR STARS KEPT RUNNING INTO WALLS TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT.  THE OUT TAKES WOULD MAKE AN AWARD WINNING REALITY SHOW ON THE PRODUCTION OF A TV SPECIAL.

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED – YOU’LL SEE DAVID’S PREVOST ROARING DOWN THE ROAD WRAPPED IN THE MADD LOGO AS HE, JETT, AND OTHERS SPEND THE SUMMER TOURING THE COUNTRY AS PART OF THIS ASSOCIATION.

ADDITIONALLY, JETT, MOE, JIM ED BROWN, LARRY CORDLE, AND JEREMY PARSONS KNOCKED OUT ALBANY, GA IN JANURARY AT THE ANNUAL QUAIL UNLIMITED GATHERING.  IT WAS A BALL AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

PAY ATTENTION, THERE WILL BE A NEW NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE THE FIRST OF APRIL.  CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR IT.

ALL FOR NOW.

You may have heard Jett or you may be able to catch her on one of the following radio stations – she recorded the interviews as part of the CMA media blitz, on Monday, November 7^th.

WKMK-FM (NYC/NJ)

WBBS-FM (Syracuse)

KSD-FM (St. Louis)

WOGI-FM (Pittsburgh)

WGGY-FM (Scranton)

WPAP-FM (Panama City)

WPKX-FM (Springfield)

KWOF-FM (Denver)

KEGA-FM (Salt Lake City)

WQMX-FM (Akron)

RAM Country Music

Renegade Radio Nashville (Internet radio)

Rise Up (Syndicated)

Nashville Music Minute (Syndicated)

St. Jude (50 Year Anniversary)

Also, keep your eye out for Jett’s four-segment appearance on Larry Black’s SECOND GENERATIONS, which was taped on October 19^th and will air on the RFD network the first of the year.  It was a love fest with the children of the legends, bouncing stories off the living legends about their parents.

And, just as a reminder, catch Jett’s Sirius/XM radio show, HANK WILLIAMS: INSIDE THE BOX, on Willie’s Roadhouse, channel 56.  It airs Sunday at 8PM ET, then again on Friday at 10:30PM ET, and on Saturday at 7AM ET.

The next few shows ought to get your attention.  Jett is focusing on the last 72-hours of the life of her dad and raising major questions about what happened and who did what to whom at the end of the lonesome ride that left Hank dead and a host of questions.

Category One Entertainment Group is pleased to announce the upcoming limited release of THE LAST RIDE from director Harry Thomason (Designing Women, Evening Shade) and starring Henry Thomas (E.T.), Jesse James with Fred Dalton Thompson and Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory).

Inspired by the mysterious final days of Hank Williams' mercurial life, THE LAST RIDE is the story of his fateful road trip at the end of 1952.

"The Last Ride" Will Knock You Out (featured previously on www.jettwilliams.com)

Pay attention, this is important. Keith and Jett have focused for years on the last 72 hours in the life of her father, Hank Williams. It is riddled with mystery, intrigue, and all manner of unanswered questions.

This movie STARRING HENRY THOMAS, JESSE JAMES, and KALEY CUOCO, with FRED DALTON THOMPSON will stir every emotion you have. You won't hear the principal strum a chord or sing a note, but you will be captivated with the character Henry Thomas inhabits.

As Jett says, "It rattles around in your head for days after you see it." It is not a "dark" movie, but it sure is a provocative one. And it is an effort to get into the "bone marrow" of the talent and the humanity of America's first superstar ad his tortured solitary genius.

A product of Live Bait Entertainment/Mozart Film Productions, it compliments, rather than detracts from THE BIG PICTURE in the works. That's the way we look at it.

Look for the release, presently scheduled for the fall of this year. You'll hear our Jettster singing three or four tunes on the soundtrack.

THE LAST RIDE in theaters October 21st (Limited Release)

AL - Montgomery, Rave Festival 16

AR - Rogers, Malco Pinnacle Hills 16

AR - Fayetteville, Malco Razorback Cinema

AR - Fort Smith, Malco Fort Smith Cinema

AR - Little Rock, Rave Colonel Glen 18

LA - Shreveport, Cinemark Tinseltown 17

LA - West Monroe, Cinemark Tinseltown 17

Official website of THE LAST RIDE: http://www.thelastridefilm.com

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL

Jett and Keith are headed to Shreveport, LA and Montgomery, AL in support and promotion of THE LAST RIDE

Shreveport, LA – October 16, 2011

The Louisiana Hayride celebrates Hank Williams and in collaboration with Harry Thomason, Director, and Tim Jackson, Executive Producer of THE LAST RIDE, the Louisiana Hayride Foundation will present a concert of Hank Williams music and JETT WILL BE THERE. The concert and THE LAST RIDE promotion festivities will be at the Strand Theatre in Shreveport on Sunday, October 16, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

In addition to Jett, you will be entertained by Jeremy Parsons, a Traditional Country music artist that Jett and Keith (AdJett Productions) are happy to manage; The Cox Family; Benjy Gaither, Music Director & Producer, THE LAST RIDE, Tony Ramey, Curb Records artist, Theme song of THE LAST RIDE, The Louisiana Hayride Band, and more.  FREE ADMISSION!

Montgomery, AL – October 20, 2011

Please join us for the THE LAST RIDE movie premiere on Thursday October 20^th, at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre (MPAC). This movie is about the last few days of Hank Williams life spent with a young driver who was unaware of his star status and the bond they formed.

Jett and Keith will be there for the reception before the movie, along with Henry Thomas and Co-star Jesse James. Also attending will be screenwriter Howard Klausner, music composer and Alabama-born Benjy Gaither (son of Nashville great, Bill Gaither) and Montgomery native, producer Rodney Stone. This will be a rare one-time event and great fun.

The reception will be from 6-7pm in the atrium outside of the theater, movie starts at 7:15 (running time is 114 minutes).  Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on-line at www.mpaconline.org/ticket/ or by calling the MPAC ticket office at 334.481.5100. All tickets are general seating.

For every ticket purchased on-line one dollar will be donated to the “Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund” which goes to help the April tornado victims of Alabama.

There will be a cash bar at the reception and the MPAC concessions will be open throughout the evening selling food and drinks. The Exchange Lounge and House Restaurant will also both be open for those wanting to come early and enjoy dinner.

What a ride the first quarter of this year has been!!  Needless to say there was a healthy dose of hunting in January— ducks with Nestles in TX, quails in Albany, GA with Quail Unlimited [with an accompanying mega show I hosted] and to close the season out, deer with my childhood buddy in Lower Alabama.  I’m stuck on the hunting — and having withdrawal — until Spring turkey season.  Boy, Spring — right around the corner — Praise the Lord.  Now, I’m thinking about touring, Bass Trackers, bass and the beloved yacht the Jett Stream.

The first thing we will do in this indispensible epistle is recap the stellar closing of ‘11 and the roarin’ in of ‘12 at the Opry, John A’s and E.T.’s.  And by the time you are reading this Keith and I should be either turkey hunting on our property, on the road, or wetting a hook in the Cumberland River.

One thing you will be reading about was a total blast — we  rehearsed for then filmed an RFD special hosted by David Frizzell and featuring me [therefore Lefty & Hank], Jimmy Fortune and Moe Bandy.  It is airing about the time you are reading this, so keep an eye out.  It is the first major project emerging from the new relationship between David, me and Mother’s Against Drunk Drivers.  The show airs on  March 29th and twice on the 30th.

And, by golly, I got the elusive Osceola turkey indigenous to Florida — all by myself!  You will love the story!

Relax, pour a drink and relax. Jett

Note: "My Turn" by Jett Williams is an excerpt from the April 2012 newsletter.  If you would like to receive the newsletter (for free) via electronic distribution (email), please go to the "online store" (upper right-hand corner of the website) and submit your email address.

Time Life announces the release of Hank Williams: The Legend Begins with newly discovered and meticulously restored recordings of the American Music Legend - To be released September 13, 2011. The 3-CD set will be available at regular retail outlets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble and a 1-CD version will be available at Wal-Mart exclusively.  Jett and Keith are co-executive producers.