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The Louisiana Hayride premiered on KWKH-AM radio in 1948 creating a legacy and musical DNA that can be traced to today's modern music in America. The Louisiana Hayride was the brainchild of Horace Lee Logan, who first became a radio host on Shreveport’s KWKH-AM in 1932 at the age of 16. Because most of the talented country artists who got their first breaks on the Hayride—Hank Williams, Kitty Well

s, Webb Pierce, Faron Young—would eventually move on to Nashville, it was common to hear The Lousiana Hayride referred to as “the Grand Ole Opry’s farm team.” Logan, however, always referred to the Opry as “the Tennessee branch of the Hayride.”

In addition to giving Hank Williams his first wide radio audience in 1949 and then welcoming him back after the Opry fired him for drunkenness in 1952, Logan and The Louisiana Hayride also gave 19-year-old Elvis Presley a crucial break in October 1954. After a failed audition for the Grand Ole Opry, Elvis gave a knockout performance of That’s All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky on The Louisiana Hayride that set him on his path toward stardom. Many of the icons of music history performed on the Louisiana Hayride; Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Johnny Horton, Webb Pierce, Hank Williams Jr, Slim Whitman, Faron Young, Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, Sonny James and so many others.

04/07/2026

The Ledbetter Heights 30th Anniversary sessions album by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band on RAM/Louisiana Hayride Records is available for pre-order and pre-save now. Grab your signed copy at Kenny Wayne Shepherd.com

More from the Opry with Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush...
09/12/2025

More from the Opry with Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush...

We’re still thinking about the sounds and soul of and 's Opry debut 😮‍💨Congratulations, y’all!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Su...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd played the 50th Anniversary of the Louisiana Hayride with Willie Nelson when he was 21, August 2nd ...
08/16/2025

Kenny Wayne Shepherd played the 50th Anniversary of the Louisiana Hayride with Willie Nelson when he was 21, August 2nd was his debut on the Grand Ole Opry along with 91 year old Blues Legend Bobby Rush during its 100th year celebration.

08/07/2024
05/31/2024

The history of The Municipal Auditorium, along with the artists who have stood on that original wood floor, still influences and draws artists from all genres. Here is a new video from Sherry Anne, filmed at the Municipal. She travels the country performing Gospel music and has appeared in recent years on some Gaither Homecoming events, including the taping in Hershey, PA.

01/16/2024

There is a new book available on the life of Country Johnny Mathis, regular Hayride performer and part of the Jimmy and Johnny duo.
This not only shares Johnny's life story but includes untold stories from Johnny's memoirs.
Link in the description below.

04/15/2023
Billboard Magazine would often list the Louisiana Hayride roster in their Folk Talent And Tunes section. Here is a list...
08/01/2022

Billboard Magazine would often list the Louisiana Hayride roster in their Folk Talent And Tunes section. Here is a listing from November 27, 1954 ... see if you recognize some of these names on the Hayride roster.

65 years ago the Louisiana Hayride was still going strong. The year was 1957. If you came out to a Hayride show at the M...
07/30/2022

65 years ago the Louisiana Hayride was still going strong. The year was 1957.
If you came out to a Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, LA during the late spring or summer here are some of the artists you might have seen:
Mel Tillis, Johnny Horton, Dave Rich, David Houston, Jimmy and Johnny, Carl Perkins, Margaret Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Mathis, Sleep La Beef, James O'Gwynn, Hank Locklin, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Hoot and Curley, Buddy Attaway and many many others.

Do you recognize any of the cast in this Louisiana Hayride cast photo? (August 15, 1954)
07/30/2022

Do you recognize any of the cast in this Louisiana Hayride cast photo? (August 15, 1954)

Did you know the 'At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight' Box Set, which included a 224 page hardcover book, and 20 CDs with 5...
07/03/2022

Did you know the 'At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight' Box Set, which included a 224 page hardcover book, and 20 CDs with 561 tracks of live performances, received a 2019 Grammy Nomination for 'Best Historical Album'?
Check out the track listing ... it's a Who's Who of Country Music History. It all happened on the Louisiana Hayride ... The Cradle of the Stars.

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