I Saw the Light

...for the traditional Farm Aid-ending gospel and Hank Williams singalongs, blending "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" with "Jambalaya" and "I Saw the Light". And then, Farm Aid 2009 came to a close, and like a stranger in the night, Willie Nelson...

In this article: Willie Nelson, Farm Aid, Neil Young, Ernie Isley, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Mraz, St. Louis, Missouri, Wilco, and John Mellencamp

...songs that may not be familiar to many but, to me, they are some of his best. And, of course, I'll play everybody's favorites - "I Saw the Light," "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Jambalaya. " Trawick has been playing country music for...

In this article: Hank Williams, Alabama, Jambalaya, Your Cheatin' Heart, Troy, and Panama City

...1972, Todd Rundgren released "Something/Anything," an audacious double album of Beatles-esque power pop that produced two big hits, "I Saw the Light" and "Hello It's Me," and the promise that Rundgren could become one of the biggest artists of...

In this article: Todd Rundgren, A Wizard, a True Star, Something/Anything, Suicide, Hello It's Me, Anxiety, Rolling Stone, Peter Pan, and Carole King

...revival meeting. ABEEBEE! UNGOWA! CUB POWAH! -- a Black Panther chant adapted for the bleachers. Next, a Hank Williams sing-along, "I Saw the Light." ("Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight, praise the Lord, I saw the light.") The lyrics...

In this article: Ken Holtzman, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Henry Aaron, National League, Billy Williams, Leo Durocher, Ron Santo, and Woodstock music festival

...did an awful lot of living before she met Parsons. She released a botched 1970 solo album that combined a version of Hank Williams' "I Saw The Light" with covers of Bob Dylan and Burt Bacharach, plus self-penned ditties with titles like "Fugue...

In this article: Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Greenwich Village, and Nashville

...indebted to the past and brimming with ideas of his own. The new song "Eyes On the Horizon" nearly nicks the opening of Todd Rundgren's "I Saw The Light," only to forge it into an original melody. "Garbage Day" has a string arrangement that...

In this article: Squeeze, Jeff Lynne, The Raconteurs, The Raspberries, Jack White, The Beatles, Power pop, and Candy Butchers

...Time Slips Away," "Crazy" and "When the Evening Sun Goes Down" and saluted Hank Williams with "Jambalaya," "Hey Good Lookin'" and "I Saw the Light." He freshened things up with recent-vintage material such as "Superman," his duet hit with...

In this article: Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Together Through Life, Love Sick, Beer for My Horses, Crazy, Ballad of a Thin Man, You Were Always on My Mind, and All Along the Watchtower

Life couldn't be much sweeter as the Moon moves through Taurus and your fifth house of romance and creativity today; I see many of you going out to by flowers and other - I'm Sorry - gifts to make up for any angry moments yesterday. Don't...

In this article: Bill Monroe

"I Saw the Light" is a 1948 Gospel song written and first performed by Hank Williams, not to be confused with the hit song by Todd Rundgren or the #1 country hit by Wynonna Judd. With poetic lyrics, such as "I wandered so aimless, life...

In this article: Hank Williams, Wynonna Judd, CMT, Todd Rundgren, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

...of oddities. Career-making songs like "Hello It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends" were nowhere to be found; the only big hit was "I Saw the Light" (which made it to No. 16 in 1972), and Rundgren played it as if he hated it and wished it...

In this article: Todd Rundgren, Hello It's Me, Jesse Gress, Can We Still Be Friends, Michael Urbano, Kasim Sulton, and Something/Anything