We used to live between Texarkana and Atlanta Texas in '54 and there was a cafe next door that had country music playing on the jukebox 16 hours a day. I learned a lot of country songs playing in our yard. I'm sure this master of country swing was heard often.
Ha...I never thought Hank knew I existed. But I reckon he might have. Who else could he be singing about? Oh, I suppose he could have met one of my friends, a blonde who was forever bragging about dancing with Conway Twitty, drinking beer with Ray Price, and getting laid by one or another Country "star." She never mentioned her meeting Hank, though, but...