By Shirley Jinkins
dfw.com
Posted 11:36pm on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
FORT WORTH — Wednesday night was special.
It was Hey, Good Lookin’ and Walkin’ after Midnight , memories of grainy black-and-white television clips and groovy single records, and most of all, a chance to sit in a comfortable hall in 2012 and actually hear the music of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline live — the way they did it 50 to 60 years ago.
The Country Royalty show at Bass Hall was memorable, irresistible and bittersweet, paying homage to two influential talents who both died shockingly young after brief meteoric careers.
Jason Petty, a Tennessee singer-actor who’s well-known for portraying Hank Williams, and Carolyn Martin, an Abilene native and Western swing innovator, didn’t just sing like the music legends.


