Mountain
Songwriters
Night
coffee house
performance
Thursday
october 27
2012
7:00 p.m.
Leslie County Center
Hyden, Ky
Admission: FREE
Hugh X. Lewis was born in Yeaddiss, Kentucky. Always hovering on the fringe of the country music establishment, steel-mill worker turned songwriter, Lewis wrote some chart topping singles during the mid to late ‘60s including “BJ the DJ” with singer Stonewall Jackson who took the novelty song to number one in 1964. Before long Lewis’ often tongue-in-cheek songs were being recorded by the Nashville establishment with some regularity. He’s had songs recorded by Charley Pride, Del Reeves, Jim Ed Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lynn Anderson and many more. His experience, along with a career that includes television and movie credits, induction to both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, have provided him a wealth of knowledge and music to share.
