Don Williams, Laid-Back Country Legend, Is Dead At 78

THEY FOUND HIS SONGS IN THE BASEMENT. NINE YEARS AFTER HE DIED. Don Williams recorded 12 songs between 1979 and 1984 — the same years he gave the world "I Believe in You," "Good Ole Boys Like Me," and "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good." Nobody heard them. Not his label. Not his fans. They sat on reel-to-reel tapes in his Tennessee cellar for 40 years. His family found them in 2022. His producer said the vocals were perfectly intact. But here's what hurts: In November 2025, an AI-generated fake albu