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7 unusual facts about Hank Williams, Jr.


1977 Talladega 500

Hank Williams, Jr. served as the honorary starter of this race; joining a list of celebrities that came before and after him like Bart Starr and Will Ferrell.

1993 in radio

"Young Country 99.5" debuted with "Young Country" by Hank Williams, Jr..

Cut Bank, Montana

Served as the setting of the eponymous final track of Hank Williams, Junior's 1992 album, Maverick.

Early Years, Vol. 1

1 is an album by American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams, Jr. This album was released on October 6, 1998 on the Curb Records label.

Early Years, Vol. 2

2 is an album by American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams, Jr. This album was released on October 6, 1998 on the Curb Records label.

Howie Klausner

The film is based on the final days of music legend Hank Williams, Jr..

The Best of Hank Williams, Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches

Volume One is a compilation album by country artist Hank Williams, Jr..


All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight

The video features artists such as George Jones on a riding mower, Willie Nelson, Mel Tillis, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech and Chong, Waylon Jennings, Porter Waggoner, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Thorogood, Paul Williams and several other celebrities in a party thrown by Hank Williams, Jr. At the end of the video, a ghost Cadillac flies into the night sky, referencing the fact that his father, Hank Williams, Sr., died while riding in a Cadillac.

Almost Blue

# "Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?" (Hank Williams) – 1:40

Bill Lister

For several years in the 1950s, he traveled with Hank Williams, Sr., as the opening act for Williams and his "Drifting Cowboys." As a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, Lister worked with most of the stars of the day, including Little Jimmy Dickens, String Bean, Minnie Pearl, Del Wood, The Carter Family, and others.

Bill Myrick

Bill Myrick moved his wife, Laverne S. Myrick (born 1930), and toddler daughter Bellinda Myrick (born 1948) to Odessa, the county seat of Ector County, on the advice on Myrick's friend Hank Williams.

Clarence Garlow

"The song featured some of the same kind of broken Cajun-isms as Hank Williams's "Jambalaya".

Closing In on the Fire

"Best Friends of Mine", an autobiographical song, is a tribute to Buddy Holly, Hank Williams, Jr. and one of Jennings' close friends from his days in Phoenix.

Gayville, South Dakota

The venue is also noted for its tributes to country music legends like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Waylon, Willie and the Boys.

Gliding Bird

The album contains five folky Harris originals (with influences from Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell) plus the country-rock of Bob Dylan and Fred Neil, classic country of Hank Williams and a folk-pop rendition of a Dionne Warwick/Bacharach/David hit.

Habits Old and New

The first single released was a modern and up tempo version of "Kaw-Liga", a song written by Hank Williams, Sr. and Fred Rose.

Half as Much

It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached #2 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits

The album features ten tracks, nine of which are singles originally released from the studio albums Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, Habits Old and New, Rowdy and The Pressure Is On.

Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave

He added new lyrics to "Men With Broken Hearts" ("And even sleep brings no relief to these men who curse their births/they have no dreams of happiness left in heaven or on earth/for how can men have faith in God when faith in fellow man departs") and rearranged other lyrics.

Here Come the Choppers

Perhaps the most remarkable track though, is Hank and Fred, a real life account of Wainwright driving to the grave of Hank Williams when he heard the news, on the car radio, of the death of children's TV host Fred Rogers.

Hillous Butrum

Hillous Buel "Bew" Butrum (April 21, 1928 – April 27, 2002) was an American country music guitar player and a record and video producer best known as being a member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys.

If the South Woulda Won

He mentions all the states from the Confederacy as well as Kentucky (though it was not in the Confederacy), and includes how he would put his father on $100 bills and make Elvis Presley's death a national holiday.

Jackie Washington

In 1980 Washington played the part of the janitor in the film adaptation of the play: Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.

Joe Pennington

Joe Pennington, aka "Joe Penny," (born January 15, 1928 in Plant City, Florida) is a former lead guitarist for Hank Williams' backing band, the Drifting Cowboys.

Linda Hart

Solo work included appearances with The New Christy Minstrels as their only female leader, a stint on Johnny Cash's ABC television show, and opening act performances for country musicians such as Hank Williams, Jr., Mel Tillis, Roy Clark, and The Oak Ridge Boys.

Lloyd McCollough

During high school he wanted to become a professional baseball player, but was also interested in music, and Hank Williams, Sr. was his idol.

Madeleine Peyroux

The album opens with one of her best-known songs, a cover of Leonard Cohen's, "Dance Me to the End of Love", also featuring covers of Bob Dylan ("You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"), Elliott Smith ("Between The Bars"), and Hank Williams ("Weary Blues"), among others.

Men With Broken Hearts

Sneezy Waters sang a slightly different version of the song in the 1980 film Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave.

NFL on NBC music

Also, the game introduction music was the song "I've Been Waitin' All Day for Sunday Night"; which was a customized version of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (analogous to "All My Rowdy Friends Are Back for Monday Night (Are You Ready for Some Football?)", Hank Williams, Jr.'s reworking of his own song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" for ABC's Monday Night Football).

Take These Chains from My Heart

"Take These Chains from My Heart" is a 1953 single by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys, written by Fred Rose and Hy Heath.

The Beauty Shop

Hoeffleur described their music as "influenced by old-school punk (Wire, Minutemen, Misfits) and old-school country (Hank, Lefty, Patsy, Johnny) with a dash of singer/songwriter (Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake)".

The King of Rock and Roll

The King of Rock and Roll was Little Richard's second album for Reprise Records, a follow-up album that contained one original song "In The Name" and versions of tracks by artists as diverse as Hank Williams, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Three Dog Night, and The Rolling Stones.

Tim Greening

On October 30, 2001, Greening reported on the dedication of the Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash, and Buck Owens statues unveiled at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport.

Tony Fontane

While Tony Bennett took the song to #1 on the pop chart that year, Fontane's version of the song reached #28 on the Hit Parade, surpassing the version by Hank Williams, who wrote the song.

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Vince Mira

As of late 2008, he is assisting Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard with a Hank Williams tribute CD, as well as touring with Gossard as part of Timberland's EarthKeeper project.

Wagonmaster

# Porter & Marty: Men with Broken Hearts / (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams) – 6:04

Waylon and Company

Waylon and Company is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1983 and featuring duets with a large number of influential artists, including Hank Williams, Jr., Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Emmylou Harris, Tony Joe White and actor James Garner.

WDLT-FM

(Before they settled on the Top-40 format, the station began a "stunting" campaign, which lasted for a couple of weeks, playing bits and pieces of almost every type of music - listeners heard music from Jay-Z to Hank Williams to Lynyrd Skynyrd - and asking the radio listeners to call in and let them know what format should be played.


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