Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Wil… Read Full Bio ↴Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or alternatively as Hank Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of country music singer Hank Williams; the half-brother of Jett Williams; and the father of Hank Williams III, Holly Williams, Hilary Williams, Sam Williams, and the late Katherine Williams-Dunning.
Williams began his career following in his famed father's footsteps, covering his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams' first television appearance was in a 1964 episode of ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, in which at age fourteen he sang several songs associated with his father. Later that year, he was a guest star on Shindig!.
Williams' style evolved slowly as he struggled to find his own voice and place within country music. This was interrupted by a near-fatal fall off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana on August 8, 1975. After an extended recovery, he challenged the country music establishment with a blend of country, rock, and blues. As a multi-instrumentalist, Williams' repertoire of skills includes guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, dobro, piano, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, fiddle, and drums.
From 1989 through October 2011, his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", refashioned as "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night", had been used to open broadcasts of Monday Night Football until it was pulled after Williams made controversial comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The song returned to open the show in 2017.
On August 12, 2020, Williams was selected to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Williams' early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Audrey, in many ways, wished for young Hank to be nothing more than a "Hank Williams, Sr. impersonator", sometimes going as far as to have clothes designed for him that were identical to his father's stage clothes and vocal stylings very similar to those of his father.
Although Williams' recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he became disillusioned with his role as a 'Hank Williams clone' and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direction and tastes. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr. hit the charts with one of his own compositions, "Standing in the Shadows". The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father.
Also during this time, Williams had his first two No. 1 songs: "All For the Love of Sunshine" (1970, featured on the soundtrack to Kelly's Heroes) and "Eleven Roses" (1972).
By the mid-1970s, Williams had finally found the musical direction that would, eventually, make him a superstar. Williams' unique blend of traditional country with southern rock and blues earned him a devoted following, although some mainstream country radio stations wouldn't touch his new songs in this blatantly untraditional sound.
While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs, including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.
His last major success was "There's a Tear in My Beer", a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. The song itself was written by his father, presumably, sometime between 1950 and 1953 and was recorded with Hank Williams playing just his guitar. The music video for the song combined existing television footage of Hank Williams performing and the dubbing techniques transferred the image of Hank Jr. onto the screen, so it appeared as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially. It was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music. Hank Williams, Jr. would go on to win a Grammy award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
Despite his slumping album sales, Hank Williams Jr. continued to be a popular concert draw during the early 1990s and continued to record, with several of his recordings during this time still managing to achieve gold status, selling 500,000 copies.
He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight". The opening theme became a classic, as much a part of the show as the football itself. In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams' opening themes for Monday Night Football would earn him four Emmy awards.
Williams opened for Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006, on ABC and was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
On April 10, 2006, CMT honored Williams with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards.
On November 11, 2008, Williams was honored as a BMI Icon at the 56th annual BMI Country Awards. The artists and songwriters named BMI Icons have had "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers".
In 2011, Williams was named one of "Seven Living Legends" of his native Shreveport, Louisiana, by Danny Fox (1954–2014) of KWKH radio. Others named were Bob Griffin of KSLA and KTBS-TV and James Burton. Two others cited, Claude King and Frank Page, both died in 2013.
In 2015, Hank Williams Jr. was Inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
Williams began his career following in his famed father's footsteps, covering his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams' first television appearance was in a 1964 episode of ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, in which at age fourteen he sang several songs associated with his father. Later that year, he was a guest star on Shindig!.
Williams' style evolved slowly as he struggled to find his own voice and place within country music. This was interrupted by a near-fatal fall off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana on August 8, 1975. After an extended recovery, he challenged the country music establishment with a blend of country, rock, and blues. As a multi-instrumentalist, Williams' repertoire of skills includes guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, dobro, piano, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, fiddle, and drums.
From 1989 through October 2011, his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", refashioned as "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night", had been used to open broadcasts of Monday Night Football until it was pulled after Williams made controversial comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The song returned to open the show in 2017.
On August 12, 2020, Williams was selected to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Williams' early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Audrey, in many ways, wished for young Hank to be nothing more than a "Hank Williams, Sr. impersonator", sometimes going as far as to have clothes designed for him that were identical to his father's stage clothes and vocal stylings very similar to those of his father.
Although Williams' recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he became disillusioned with his role as a 'Hank Williams clone' and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direction and tastes. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr. hit the charts with one of his own compositions, "Standing in the Shadows". The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father.
Also during this time, Williams had his first two No. 1 songs: "All For the Love of Sunshine" (1970, featured on the soundtrack to Kelly's Heroes) and "Eleven Roses" (1972).
By the mid-1970s, Williams had finally found the musical direction that would, eventually, make him a superstar. Williams' unique blend of traditional country with southern rock and blues earned him a devoted following, although some mainstream country radio stations wouldn't touch his new songs in this blatantly untraditional sound.
While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs, including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.
His last major success was "There's a Tear in My Beer", a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. The song itself was written by his father, presumably, sometime between 1950 and 1953 and was recorded with Hank Williams playing just his guitar. The music video for the song combined existing television footage of Hank Williams performing and the dubbing techniques transferred the image of Hank Jr. onto the screen, so it appeared as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially. It was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music. Hank Williams, Jr. would go on to win a Grammy award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
Despite his slumping album sales, Hank Williams Jr. continued to be a popular concert draw during the early 1990s and continued to record, with several of his recordings during this time still managing to achieve gold status, selling 500,000 copies.
He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight". The opening theme became a classic, as much a part of the show as the football itself. In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams' opening themes for Monday Night Football would earn him four Emmy awards.
Williams opened for Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006, on ABC and was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
On April 10, 2006, CMT honored Williams with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards.
On November 11, 2008, Williams was honored as a BMI Icon at the 56th annual BMI Country Awards. The artists and songwriters named BMI Icons have had "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers".
In 2011, Williams was named one of "Seven Living Legends" of his native Shreveport, Louisiana, by Danny Fox (1954–2014) of KWKH radio. Others named were Bob Griffin of KSLA and KTBS-TV and James Burton. Two others cited, Claude King and Frank Page, both died in 2013.
In 2015, Hank Williams Jr. was Inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
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Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics
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127 Rose Avenue Somewhere in the cradle of the deep south Magnolias sway in…
A She's got soft finger tips and a warm red ruby…
A Country Boy Can Survive The preacher man says it's the end of time And the…
A House Of Gold People steal, they cheat, they lie For wealth and what it…
A Little Less Talk I was getting kinda tired of her endless chatter Nothing I…
A Rainy Night in Georgia Hoverin' by my suitcase Tryin' to find a warm place to…
A Whole Lot of Hank I'm an outlaw from the south Got country in my mouth I'm…
A-EEE She's got soft finger tips and a warm red ruby…
After All They All Used To Belong To Me I guess I'll get a cab and go by in…
Ain Listen to the rain a-fallin' Can't you hear that lonesome so…
Ain't Makin No Headlines Ain't makin' no headlines here without you You do for me…
Ain't Misbehavin' No one to talk with, all by myself No one to…
Ain't Much More Lord, I've lost at cards, I've lost at dice But I…
Ain't Nobody's Business One day I have ham and bacon And the next day…
Ain't That A Shame A different boss at work That might do me well 'Cause I'm…
Air That I Breathe If I could make a wish I think I'd pass Can't…
All by Myself When I was young i never needed anyone And making love…
All For The Love Of Sunshine The darkness of my world was all cleared away The flowers…
All I Can Give You Is My Heart Let's take the final step and get married cause a…
All In Alabama I just had to show 'em I didn't need 'em. And so…
All Jokes Aside You think this band, on my left hand Don't really mean…
All My Rowdy Friends All my rowdy friends have settled down And it seems to…
All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin Over Tonight I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt…
All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over For Monday Night Football I got ketchup on my blue jeans I just burnt my…
All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt…
All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down All my rowdy friends have settled down And it seems to…
All The Roads I went down to the river to watch the fish…
Almost Persuaded Last night all alone in a barroom Met a girl with…
Alone and Forsaken We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures w…
Always Loving You The evening is lonesome babe and the dead of night…
America Will Survive People think we're nearing the end of time But we've had…
American Dream Too many lawyers in football, baseballs gotta few The pitche…
American Offline Three million megahertz, super-duper processors Gotta two h…
Amos Moses Amos Moses was a Cajun and lived by himself in…
Angels Are Hard to Find Lord I'm singing you this message up to heaven Asking…
Anymore Love Songs There's been some things that I've wanted to say a…
Are You Ready For The Country Slipping and a-sliding, playing dominoes Leftin' and a-right…
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do…
Attitude Adjustment Now I met an old friend In the bar the…
Ballad Of Hank Don tell us how it really was when you was…
Ballad of Hank Williams (Don, tell us how it really was when you was…
Be Careful Who You Love The old guitar picker had run out of liquor So I…
Before You Fell Out of Love With Me Where is the love that we once knew There were no…
Between Heaven and Hell Well I've seen the devil And I've seen the light And I…
Big Fool Of The Year All the big fools in town got together Every hopeless lovin…
Big River Well I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I…
Big Top Women A is for apricot B is for blossom C is for cantelope D…
Blue Jean Blues I done ran into my baby And finally found my old…
Blue Lady in a Red Mercedes There's a blue lady In a red mercedes Driving down from her…
Blue's My Name I've got a blue love in my heart What can I…
Born To Boogie Well my momma met my daddy down in Alabama They tied…
Both Sides of Goodbye When you pack your clothes tonight don't pack up all…
Buck Naked I got a rock in my shoe My jeans are cutting…
Building Memories I don't have to tell you what I've got on…
Cajun Baby Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old…
Can I can't get you off of my mind When I try,…
Cherokee Well, a Cherokee chief as he dances along He does an…
Clovis New Mexico Well me and Billy We left Boulder City Decided that we'd h…
Club U.S.A. Being born here, it's like hitting the lottery If you're luc…
Cold Cold Ground Oh the clock here in the barroom says its half…
Cold Cold Heart I tried so hard my dear to show that you're…
Come And Go Blues People say you're no good I couldn't cut to loose…
Come On Over To The Country You said you'd never be caught dead Listening to people sing…
Country Love When the nighttime comes fallin' down I jump in my…
Country Music I been travelin' down the highways with my guitar for…
Country Relaxin' I like driving down those Old dirt country roads I love to…
Country State of Mind That hot, old summer sun Make you beg for your…
Cross on the Highway There's a cross on the highway where the tragic wreck…
Cry Cry Darling Cry, cry, darling, that's what I'll do If you should leave…
Cut Bank Montana It was colder than a well digger's ankles in Cutbank,…
Daddy All you want to do is sit around and pout And…
Daytona Nights I got some sun tan oil And a rebel flag Stuck a…
Detroit City I wanna go home, I wanna go home Lord, how I…
Devil in the Bottle I Come Home Late At Night With My Boots In My…
Dinosaur Hey man them ain't high heeled sneakers And they sure don't…
Dirty Mind Well I just got back from the liquer store, I bought…
Divorce or Destroy We've lived together for a long time but now the…
Dixie On My Mind All the stations up here don't sign off with Dixie The…
Don I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired…
Don't Give Us A Reason Hey ole' Saddom you figured wrong When you thought the whole…
Dress Like An Icon If you're not having any luck with the girls You need…
Early in the Morning and Late at Night She's got sexy eyes and crazy lips She's got magic in…
Eleven Roses I guess you noticed there is only eleven roses I chose…
Endless Sleep The night was black, rain falling down Look for my baby,…
Everything Comes Down to Money and Love Sitting at the kitchen table Monday afternoon house is so…
Everytime I Hear That Song I heard cowboys should never cry But there are some things…
Eyes of Waylon When it comes to real rounders, there's only one That was…
Family Tradition Country music singers have always been a real close family B…
Farm Song Let me tell you about the farm, all my friends…
Fat Friends Why do the best lookin' girls have real ugly friends? It…
Fax Me A Beer Well here we are smack in the middle of the…
Feelin' Better Moved on down to Sweet Home Alabama in 1974 Had to…
Finders are Keepers You're one in a million, a hundred to one shot. I…
Folsom Prison Blues I hear that train a comin' it's rollin' round the…
Footlights I live the kinda life most men only dream of I…
Forged By Fire It was hard for him to get out of bed When…
Free Born Man I was born in the Southland! Twenty some odd years…
Future On Ice "I got a past That'll last me forever And enough memories fo…
Games People Play Oh, the games people play now Every night and every day…
Getting Over You I sold my car to buy more wine I hocked my…
Gibbonsville Gold My name is Bill Harlan. I'm a God fearin' man From…
Give A Damn I've got some things to say About the American way And a…
Go Girl Go Well the mustang pulled in a no parkin' zone Out stepped…
God And Guns Last night I heard this politician Talkin' 'bout his brand n…
Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight I'm gonna shine up my boots pick out my best…
Good Friends Good Whiskey Good Lovin' One thing's for sure we're All just passin' through No we're…
Greeted in Enid Well if your from Texas it's more or less a…
Guess What That My blood pressure worked no normal My temperature started t…
Guitar Money I had a nine to five day job at kentucky…
Gulf Shore Road I want to live on Gulf Shore Road And lighten up…
Hamburger Steak Holiday Inn Hamburger steak, Holiday Inn That's the kinda world that I…
Hank They say Hank was a mighty Heavy drinker I don't know They…
Hank Hill Is The King He's got the whitest legs this side of Montana Never seen…
Hank Williams Jr Don't tell us how it really was When you was working…
Hank Williams Jr. I like Charlie Daniels and I love big John Cash And…
Harvest Moon The night was mighty dark So you could hardly see For the…
Heaven Can't Be Found I looked over at my pillow but your face wasn't…
Here I Am Fallin' Again Here I am fallin' again, in places that I've already…
Hey Good Lookin Say, hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin' How's about cook…
Hide and Seek I think uncle sam killed Maralyn Monroe I think there's a…
High and Pressurized It don't take long to get there If you're high and…
High Maintenance Woman Dakara hayaku isshin furan oborete goran Kairaku e to yami e…
Hog Wild Well I was born at A party in A barn, With…
Hold What You've Got You had better hold on Hold on to what you got You…
Hollywood Honeys Everybody needs to have one a Hollywood honey to love I'm…
Homesick Six hours behind, the changes of time Ten thousand miles fr…
Honey Everybody needs to have one a Hollywood honey to love I'm…
Honky Tonk Blues Well, I left my home down on the rural route I…
Honky Tonk Train I've been riding this train a long time And I'm still…
Honky Tonk Women I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis I tried…
Honky Tonkin' When you are sad and lonely and have no place…
Hot to Trot Some girls are cute, some girls are not When it comes…
Hotel Whiskey I was born a ramblin' man with Swamp water on my…
House of Gold People steal, they cheat and lie For wealth and what it…
How's My Ex Treating You How's my ex, my ex treating you Has she had time,…
I I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll…
I Ain't Goin' Peacefully Garth and Clint and Alan Them boys have got it made Cut…
i can Today I passed you on the street And my heart fell…
I Can't Change My Tune Babe, I can't change my tune for you But I'll sing…
I Can't Help It Today I passed you on the street And my heart fell…
I Can't Take It No Longer No I can't take it no longer I'm goin' out…
I Cried Again Here I am fallin' again, in places that I've already…
I Don I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired of…
I Don't Care I don't care if tomorrow never comes This world holds nothin…
I Fought The Law A breakin' these rocks in the hot sun I fought the…
I Got A Right To Be Wrong I got a right to be wrong I got a right…
I Hope It Rains Today I had that dream again the same one I've had…
I Just Ain't Been Able I just ain't been able to write no song guess…
I Just Don't Get It No More I woke up with a busted head I could hardly get…
I Know What You've Got Up Your Sleeve Well I noticed you when you walked in Let me tell…
I Like It When It's Stormy Cold heart moved in, And the rain came down. That's the wa…
I Love You a Thousand Ways I love you I'll prove it in days to come I…
I Mean I Love You Don't doubt me every chance you get Don't give me that…
I Really Did You found out I've been cheatin' and then you left…
I Really Like Girls Well, well I really, really, really, really, really, really …
I Saw The Light I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin I wouldn't let…
I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink Well, I could be holding you tonight Could quit doing wrong,…
I Was With Red Foley (There′ll be peace in the valley for him how we…
I'd Love to Knock the Hell Out of You Oh I'd love to knock the hell out of you…
I'd Rather Be Gone I feel like a stranger in this home I built…
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Close your eyes close that door You don't have to worry…
I'll Follow You I've been told my days are numbered soon Mother Earth will…
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive Now, you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kinda mad I…
I'll Think Of Something I don't know how I'll get her ioff my mind But…
I'm for Love You've known so long that you were wrong But still you…
I'm Gonna Get Drunk and Hank Williams My good gal left and I can't stand this pain When…
I'm Just a Man I'm just a man.I breath and I bleed yes I…
I'm One of You They say it takes more now To do what our…
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly Th…
I'm Tired All my life I've been so lonesome If happiness came, I…
I've Been Around I've been around I used to sing songs that were hand-me-dow…
I've Been Down Blew my last twenty dollars On an Oilers football game I onl…
I've Got A Right To Cry I've got a right to cry I've got a right…
I've Got Rights I went down to the Mary Cater Paint Store I said,…
Id Love to Knock the Hell Out of You Oh I'd love to knock the hell out of you…
If Heaven Ain If ain't a lot like Dixie I don't wanna go If Heaven…
If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I don't wanna…
If Heaven Aint A Lot Like Dixie If ain't a lot like Dixie I don't wanna go If Heaven…
If It Will It Will When I was a boy in school Learning the Golden Rule I…
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