Know your Hank Williams Jr

[Bama1966]

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Fact: Hank was born on May 26, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

[Rebel Son]

His father died on December 31, 1952. Randall was only 3 years old. :cry:
Technically, he was pronounced dead on New Year's Day.

[Atlanta_Tider]

He likes Jim Beam :twisted:

[Becky]

Hank has 5 children Holly, Hillary, Shelton, Katie and Sam and has been married a total of 4 times.

[Bama1966]

MOTHER:

Audrey Sheppard Williams, a country singer in her own right, was credited with much of the responsibility of getting Hank Sr. to Nashville. She was also responsible for Hank Williams, Jr.'s early on-stage performances.

[Bama1966]

Hank Williams, Jr., an accomplished musician, plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, piano, bass guitar, harmonica, drums and other instruments. His musical training began as soon as he was old enough to hold a guitar.

[Regis]

.....has had 10 singles reach the number one spot on billboard:

1. All for the Love of Sunshine
2. Eleven Roses
3. Texas Women
4. Dixie on My Mind
5. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
6. Honky Tonkin'
7. I'm For Love
8. Ain't Misbehavin'
9. Mind Your Own Business
10. Born to Boogie

.....and.........

has had a top 40 hit in 5 consecutive decades (60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's)

.....has had 10 singles reach the number one spot on billboard:

1. All for the Love of Sunshine
2. Eleven Roses
3. Texas Women
4. Dixie on My Mind
5. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
6. Honky Tonkin'
7. I'm For Love
8. Ain't Misbehavin'
9. Mind Your Own Business
10. Born to Boogie

.....and.........

has had a top 40 hit in 5 consecutive decades (60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's)

wow :lol:

[UpNorth]

Has won four emmy awards for Monday Night Football.

[Bama1966]

Hank debuted on the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 11 and when he was 14 he made his first record.

[2MidnightRiders]

His daddy affectionately nicknamed his baby boy "Bocephus," after the ventriloquist dummy of the same name who shared the stage with country comic Rod Brasfield.

[good ol' boy]

he recorded the whole soundtrack to his daddy's bio-movie.(your cheatin' heart). he was only 14 or 15.

[Bama1966]

Hank Williams Jr Has a Fan club, Join today!


Hank Williams Jr Fan Club
921 Myatt Industrial Drive
Madison Tn. 37115
Phone: 615-865-8671

[2MidnightRiders]

Hank Williams Jr Has a Fan club, Join today!


Hank Williams Jr Fan Club
921 Myatt Industrial Drive
Madison Tn. 37115
Phone: 615-865-8671

Good one to know! :D

[Hog]

He likes to HUNT

[Rebel Son]

He knows how to deep-fry a turkey! :smile:

[Hog]

He knows how to drink!! :lol:

[Walktallshin]

As reported in one Bocephus source Hey Good Cookin, "If you laid every Hank Williams, Jr. album ever sold end-to-end, they would reach from Hollywood to New York City."

That's a lot of albums friends!! :cool:

[Piggy]

Ajax Mountain

[Bocephusfan07]

Here is all the albums he has had out over the years.

1963 - Songs of Hank Williams
1964 - The Era of Hank Williams
1965 - Ballads of the Hills & Plains
1966 - Blues My Name
1966 - Country Shadows
1967 - My Own Way
1968 - My Songs
1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr.
1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 2
1969 - Songs My Father Left Me
1970 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 3
1970 - Sunday Morning
1972 - 11 Roses
1972 - Finders Are Keepers
1973 - After You/Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
1973 - Just Pickin', No Singin'
1974 - Living Proof
1974 - The Last Love Song
1975 - Bocephus
1976 - Hank Williams, Jr. and Friends
1977 - One Night Stands
1977 - The New South
1979 - Family Tradition
1979 - Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
1980 - Habits Old and New
1981 - Rowdy
1981 - The Pressure Is On
1982 - High Notes
1983 - Man of Steel
1983 - Strong Stuff
1984 - Major Moves
1985 - Five-O
1986 - Montana Cafe
1987 - Born to Boogie
1988 - Wild Streak
1990 - Lone Wolf
1991 - Maverick
1991 - Pure Hank
1993 - Out of Left Field
1994 - The Real Deal
1995 - Hog Wild
1996 - AKA Wham Bam Sam
1999 - Stormy
2002 - The Almeria Club Recordings
2003 - I'm One of You

[Walktallshin]

Hank and Mary Jane (Thomas) Williams were married on July 1, 1990... 50 Close friends and relatives were in attendance, and the wedding took place at The University Congregational Church in Missoula, Montana...

[good ol' boy]

hank is really his middle name.(born randall hank williams)

[hiteckredneck50]

five time entertainer of the year, baby, kiss my a... garth brooks ;moon :cheers:

[rebel cowboy]

knows how to have a good time

[Rebel Son]

After his accident on Ajax mountain, the first song Hank ever played again on the guitar was "Classical Gas." :smile:

[Barboot1]

He can skin a buck and run a trot line. And he has survived! ;bow
BK

[Ruger429]

The emblem Hank uses is also the Ruger emblem. Part of the reason he uses it as his own is because the Ruger corporation started in 1949, the same year he was born.

[Rebel Son]

The emblem Hank uses is also the Ruger emblem. Part of the reason he uses it as his own is because corporation started in 1949, the same year he was born.
Thanks, Ruger429. Glad to see you posting! :smile:

[LaBorn]

WAS HAVEING SUCH A GOOD TIME IN BATON ROUGE, LA MAY OF 1989 HE HAD TO COME BACK AND AND DO A FREE CONCERT. THIS WAS THE SAME YEAR HE WON A ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, AMC AND CMA PLUS A GRAMMY,IF IM NOT MISTAKEN. I DONT THINK HES BEEN BACK TO THE CENTROPLEX IN BATON ROUGE SINCE.

[good ol' boy]

he's a proud conservative. and past presidential elections he's played the RNC.

[Walktallshin]

You can find this quote in Hank's "Hey Good Cookin" book on page 54. As stated, "If you had every Hank Williams, Jr. Album ever sold, and listened 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, it would take you nearly 1,000 years to listen to them all :!: "

[Bocephus55]

He has a daughter, Holly, who can really turn it on. She has such a sweet voice. As mentioned before, Ajax mountain, Aug. 8, 1975. A magical moment in History. Thank God, for all of us, and I might add, a very special brother to him, Merle, who has left us to be with Hank Sr.
We will me him always!!!

[Bob Terry]

This pretty well tells the story. Good Job!!!!!!!!!!!

[rtabb]

He learned to play the piano from "the killer" jerry lee lewis.

[jenihughes]

His wife, Mary Jane, Is from Daytona Florida. She went to a Catholic highschool. She has 1 sister and 1 brother. Her sister, Angela, married the Dr that delivered Katie. Her parents are Bill and Ramona Thomas.

[Barboot1]

His wife, Mary Jane, Is from Daytona Florida. She went to a Catholic highscholl. She has 1 sister and 1 brother. Her sister, Angela, married the Dr that delivered Hollie. Her parents are Bill and Ramona Thomas.
Inside info. I love it :D
BK

[rtabb]

June Carter Cash was his godmother.

[StrongStuff]

he was In Huntington, West Virginia on Wed. March 14 1984 Johnny Lee opened for Hank JR

[Joecephus34]

He has recorded with the likes of Huey Lewis, Van Halen, Ernest Tubb,Waylon Jenning, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Goerge Jones and many others

[stonewall]

Hey thanks.

[good ol' boy]

his 1st #1 was all for the love of sunshine.

[StrongStuff]

he did a duet with Lois Johnson in 1970 called Removing the Shadow

[ruger man]

hank did a show in asheville,nc.he came out and shot a black powder gun and put a hole in the roof and was also taking his clothes off.the owner told him he would never play there again.the next year he walked out on stage and said ,they told me i would never come back,tell me where i am tonight?tell them they can kiss my ass!!

[yldstrk]

hank did a show in asheville,nc.he came out and shot a black powder gun and put a hole in the roof and was also taking his clothes off.the owner told him he would never play there again.the next year he walked out on stage and said ,they told me i would never come back,tell me where i am tonight?tell them they can kiss my ass!!

;roflmao Hank has many loyal fans who love his rockin' rowdy sound!!!!!!!!

[StrongStuff]

He has a hew song out called;
" That's How They Do It In Dixie "

[Ledhed2]

His first album HANK WILLIAMS JR SINGS THE SONGS OF HANK WILLIAMS which contained the single LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES was released in May 1964.

[2hankfan]

He once was doing a show where he accidentally swallowed a bunch of mosquitos. So, he stopped the show for a sec., and went back stage to get a bunch of cigars for him and the band, smoked 'em, and like magic, no more mosquitos. ;co

[Wily Hawg]

His hairy chest was admired by Hog Wild Hankstresses in B'ham this past weekend. :lol:

[MWM]

WAS HAVEING SUCH A GOOD TIME IN BATON ROUGE, LA MAY OF 1989 HE HAD TO COME BACK AND AND DO A FREE CONCERT. THIS WAS THE SAME YEAR HE WON A ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, AMC AND CMA PLUS A GRAMMY,IF IM NOT MISTAKEN. I DONT THINK HES BEEN BACK TO THE CENTROPLEX IN BATON ROUGE SINCE.


This is true about the Baton Rouge Centraplex,(known as Baton Rouge River Center now) I was there, for both shows. Earl Thomas Conley opened up for him back in those days. :D

[EarlyMStoned]

Hank was born Randall Hank Williams, and his mama changed his name to Hank Williams Jr. after Hank Sr. died.......

[EarlyMStoned]

I was at the Baton Rouge make up show that year also. There was all kind of news and rumors flying about that episode. One cover up rumor I remember well was that someone slipped a pill in his drink at a bar the night before.
I think Ol' Merle was trying to keep it on the down low, but Bocehphus just had a little too much fun the night before........

[bubbajr]

he talks of himself in the third person

[2hankfan]

he talks of himself in the third person

I hate when he does that. Makes him sound like some silly caricature. (spelling?)

[bubbajr]

han kwears a hair piece cuz the fall ripped a hole in his forehead

[bubbajr]

he OD'd 3 times on cocaine

[bubbajr]

he was never invited to return to the opry after doing la grange

[bubbajr]

he needs to put out a rock n roll record , half covers and the other half his

[bubbajr]

Girls. Girls, Girls
La grange
Sweet Home Alabama
Tush
cat scratch Fever
lawyers Guns and Money
Keep your Hands to Yourself


My name is Bocephus
Wild Dogs
Wild Streak
naked Women and Beer
What You Dont Know Wont Hurt You
Buck Naked

[bubbajr]

and a record of hits that were never released as singles but sgould have been


Thers a Devil in The Bottle
Brothers of The Road
Cant You See
Losin You
Footlights
Mr Wetherman
Feelin Better
The American Way
The Pressure is On
Orange Blossom Special
In The Arms Of Cocaine
Whiskey On Ice
Dinosaur

[stonewall]

han kwears a hair piece cuz the fall ripped a hole in his forehead

THe fall has nothing to do with it. :roll: shirazz

[StrongStuff]

:shock:

[good ol' boy]

imho the coolest celebrity ever. was 1 of waylon's 2 ultimate best friends. plus he's gonna entertain me,my best friend, & many many others on may 12th.

[kevin]

FIRST EVER COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TO WIN A EMMY

[hank fan forever]

Hank played with B.B. King on the grammys during All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.

[grannycool]

Hank had a second fall off of a mountain in the fall of 1984.It was in the Alaska range near mt. mckinley national park.

[aintmisbehavin]

Is the true definition of LEGEND, and is THE MAN

[Hankfan1]

He loves to get drunk and play loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cottonwood]

Many of his albums were released on January 1st paying respect to Hiram "The Man".