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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 18)

I’ve Got Rights 🎶 The Conversation

So music can be a funny thing for me… as a musician and stuff…

My Outlaw Roots… they don’t define me… it’s just a sound I love… it helped shape me… get me ready for what all was to come…

But I’m many things musically…

For example… days ago… I was in my bathroom because of the great acoustics… covering songs from Keith Sweat… K-Ci & JoJo… Boyz II Men…

And like the night before… I recorded songs from Keith Urban… Sister Hazel… Bob Marley… the Fugees…

the night before that… it was Damn Yankees… Breaking Benjamin… Garth Brooks…

I keep a list of songs I want to work on and record weekly…

Next week or two… it’s Def Leppard… Three Days Grace… Dave Matthews… Tonic… Fuel… Pearl Jam… Everclear… Social Distortion… and some Hank Jr…

Just never know what you’re gonna get with me 😁…

Here’s two for ya…

🎶 I’ve Got Rights — Family Tradition 1979

🎶 The Conversation— Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound 1979

Also I’ve included a great bonus video… yall should check it out… it’s some good stuff 😎

Thank yall for stoppin’ by… Hope you enjoy…

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 17)

Leave them Boys alone 🎶 Ballad of Hank Williams

Sup yall…
it’s time to hank it up…

got two good ones today—
featurin’ some of Hank’s friends
singin’ along…

the first one—
has the great Ernest Tubb
and Waylon Jennings…

the second—
features Don Helms…
legendary steel guitarist
for Hank Sr.’s band
The Drifting Cowboys…

these are two of my favorites…
both are true eyewitness accounts 😄…

you’ll find out…
when you listen…

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Leave Them Boys Alone 🎶
Strong Stuff… 1983

Ballad of Hank Williams 🎶
The Pressure Is On… 1981

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I actually could write my own
true eyewitness account song
just like these about Hank… 😳…

the first verse might go something like this…

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“Hank Jr was the first show I ever seen…
my neighbor took me to see him n’ Atlanta…
he got drunk n’ mean…

but it was ok…
he was alright…

still tried to half-ass
play guitar n’ sing that night…

guess we should have left him alone…
n’ let him sing his song…” 🤷‍♂️ 🎶

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Ernest Tubb
Don Helms
Hank n’ Waylon

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 16)

Weatherman 🎶 A Country Boy Can Survive

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So two great songs for yall today… one of them… you’ve probably been wondering when I was going to bring it… consider it brought…

One is a deep cut… the other one most everyone knows lol…

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🎶 Weatherman — The Pressure Is On (1981)

🎶 A Country Boy Can Survive — The Pressure Is On (1981)

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I love to go deep… while I like songs like… A Country Boy Can Survive… I’m more of a Weatherman… maybe because I’ve had too many storms and tornadoes… but I’m thankful for storms… that’s how you get a strong back and legs… from standing through them.

Thank you for listening…
hope your weekend forecast is bright.

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I also added a short video of Hank talking about his love for hunting… fishing… and the outdoors… it’s pretty cool… check it out.

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 15)

Living Proof 🎶 Orange Blossom Special

In case you’re unfamiliar…

Hank Williams Jr. was born the son of the one and only
Hank Williams—

a superstar who died in his prime at 29…
cardiac arrest… most likely brought on
by a mixture of drugs and alcohol.

Hank Jr. was just 3 years old.

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From that point on—
his life was already decided for him.

His mother began shaping him
to take his father’s place—

thrown on stage as a kid…
dressed like him…
singin’ his songs…

not as himself—
but as a reflection.

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And the older he got—
the more he hated it.

He didn’t want to be his daddy…

he wanted to be himself.

To write his own songs—
sing his own truth—
step out of a shadow
that wasn’t his to carry.

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But they told him—

no one wants to hear that.

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Still—

he didn’t quit.

And eventually…

he broke free.

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Today I have two deep cuts for you—

🎵 Living Proof — Living Proof (1974)
🎵 Orange Blossom Special — Man of Steel (1983)

Hope yall enjoy… have a great weekend too.

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 10)

Mr. Lincoln ♫ Thanks a Lot

Today’s pairing carries a powerful heritage combo. “Mr. Lincoln” reaches back into American history, tipping its hat to the spirit of freedom and the larger story of the nation, while **“Thanks a Lot” — originally written and recorded by Hank Williams — connects Hank Williams Jr. directly to the legacy of his father. Together the songs show Bocephus standing in two traditions at once — the story of America and the story of his bloodline in country music — reminding us that some songs don’t just entertain… they carry the weight of where we came from.

♫ Mr. Lincoln
Album: Major Moves
Year: 1984

 ♫ Thanks a Lot
Album: Born to Boogie
Year: 1987

Hope y’all enjoy and have a weekend full of good stuff. 🤠

Hank when he was a baby with his famous family

You got that right! I lean toward the older ways… and theres damn few backwoods lawyers left today ♩

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 8)

The Blues Man 🎶 O.D.’d In Denver…

Happy Friday, folks!
Got two good ones for you today… 🎸

The Blues Man came out in 1980 on Habits Old and New. it’s one of those lived-in songs.

A little cool info about this one… I’ve told yall before — I play all of Hank’s songs. over the years… this one was probably my most requested. I had an ex-girlfriend once… every time I picked up my guitar, she’d ask for it.. and it wasn’t just her.. friends… people hanging around… same thing. “Play The Blues Man.” just something about it…

Then go back a year to 1979 and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound… to O.D.’d in Denver… so I got S.I.’d in Denver once.. but never overdosed there… thank God…

Hope yall enjoy these… 🎶🔥

*** Got my info wrong.. Waylon Jennings did not write The Blues Man according to sources.. it was written by Hank Jr… i was for sure it was Hank.. but then saw something online about Waylon and went with it before confirming ***

S.I.’d = snowed in ❄️

I’m not a walk be-hinder. I’m a new note finder 🎶

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OutlawRoots—TheHankJr. Legacy—KidRock Edition(Week7)

Redneck Paradise 🎶 The F Word…

Country music royalty and rock rebel — Hank Jr. and Kid Rock have one of those unlikely but genuinely tight friendships that fans love. They first connected years ago when Kid Rock showed up to one of Hank Jr.’s shows already knowing all his songs, and that mutual respect sparked something real. Over time they became close — so close that Hank Jr. has called Kid Rock like family and even jokingly referred to him as his “rebel son.”

The two have also teamed up musically, most notably on the gritty, fun duet “Redneck Paradise” on Kid Rock’s Rebel Soul album, where their big voices and bigger personalities make for classic Southern rock-country energy.

Outside the studio, they share a love of hunting, fishing, and just hanging out — proving that their friendship goes beyond music into real life brotherhood…

Here’s two songs for you…

🎶 “Redneck Paradise” – Kid Rock (feat. Hank Williams Jr.)
Album: Rebel Soul
Album Released: 2012

🎵 “The ‘F’ Word” – Hank Williams Jr.
Album: The Almeria Club Recordings
Album Released: January 8, 2002

The F Word song does not use the F Word… it’s actually Anti-F Word… so enjoy 😁

Getty Images Credit: Michael Loccisano

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 6)

Montana Cafe 🎶 Whiskey On Ice…

One thing I noticed growing up as a Hank fan — and still notice today — is that he’s known by a handful of songs that went full mainstream.. and people grabbed onto them… ones like… All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight.. Family Tradition.. A Country Boy Can Survive… and a few others.

He kind of got labeled by those songs — like that’s all he’s about.
But man… nothing could be further from the truth.

Once you dig in.. you find so much more —
beautiful love songs…
raw.. well-written.. poetic ones… many are deep… magnificent… also his voice is amazing on so many… in a way you don’t really hear on his more popular ones…
real depth that never got the same spotlight.

Today’s picks…

🎶 “Montana Café”
• Title track of the album Montana Cafe
• Released: 1986

🎶 “Whiskey on Ice”
• from the album High Notes
• Released: 1982

Hope you enjoy this little dive into the deeper cuts…

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr Legacy (Week 5)

🎶 Old Nashville Cowboys 🎶 Always Loving You

Hey yall… so I have two great Hank songs for you today… both are among my favorites…

🤠 “Old Nashville Cowboys”
Year Released: 1979
Album: Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound

🎶 “Always Loving You”
Year Released: 1979
Album: Family Tradition

Here’s a cool fact… in 1988 my best friend passed away… and we received an autographed picture that read “sorry to hear about Joey…” signed by Hank… thought that was so great… the song Always Loving You… always reminds me of those days and my friend…

Years move on…
songs don’t.

Have a good weekend out there.

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