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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy (Week 14)

Old Habits 🎵 Man Of Steel

So I’ve evolved… musically…
since I first started spinnin’ round this world…

My earliest memories—
with my mom and dad—
were The Beach Boys…
and Eagles…

Then around 8… 9 years old—
it was Michael Jackson…
Van Halen…
whatever was lightin’ up the radio back then…

Then came my early teens—
and that’s when Hank Williams Jr. hit me…

And after that…
I just exploded…

Rock…
Folk…
Punk…
Blues…
Rap…
RnB…
Christian…

A little bit of everything—
and somehow… all of it stuck.

But to me…
you can never forget where you came from…

So here’s two excellent ones from my early days—

Allow me to hike up my dress a little for you… so you can see… what im workin’ with… what my roots look like.

Old Habits 🎵
Habits Old and New (1980)

Man Of Steel 🎵
Man of Steel (1983)

and ima bout to listen with you… if you don’t mind. 😎

Featured image credit… Rick Diamond and Getty Images

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson | All rights reserved.

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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 🎶

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr. Legacy — Girlfriend Edition (Week 4)

🎶 Women I’ve Never Had 🎶 Heaven Can’t Be Found…

This week’s picks come straight from my lady’s heart — two of her favorite Hank tunes… she’s got good taste 😁
(I’ll admit, I’m partial to these also.)

🎶 Women I’ve Never Had — Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (1980)

🎶 Heaven Can’t Be Found — Born to Boogie (1987)

Cool Hank fact:
Born to Boogie won CMA Album of the Year in 1987 — one of the rare times a true outlaw-style record got full industry respect…

Appreciate yall listening… have a heck of a weekend — let’s light it up 🔥 😎…

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→📞📱👀❌→🪞💔
→🍺🍻🎶🏚️→🌆🔍🔍
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© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson. All rights reserved.

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Outlaw Roots — The Hank Jr Legacy (Week 1)

Hank Jr 🎶 My Name Is Bocephus 🎶 Paying On Time…

Hey yall… welcome to my world
The time has come — let’s kick this series off right

Country music
Hank Williams Jr
Where do I even begin…

He’s a living legend
For me — he stands alone

He’s my strongest musical influence
His songs shaped me… made me the artist I am today
I’ve been listening since I was a young boy

He’s a mix of country… rock… blues…
He’s outlaw country
He’s art and poetry — in the form of sound

And with so many songs…
it was hard deciding where to start

So I chose these two

• “My Name Is Bocephus” (1986)
• “Paying On Time” (1979)

I hope you enjoy…
and thank you for listening

I hope yall have a great weekend…

Introduction 👇

….HWJr→★→†→1/1→//♪//→{art}→~pure~→”poetry”‘…….◎~♭~◎→|legend|→1of1→♪→◈→~ `’.,°~

Some of us are born with it… some of us don’t ever ever get it…

© 2026 Bryan H. All rights reserved.

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