Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight 🎶 Here I Am Fallin’ Again
Hey yall… got two more good ones for you… The first one’s fast… the second one slow…
As I was selecting the songs for this one… I was reminded of my first Hank concert… I think I was 14… it was me… my best friend Joey… my good buddy Chris… and two neighbor girls… April and Ashley…
Ashley’s mother was a police officer… and she and the chief of police for our town took us all to the concert that night…
It was a crazy and fun night… I won’t go into details… other than just to say… everyone had a lil too much to drink… including Hank…
And I ended up spending the night at Ashley’s house… Got the T-shirt!
My mother was not happy the next day… cuz she was worried about me… …but you know how us Gen X kids used to roll 😎…
So let’s get to the music…
🎵 Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight — Strong Stuff — 1983
🎵 Here I Am Fallin’ Again — Habits Old and New — 1980
Oh! I also included a pic of the mountain Hank fell off… with a lil diagram… showing the path of his fall… just a miracle that he survived (it was 1975… Ajax Mountain near Wisdom, Montana)
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 ♩
For this week’s Hank post I picked two songs from very different moments in his career “Feelin’ Better” comes from the album The New South (1977), a record that arrived not long after Hank’s near-fatal mountain fall in 1975 and marked the period where he really started breaking away from Nashville’s expectations and forging the Bocephus sound alongside the outlaw movement led by artists like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Ten years later came “Tuesday’s Gone” on the album Wild Streak (1987), a southern-rock-leaning cover of the classic originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973. By that point Hank was in the middle of a huge 80s run where Wild Streak produced multiple country hits like “Young Country,” proving that the rebellious sound he started building in the late 70s had fully taken hold.
Also a cool fact about “Tuesday’s Gone”… it’s one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar back in 1988. I didn’t even know at the time that it was a Skynyrd song — I thought it was a Bocephus original haha. I think it was about a year later when I finally learned the truth. 😁… it’s a beautiful cover..
So let’s get into the music… yall have a great weekend. 🎸
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 ***
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 😁
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…
Hank Jr 🎶 If It Will It Will 🎶 I Don’t Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
Early in his career.. the label forced Hank to dress.. sing.. and act like his father.. He hated it…
After the 1975 fall that nearly killed him.. he came back changed — voice.. body.. spirit — and rebuilt himself around Southern rock.. country.. and outlaw truth.. That’s why his music from the late ’70s on feels free and feral — finally his own…
🎵 “If It Will It Will” (1991)
🎵 “I Don’t Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)” (1981) (feat. George Jones) — originally one of his father’s songs from the 1940s…
He recorded many songs with friends over the years — the 2nd one below is with George Jones… Hope y’all enjoy…