Tag: Hank Williams Sr.

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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 3)

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…

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