| Redirected from Hank Williams Jr.The tone or style of this article may not be appropriate for Wikipedia.Specific concerns may be found on the talk page.The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded.Please discuss this on the talk page and read the lead section guide to ensure it summarizes the article.This article is about Hank Williams, Jr..May 26, 1949) is an American country and southern rock artist, son of country music pioneer Hank Williams and father of Hank III and Holly Williams.He is more commonly known as Hank Williams, Jr.Early life and career
Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, and known by the nickname Bocephus (named after Grand Old Opry comedian Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy), he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953.Williams' early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s.Although Williams' recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s with his role as a 'Hank Williams clone', he became disillusioned and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direction and tastes.After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr."Standing in the Shadows".While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs, including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974.Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.It would eventually take nine major surgeries to put his face back together again.In order to hide the numerous scars, Williams adopted the look that would become his trademark, a thick, full beard, cowboy hat, and dark sunglasses.Williams worked with Waylon Jennings on the album entitled The New South.Please help convert this timeline into prose or, if necessary, a list.Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 4, 2006.His popularity had risen to such levels, he could no longer be overlooked for major industry awards.In 1987, 1988, and 1989, he won the same award from the Academy of Country Music.The song itself was written by his father, presumably, sometime between 1950 and 1953 and was recorded with Hank Williams playing just his guitar.The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially.It was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music.Grammy award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.In 2004, Williams, Jr appeared on CMT Outlaws.He has made a cameo appearance along with Larry the Cable Guy, Kid Rock, and Charlie Daniels in Gretchen Wilson's music video for the song "All Jacked Up", whose album has been released.He also appeared in Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman" video as well."It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the '70s, and they said I wouldn't live," Williams told Pittsburgh TV station KDKA.Nashville radio station in the early '50s.The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams' hits and his cover version of other songs.Polygram contended that Williams' contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.Super Bowl XL which was aired February 5, 2006 on ABC.Williams Jr was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.On April 10, 2006 CMT honored country music icon Hank Williams Jr.Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards.Williams joins an elite circle of gifted performers to have received this prestigious mark of distinction, including Loretta Lynn (2005), Reba McEntire (2004), Johnny Cash (2003).In August of 2006 a petition was started online to place Hank Williams, Jr.Country Music Hall of Fame.Mary Jane, whom he married 16 years ago.The Associated Press by his publicist, Kirt Webster.When not performing, Williams lives at his compound outside of Missoula, Montana, where he spends his time composing new material, hunting and fishing.Please help improve this article by expanding this section.See talk page for details.Please remove this message once the section has been expanded.January 2008)
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Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, and known by the nickname Bocephus (named after Grand Old Opry comedian Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy), he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953.Williams' early career was guided, some say outright dominated, by his mother Audrey Williams, who many claim was the driving force that led his father to musical superstardom during the late 1940s and early 1950s.Audrey, in many ways, wished for young Hank to be nothing more than a "Hank Williams, Sr.After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams, Jr."Standing in the Shadows".Williams' unique blend of traditional country with southern rock and blues earned him a devoted following, although some mainstream country radio stations wouldn't touch his new songs in this blatantly untraditional sound.Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, and others.The accident shattered every bone within his face and exposed his brain to open air.It would eventually take nine major surgeries to put his face back together again.His recovery took two years.But as far as singles were concerned, Williams didn't reach the charts again until the late 1970s, with Bobby Fuller's "I Fought the Law", "Family Tradition" and "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound".Please help convert this timeline into prose or, if necessary, a list.Williams' career began to hit its peak after his first taste of recognition by the country music establishment.His popularity had risen to such levels, he could no longer be overlooked for major industry awards.In 1987 and 1988, Williams was named Entertainer Of The Year by the Country Music Association.By the end of the decade, however, the hits had begun to dry up.Williams was now seen as somewhat out of step with this new traditionalist movement.His last major success was "There's a Tear in My Beer", a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques.The music video for the song combined existing television footage of Hank Williams performing and the dubbing techniques transferred the image of Hank Jr.The video was an overwhelming success, both critically and commercially.Despite his slumping album sales, Hank Williams Jr.He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight".In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams' opening themes for Monday Night Football would earn him four Emmy awards.He has made a cameo appearance along with Larry the Cable Guy, Kid Rock, and Charlie Daniels in Gretchen Wilson's music video for the song "All Jacked Up", whose album has been released.On December 26, 2005 Hank Williams, Jr opened for Monday Night Football on ABC for the last time.For MNF's 2006 debut on ESPN, Williams Jr.Sago Mine accident, on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 in Morgantown, West Virginia.Williams traveled to the hospital after learning that McCloy was a fan of his music."It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the '70s, and they said I wouldn't live," Williams told Pittsburgh TV station KDKA.The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams' hits and his cover version of other songs.Polygram contended that Williams' contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.Williams Jr was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards.In August of 2006 a petition was started online to place Hank Williams, Jr.Country Music Hall of Fame.On February 17, 2007 Hank Williams, Jr."Today is one of the toughest days in my life," Williams, Jr.When not performing, Williams lives at his compound outside of Missoula, Montana, where he spends his time composing new material, hunting and fishing.Please remove this message once the section has been expanded.This article does not cite any references or sources.January 2008)
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Fans are still talking about their video, "Stay."Grand Ole Opry, and he was 3 when the elder Williams died.He debuted on the Opry at age 11 and at 14 made his first hit record, a rendition of his father's "Long Gone Lonesome Blues."In his teens, he learned piano from Jerry Lee Lewis, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and performed for crowds of 20,000 people.But as much as he loved his father's legacy, he had grown weary of cloning his father and wanted to pursue his own musical identity.That same year, he nearly died from falling off a Montana mountain and endured numerous surgeries to keep him alive.In 1989, he won his first (and only) Grammy for the duet with his father, "There's a Tear in My Beer," which borrowed Hank Sr.When the radio hits slowed down in the 1990s, Williams found notoriety by singing the opening theme for ABC's Monday Night Football.Country Music Television, Inc. |
