Hank Williams, Jr. overview
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A Country Boy Can Survive(04:16)
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Family Tradition(04:01)
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Give a Damn(02:35)
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Long Gone Lonesome Blues(06:06)
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One Out of Three Ain't Bad(01:57)
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It's All Over but the Crying(02:38)
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Waylon's Guitar(03:12)
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Cajun Baby(02:41)
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Knoxville Courthouse Blues(03:41)
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Hank Williams, Jr. bio
Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana, and known by the nickname Bocephus (a name given to him by his father because he thought his son as a baby resembled a TV ventriloquist dummy named Bocephus), he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with "Lone Gone Lonesome Blues"... ;, a staple of his father's career.
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. impersonator", sometimes going as far as to have clothes designed for him that were identical to his father's stage clothes and vocal stylings very similar to those of his father.
Although Williams' recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he became disillusioned with his role as a 'Hank Williams clone' and severed ties with his mother in order to pursue his own musical direc Full bioRead more
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