I thought Hank Williams Jr. was OK, love his music!

10/08-- this was posted on his website:

http://www.hankjr.com/home/

Sportsmen for McCain and Palin
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I was gonna buy some of his music, but now I have changed my mind. Oh yeah, he has been on "Fox and Friends"............no thanks Hank!

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he's a rightwingnut jerk.

Always has been.

Unbelievably stupid guy.................................

Looks nothing like Sr., and is such a total asshole. Hank Williams (the REAL Hank Williams) may have been an alcoholic, but he had soul, he had heart, and he had the intelligence and sensibility of a true poet.

Jr. is nothing but a trashy loudmouth jerk.

of the modern world.

Nice post. Thank you.

I have no idea about the genetic lineage, but you are absolutely correct about the spiritual lineage!

I still know many 78s' worth of his songs by heart (I was listening to Hank Williams before 33-1/3 albums were invented). His beautiful soulful voice is indelibly imprinted on my brain. My 82-year old dad and I still sing old Hank Williams songs in harmony at family gatherings. :)

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Harmony, too! And in this day and age! I love it.

There is a resonant authenticity to Hank Williams, made more alluring because Hank Jr. visibly lacks it.

Emmylou Harris, a very long-time favorite, did "Rollin' and Ramblin'" on her BRAND NEW DANCE album:

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"Rollin' and Ramblin'"

Folks in Nashville slammed the door
Said we don't want you anymore
Find your own way down the road
Pack your fiddle and your guitar
Take a train or take a car
Find someone else to keep you from the cold

Rollin' and ramblin'
Women loved him half to death
He sang with whiskey on his breath
His heart broke like a child's
Rollin' and ramblin'
The sun has set out on the trail
The hobo's drifted up the rail
He's taken his last ride

Oh, he always sang the blues
Like it was all he ever knew
He didn't sing at all that night
He was pale and as he dozed
He didn't know his time had closed
Slumped in the back seat to the right

Rollin' and ramblin'
Women loved him half to death
He sang with whiskey on his breath
His heart broke like a child's
Rollin' and ramblin'
The sun has set out on the trail
The hobo's drifted up the rail
He's taken his last ride

So they send him on night train South
Through the cities and the rural routes
Just one more place to go
Ah, the whistle sang the bluest note
Like it came from his own throat
Moanin' sad and cryin' low

Rollin' and ramblin'
Women loved him half to death
He sang with whiskey on his breath
His heart broke like a child's
Rollin' and ramblin'

The sun has set out on the trail
The hobo's drifted up the rail
He's taken his last ride

Rollin' and ramblin'
The sun has set out on the trail
The hobo's drifted up the rail
He's taken his last ride


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It's a fine tribute to a the sort of guy you accurately describe in your posts in this thread.

Truly enjoyed reading about Mr. Williams from someone who obviously gets it. Thanks.

but they had to totally reconstruct his face from scratch when he almost died then. Everyone who knew him said this is a different face mostly.

Other than that, he is a complete and total asshole, both in how he treats people and in his political views. I used to listen to some of his songs too until I listened to his opinions and found them so offensive that I won't give another dime to buy a song or waste my brain listening to any tunes of his. Dickhead.

born he could afford to take care of his family and even indulge them. Hank jr. is one of those son's of the great who are ruined by the life they got without any real work.

Jr. seems like somebody who blew into town a couple weeks ago and is squatting on the North 40, drinking beer from the owners' fridge.

Hank Sr. is good history.

he humped for palin and mccook

He's a fuckin loser. If his name was Hank Jones Jr. you would never have heard of him.

Even all that sportsmen for McCain shit doesn't make sense. If it was up to McCain and his ilk, all the public lands so prized by sportsmen would be turned over to private interests and placed off limits to hunters. So your 2nd amendment rights would be worthless without anyplace to exercise them.

Try Hank Williams III - lot netter musician w/o so much of the redneck baggage.

Or better yet - try this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeJ4kp1AwY4

The World (music and beyond) would be a lot better place w/o Bosephus.

Fuck that idiot.

I have seen him in concert more times than I can count - love his music! But, when he endorsed Dubya, I did a double-take! I could not believe he would be so stupid! But, he is enmeshed with the NRA, and we all know what that means - neocon idiots!

He's done a few good tunes, but never approached the talent the Old Man had.

The front row of a Hank Williams Jr. concert.
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of the lucky sperm club.