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Hank Williams Jr. is tagged as: country, outlaw country, southern rock, country rock, classic country

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 direction and tastes. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin’ Heart, ...
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Top 10 Hank Williams Jr. Songs
Midnight Rider
Man of Steel
Big River
Stoned At The Jukebox
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
How's My Ex Treating You
Now I Know How George Feels
Lovesick Blues
Once And For All
Queen of my Heart
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Top 10 Hank Williams Jr. Albums
Man of Steel
The New South
Lone Wolf
Hank Williams Jr. (20) Hits
The Pressure Is On
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Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
I'm One of You
Family Tradition
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