Artist: hank williams jr

The 1980s were the MTV years; as radio once helped spread country beyond its natural habitat, so did TV channels dedicated to broadcasting country music disseminate the new crop of stars. As importantly, for the first time since Jennings and Nelson attracted the attention of rock fans, some country singers, such as Earle and Yoakam, were acknowledged by the rock press. County, or at least some strands of it, was hip again. The rock press also rediscovered legends such as George Jones and Dolly Parton. So Parton's collaboration with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt was celebrated as a music event [...]

Hank Williams Jr. 's biggest claim to fame is probably his famous father, but a close second is the fact that he's a a little bit of an asshole . You got to wonder why anyone is willing to tour with the guy, but that's exactly what 38 Special and George Thorogood are doing. The acts will be on the road starting in March. Tour dates are posted below. Hank Williams Jr. tour dates: Dates marked * w/ 38 Special Dates marked [...]

At a Country Music Association awards show in the late 1970s, Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel showed up wearing a stetsons. He and the similarly behatted and long-haired Charlie Daniels and John Anderson were politely asked to remove their headgear. But as the rhinestones faded, the Stetson would become an obligatory sartorial item in the country fraternity. We might credit the mercifully brief Urban Cowboy movement — spearheaded by John Tavolta's Honky Tonk Night Fever movie — for popularising the cowboy hat, which had been sported by many people over the years but never was standard apparel in [...]

Brad Paisley, Hank Williams Jr. and Carrie Underwood The 2011 Country Music Association Awards were about rewarding the best in country music during its big show that took place last night (November 9). But besides that, it was also about fun. Hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood had a whole lot of fun during their opening monologue as they took on two of entertainment's biggest news stories recently: Hank Williams Jr .'s "Monday Night Football" theme being banned from ABC (the same network that aired the CMA Awards) and Kim Kardashian 's 72 [...]

Ninebullets Radio is a radio extension of the blog ninebullets.net that airs every Thursday night in Tampa, Florida on WMNF 88.5 FM at 10pm Eastern. The show is archived for one week after it's original air date and is available for streaming here . Also, don't forget to head over to Facebook and like the Ninebullets Radio page . Below is the playlist for October 20, 2011 . 01. Greenland Is Melting- No Matter What You See 02. Hellbound Glory - Bar Room Beauty 03. Whitey [...]

Meant to post this before MNF tonight with a pithy comment about who's gonna ask us if we're ready for some football now that Hank Williams Jr. got kicked off of 'Monday Night Football' by ESPN but I fell asleep after the tryptophan kicked in from eating left-over Thanksgiving turkey this afternoon. Williams is a f-cking NUT though. I mean, hit the jump for the original video of his full appearance on 'Fox & Friends' on Oct. 3 that created the initial firestorm if you missed it or aren't full convinced. [...]

Barry Sanders will be back with Detroit for the team's Monday Night Football game but don't get too excited, Lions fans. The small but mighty former Detroit running back won't [...]

As you may have heard, country music lifer Hank Williams, Jr. has parted ways with Monday Night Football , the TV show he spent 20 years singing the intro for, just because he made a totally calm and reasonable parallel between Barack Obama and Adolf Hitler. (He also compared John Boehner to Netanyahu? Whatever.) If you haven't seen the clip of Williams crashing and burning on Fox And Friends , it's absolutely worth your three minutes and 31 seconds, if only for the three anchors' amazing facial expressions during the pivotal moment. [...]

Recent statements made by ol' Hankie prompted me return to this live recording from an unknown date, where Hank really lets it fly for everyone within spittin' distance. He doesn't even appear to like Monday Night Football! NSFW, obviously. Hank Williams Jr - Family Tradition (live) [mp3]

• Hank Williams Jr - Family Tradition (live)

"I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me. The thought of the Leaders of both Parties Jukin and High Fiven on a Golf course, while so many Families are Struggling to get by simply made me Boil over and make a Dumb statement and I am very Sorry if it Offended anyone. I would like to Thank all my supporters. This was Not written by some Publicist." -- Hank Williams Jr To that Gawker says , [...]

I have a thing about sticking up for the over/underdogs-the highly successful musicians that people just can't wait to hate on. Whether it's journalists in the 70s turning their noses up at the Archies while praising Toto and Chicago, or oddly spiteful faux-journalists who hate Kreayshawn to the point where they're taking solitary, reasonable quotes out of context and then linking them to Wikipedia entries about black youth being shot in Oakland two years prior to somehow make it seem that Kreayshawn is a whiny entitled race exploiter , too often my fellow music journalists take the easy way out: they find a [...]

Want to know how to piss away the second easiest job in America (Michael Buffer's being the first)? Compare President Obama to Adolf Hitler live on television. The voice of [...]

After a prolonged lockout that looked like it was never going to end, the National Football League kicked off their season last night with quite the thrilling shootout as the defending Super Bowl champions the Green Bay Packers beat the New Orleans Saints, 42 to 34. So with that in mind, I thought we'd dedicate this week's Mix Tape to the return of football dominating our Sundays for the next six-plus months. While there are plenty of tunes about our National Pastime, it's a bit trickier coming up with six pigskin-related songs, but I think I did an admirable job. [...]

Photo by Nikki MillerSo, are you ready for the country? Er, are you ready for some football? Uh, I mean, some country? Say what you will about his politics. I will say that they make my skin

There are many awesome things about touring. You get to see new places, make new friends, hang with old ones, get free booze (sometimes), develop sweet guns from lugging gear around (Seriously, you should see my biceps. I'm straight-up Amazonian by this point.), make a little money (sometimes) and, if you're lucky, get to listen [...]

Hank III has sung his praises, saying that he "has more Hank Sr. in him than either I or Hank Williams Jr," and describing him further as "the real deal." Tonight, you can judge this assessment

Here's all the songs covered in the April 19 episode of Glee, including songs by Aretha Franklin, Adele, Lykke Li and Eric Carmen.

Like Hank Williams Jr., Caleb Stine hopes that he's not 'Living Proof.'

• Caleb Stine - Living Proof (Hank Williams Jr. cover)

I can't be sure, but I get the idea that the city of Dallas can't wait to get this Super Bowl - and this weekend - over with. It may have been one of the worst weeks for the city since, well ... you know. (I'm thinkin' Super Bowl X, what are you thinkin' about?) It's been rough because of the weather: a brutal blast of blue-balls winter that unfortunately blew in to the Metroplex along with hundreds of Northeastern Sports Media Types. The disastrous result has been a shit-and-snowstorm of bad press, mostly from smartasses [...]

Song Of The Week 'Get Well Soon ' By Sarabeth Tucek. There are occasions in life when you come across a song of such exquisite beauty that it literally stops you dead in your tracks. One that has the power to effect you so profoundly that it makes your heart ache whilst simultaneously gives cause for your ears to quiver with joy. That's exactly the scenario I experienced upon first hearing Sarabeth Tucek's beautiful 'Get Well Soon' taken from her forthcoming album of the same [...]