Hank Williams Jr. - 1983.06.04 - Live at the US Festival

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  • -Honky Tonkin'
    -If You Don't Like Hank Williams
    -A Country Boy Can Survive
    -All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down

Komentáře • 261

  • @j.m.browning8645
    @j.m.browning8645 Před 6 lety +58

    Vote Hank jr 2024.

  • @kilted911
    @kilted911 Před 6 lety +161

    I was there. Arrived the night before and slept in the parking lot with a bazillion other people. Gawd that entire concert was simply amazing.

  • @itsadryheave
    @itsadryheave Před 8 lety +171

    "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" done in the tune of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" - absolutely phenomenal

    • @michaelsizemore4667
      @michaelsizemore4667 Před 6 lety +6

      itsadryheave wish Hank would have put it on a album.

    • @eyoung2289
      @eyoung2289 Před 5 lety +3

      So bad ass...Never heard this until today. HOOKED

    • @Justinarmstrong0089
      @Justinarmstrong0089 Před 5 lety +2

      Welp.. If.your just now getting to enjoy it.. Don't worry about overpaying it. I still jam on it pretty frequently

    • @eyoung2289
      @eyoung2289 Před 5 lety +2

      Well maybe I have heard it before now that I am sober LOL

    • @L3TTUC3prey
      @L3TTUC3prey Před 5 lety +2

      Agreed, solid fucking gold 👊😎🔥

  • @lisabeesley7048
    @lisabeesley7048 Před 4 lety +31

    That's why he won entertainer of the year for a decade straight ... He rocked that shit back in the day

  • @ChrisMcClellan-yg8hq
    @ChrisMcClellan-yg8hq Před 4 měsíci +5

    Wow what the hell has happen to this country since then

  • @robertfrazier2909
    @robertfrazier2909 Před 5 lety +46

    I was in the crowd about 10 rows back.

    • @robertfrazier2909
      @robertfrazier2909 Před 4 lety +12

      He played Kawliga and pulled the bass players cowboy hat off and ran the fiddle bow through it and threw it in the crowd and a fight broke out about 100 feet wide in a circle.

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 Před 2 lety +1

      @@robertfrazier2909 Lucky To Be There!!
      Hope No One Was Seriously Hurt!! Thanks For Sharing Your Memory!!

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 Před 5 lety +12

    There was NO ONE bigger at this time. For me it started in 79 with "Whiskey Bent and Hellbound" and its never stopped since

  • @jeffreysalatin4443
    @jeffreysalatin4443 Před rokem +15

    GREATEST COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER EVER, PERIOD!

  • @garrettdriskill4975
    @garrettdriskill4975 Před 6 lety +49

    His voice can go to like 18 different octaves. Still amazes me

    • @tomheld6328
      @tomheld6328 Před 6 lety +2

      18 octaves ??? LOL No way !

    • @EdDiEeScOuRt69_711
      @EdDiEeScOuRt69_711 Před 5 lety +1

      Look into it. there's a video here on CZcams wheres he sings is daddy songs and dam good, he's young Its yrs before he went outlaw. His voice is way different he sings his daddy Style

    • @gordonely6911
      @gordonely6911 Před 2 lety

      I know you’re joking because 18 octaves is beyond high/low range of human ear

    • @gordonely6911
      @gordonely6911 Před 2 lety

      I agree ~ HWjnr genetically blessed , but more importantly blessed with humour and diamond strong work ethic to keep on applying and collaborating

  • @thepennsylvanian9280
    @thepennsylvanian9280 Před 2 lety +16

    Smokin a fat one jammin to this legend!!!

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 Před 7 lety +68

    I don't think anybody attacks a stage like Hank Jr. did.

    • @daltonowle1599
      @daltonowle1599 Před 5 lety +4

      maybe not in country music lol but in rock and roll there were plenty of legendary personas

    • @rk3689
      @rk3689 Před 2 lety

      "Hey Bocephus! Let's go honky tonkin'!" The Bama band was no joke.

  • @bradybrooks8659
    @bradybrooks8659 Před 5 lety +40

    First place i would go if I had a time machine.

    • @kennyparsons5723
      @kennyparsons5723 Před 3 lety +2

      so would I

    • @teresarn1965
      @teresarn1965 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kennyparsons5723 Want to meet up? In the name of Williams Of course!!!

    • @BrandonToy
      @BrandonToy Před rokem

      Not a bad choice. I think I’d have to stop off at Lynard Skynard live in 1977 first.

  • @stevenesmith2921
    @stevenesmith2921 Před 5 lety +31

    THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC AT ITS FINEST! GOD BLESS BOCUPHUS!!!!!

  • @thepennsylvanian9280
    @thepennsylvanian9280 Před 2 lety +9

    Nobody was coming in that crowd and burning them flags!!! Aww back when American's had Balls!!!

  • @CAROLUSPRIMA
    @CAROLUSPRIMA Před rokem +20

    His vocal range is phenomenal. Almost freakish.
    And folks that’s something that can’t be taught or learned.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 Před rokem +1

      If he hadn't drank or powered it up so much he would have clearly left the others way behind. Still amazing for his actions

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA Před rokem +2

      @@wildestcowboy2668 i hear you.
      And it may not be obvious because the textures are so different but I’ll swear to my ear he can sing as high as Ricky Skaggs and as low as Richard Sterban.
      Jones is another with a deceptively broad range, but not as much as HWJ.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 Před rokem +2

      @@CAROLUSPRIMA Listen to his song always loving you. He clearly dropped low after being high pitched in one half note. Few will get what ur saying

    • @kattykendrickkerley7045
      @kattykendrickkerley7045 Před rokem

      Gor it

    • @KennyHall06
      @KennyHall06 Před 9 měsíci

      @@wildestcowboy2668 to be honest everyone from 50s - 80s were pilled to the max. Everyone worth listening to anyway.

  • @kattykendrickkerley7045
    @kattykendrickkerley7045 Před rokem +5

    Mr Hank jr thanks for Blessing us same yesterday ss ur today be same tomorrow
    You are my angel

  • @wcm68tn
    @wcm68tn Před 6 lety +51

    Fantastic!!! I've been a Hank Jr fan for most of 40 years. To this day I can't wrap my mind around how big he really is. It's huge.

    • @larrysherman4809
      @larrysherman4809 Před 5 lety +4

      It's Huge??

    • @leisadodd5945
      @leisadodd5945 Před 2 lety +3

      Amen! A Iconic Legend! Been a fan for 45 years lives 2 miles from me. Nice family! Still go to as many concerts as I can!

    • @anelladambrosio2513
      @anelladambrosio2513 Před rokem

      ​@@larrysherman4809ciao larry! 🙋‍♀️😘😍💘🌅

  • @randyovercash8234
    @randyovercash8234 Před rokem +6

    Thank God for Hanks Williams Jr !

  • @bradleymavin5819
    @bradleymavin5819 Před 6 lety +27

    This is one of my top five videos of Hank. And I thank you Hank for all of your music brother.

  • @jotohin2571
    @jotohin2571 Před 2 lety +7

    American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!!!

  • @Lleeuhm
    @Lleeuhm Před 3 lety +12

    Damn. Never knew how much I needed to hear that if you don’t like Hank Williams/ghost riders mash up. That was amazing

  • @LilBiiiiiiiiiiiitchhh
    @LilBiiiiiiiiiiiitchhh Před 4 lety +7

    God damn that “if you don’t like Hank Williams” is so good

  • @kezzaobee1462
    @kezzaobee1462 Před rokem +2

    Check out that crowd, wow must make him feel mighty loved, wish I was there Awesome ❤ Hank Jr

  • @bryanscott9970
    @bryanscott9970 Před rokem +8

    I was 13 years old then, and I'm still a fan. Long live HANK WILLIAMS JR.

  • @kattykendrickkerley7045
    @kattykendrickkerley7045 Před rokem +3

    You are real here Pray you are on my jukebox
    Bless ya ll

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman Před 6 lety +21

    LOL!! I love it man this Pop Country shit of today blows goats compared to the Legends back in the day. there is not too many of them left

  • @the420mega
    @the420mega Před 2 lety +4

    Mr. Merle Kilgore was a fantastic person & manager for Hank jr. ❤️😎

  • @bfranklin3039
    @bfranklin3039 Před 6 lety +29

    God bless our southern home in Dixie!

  • @bradleymavin5819
    @bradleymavin5819 Před 6 lety +14

    That would have been a greatest party of the summer

  • @user-bm7kp8mr7q
    @user-bm7kp8mr7q Před 4 měsíci +1

    He is country well his dad but music is a tight knit family it takes a bunch across all the genres there is way more to the music than people know

  • @lanceswindell2859
    @lanceswindell2859 Před 2 lety +9

    I grew up listening to Bocephus ! Love him!

  • @michaelsizemore4667
    @michaelsizemore4667 Před 4 lety +10

    Look at the crowd, looks like a Hank Jr Wood Stock

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 Před 4 lety +2

    And God said... in the beginning. This was the start of a phenomenon

  • @tomarnold6540
    @tomarnold6540 Před 8 lety +27

    this is real kick ass music

    • @kayandaeddings4803
      @kayandaeddings4803 Před 7 lety +2

      Tom Arnold I have to agree with you. Old country is the best instead of the new school country. I only listen to the legends of country. If they put something new out, I will listen. But if it's a new artist, forget about it.

    • @mr.breeze8796
      @mr.breeze8796 Před 7 lety +2

      Nobody is original anymore, they're all clones. Can hardly tell one from another

  • @lorettaeblen8410
    @lorettaeblen8410 Před 2 lety +4

    Listening in 2021 ❤️

  • @donnatillman7651
    @donnatillman7651 Před 2 lety +3

    BOCEPHUS rule,seen him sooo many times and he is King of country Love me some BOCEPHUS

  • @JohnArmstrong-ys4gy
    @JohnArmstrong-ys4gy Před 7 měsíci +1

    Don’t need a time machine I remember him back at that time always loved his music!!!

  • @rodbelding9523
    @rodbelding9523 Před 6 lety +10

    This whole concert has to be out there somewhere, surely he did more than a few songs. Be awesome if it surfaced one day.

    • @MrHankfan77
      @MrHankfan77 Před 5 lety +1

      Do you have any live Hank stuff. Thanks

    • @rodbelding9523
      @rodbelding9523 Před 5 lety

      @@MrHankfan77 I don't have anything that's not already on CZcams, sorry.

  • @chocodiledundee1
    @chocodiledundee1 Před 5 lety +7

    Legendary ... on his own right , I love Hank Williams Jr. so much !

  • @raymartinez5809
    @raymartinez5809 Před 2 lety +1

    I was there Hank fan since family tradition seen him for the first time country club Reseda,Ca.met him and Mr.Kilgore backstage universal amphitheater I got a story I'm going to tell about that on Facebook I met them just for a few seconds of my life for so much happened in those few seconds something I'll never forget thanks Hank and like they say you do live out those songs you wrote God bless you Merle you had one hell of a job watching that guy

  • @jameshoffman1462
    @jameshoffman1462 Před 4 lety +2

    This is y he won this cowboy play list pray for the country boys god bless you hank u talk the talk u walk and I get u

  • @JeanineMAGA
    @JeanineMAGA Před 7 lety +17

    God Bless Hank Jr.

    • @mjy325
      @mjy325 Před 6 lety

      I did not know you like hankjr

  • @tjbeavers6616
    @tjbeavers6616 Před 2 lety +4

    He does a wonderful show

  • @martha8057
    @martha8057 Před 2 lety +2

    I like your music although your a little wild God can get to anyone and I think I can get to your heart love you forever june

  • @mikemorgan4205
    @mikemorgan4205 Před 4 lety +6

    Country folk can survive 🤟

  • @brandonjohns9677
    @brandonjohns9677 Před 5 lety +7

    This should be the national anthem!!! American by birth, Southern by the grace of god, And Baptist by choice.

  • @rachelcantrell1842
    @rachelcantrell1842 Před 7 lety +15

    that is the greatest shit i have ever heard hank is awesome

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife Před 5 lety +5

    Hank Jr is the best👍💯🐯🔥

  • @redbeard666ej
    @redbeard666ej Před 6 lety +4

    Nobody wants to get high on the town...
    best Jim Morrison impression he snagged in there. classic

  • @666Necropsy
    @666Necropsy Před rokem +2

    absolute legend

  • @jimmyc2895
    @jimmyc2895 Před 5 lety +3

    I saw Hank Jr New Years Eve the same year as this concert,83 in Birmingham Alabama. Was called The Hank Williams Jr Rocking New Years Eve Party...lol..ole Hank got so drunk that he sounded like shit and because of the boos he finally walked off stage...lol..have seen him a couple of times since and the shows were AWESOME

  • @michaelsizemore4667
    @michaelsizemore4667 Před 6 lety +7

    One word "Talent"

  • @mandydalton9750
    @mandydalton9750 Před 2 lety +1

    Hmmm…how familiar he seems!!! Thanks for the years of good music and all the years of company you provided 😇🧝‍♀️

  • @wildestcowboy2668
    @wildestcowboy2668 Před 2 lety +5

    We them son bitches u trained on shotgun, probably best line ever!

  • @howardstern666
    @howardstern666 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ol George Jones, I'm glad to see you're finally getting strai-aight.....

  • @russtabbert3698
    @russtabbert3698 Před 3 lety +10

    "Everybody wants to play it safe and record housewife songs" 🤣🤣

  • @tommyc9659
    @tommyc9659 Před 2 lety +3

    WE ALL LOVE HANK

  • @alanmccarthy2285
    @alanmccarthy2285 Před 5 lety +5

    *ONE WORD* AWESOME

  • @victorperez2963
    @victorperez2963 Před 3 lety +1

    gracias amigos.. thank you frienda

  • @tednugent8501
    @tednugent8501 Před 6 lety +7

    Well, bless Hank, DAMMIT!!!

  • @jonathanmerrittk5738
    @jonathanmerrittk5738 Před 5 měsíci

    My favorite singer entertainer ever!!

  • @satyadasgumbyji8956
    @satyadasgumbyji8956 Před 11 měsíci

    Yes kids, there really used to be a place called America. But once they drove Dixie down they drove it all down. Thank you brother John for the bull's-eye! 🎯 RIP🙏❤

  • @SkooterSmith
    @SkooterSmith Před 7 lety +15

    One of the best performers ever. Twice as good as his father.

  • @tonycantrell7059
    @tonycantrell7059 Před 7 lety +5

    awesome concert, would of loved to see him and David Allan Coe perform together when they both were in there prime

  • @lee4620
    @lee4620 Před 8 lety +19

    ultimate Bad Ass

  • @lawrencesmith3101
    @lawrencesmith3101 Před 10 měsíci

    Hank Williams Jr singing country Boy Can Survive I seen him in concert Hank & Charlie Daniels back in 1999 hell of concert

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife Před 5 lety +4

    Hanks the man!!

  • @jcearnhardt393
    @jcearnhardt393 Před 2 lety +2

    Hank JR is the biggest star country music has seem since his daddy more less invented it. Hank is 3x bigger than his daddy, garth and George strait. Idc what the record sales say.

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 Před 2 lety

    I had every single one of hank Williams jr albums tapes & 8 tracks til a house took them all away from . Back in 2004. It's been hard trying to replace all these albums & tapes

  • @nicktrierweiler3690
    @nicktrierweiler3690 Před 2 lety +3

    I wish I had that boogie amp behind him...

  • @seanpizzo8256
    @seanpizzo8256 Před 4 lety +11

    Blake Shelton? Never heard of her.

  • @garyhayes4756
    @garyhayes4756 Před 5 lety +4

    The good fun days

  • @stephanielpetty4234
    @stephanielpetty4234 Před 3 lety

    Hank I love you I've loved you for along time since I was fifteen been to 4of your concerts I didn't get to you security is tuff

  • @barryrobinson8085
    @barryrobinson8085 Před 5 lety +2

    Love me some Hank

  • @duarte189x
    @duarte189x Před 4 měsíci +1

    they bottled up Hank's sweat from this show for all the men in 2024 with low T.

  • @redneckillinois2030
    @redneckillinois2030 Před 4 lety +4

    Where did our country go

  • @robertsirois1938
    @robertsirois1938 Před 6 lety +4

    Geez that was fun!

  • @renownimagesolutions5606
    @renownimagesolutions5606 Před 5 lety +2

    Why am I just seeing this for the first time now?

  • @waynesawyer8254
    @waynesawyer8254 Před 7 lety +3

    hank is the best

  • @dan812
    @dan812 Před rokem

    stars and bars baby fly em high and proud

  • @taralynn4448
    @taralynn4448 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Hank

  • @lawrencesmith3101
    @lawrencesmith3101 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Bocephus kicks ass in Country Boy Can Survive

  • @waynesawyer8254
    @waynesawyer8254 Před 7 lety +1

    Love you man come to New Hampshire

  • @mitzimathias5095
    @mitzimathias5095 Před 6 lety +3

    6'4" of pure wonderful!

  • @randyovercash8234
    @randyovercash8234 Před rokem

    Never gonna lose my American pride

  • @MrEdsjeep
    @MrEdsjeep Před 2 lety +1

    Hell ya Hank rocks.

  • @jamescarr9862
    @jamescarr9862 Před 5 lety +9

    im to drunk to coment but love it

  • @martinwatters2729
    @martinwatters2729 Před 2 lety +6

    The SJW"S have buried old DIXIE since this show. She needs to fly again.

  • @Reader-Copy
    @Reader-Copy Před 2 lety +1

    Ol' Junior really worked up the crowd this day. The video hardly shows any of it, however. Still awesome, killer video.

  • @EddieLowery1913
    @EddieLowery1913 Před 3 měsíci

    Dickey Betts finally settled down, Rest Easy Ramblin’ Man.

  • @TheOriginalguns
    @TheOriginalguns Před 5 lety +13

    12:00...keep it flying!

  • @chazzychizzle915
    @chazzychizzle915 Před 6 měsíci

    Hank Jr VP 2024

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife Před 5 lety +2

    My jam👍🐯🔥🐯

  • @jefferywilliams944
    @jefferywilliams944 Před 5 lety +1

    you can tell this is VHS tape...….but Hank is great!

  • @apocyldoomer
    @apocyldoomer Před 4 lety +2

    I was in the USAF at the time, in Victorville, Ca, so damn bummed out that I missed it, dunno why I didn't go, dammit!!!

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife Před 5 lety +1

    Awesome!

  • @c8055
    @c8055 Před 5 lety +4

    Hank on his A game

  • @southerndesignpools
    @southerndesignpools Před 2 lety

    Seen o Hank do the same show at the Atlanta Motor Speedway same year I think he Stole the show from some Big names GOOD TIMES to say the least I’m 62 now and my Health has indeed made me settle down 🤔😎🇺🇸💯🙏

  • @davidford30
    @davidford30 Před 8 lety +2

    awesome

  • @scottharrison9674
    @scottharrison9674 Před rokem

    The Best!