He severed ties with his mother, and tried to kick some bad habits that feeling like a Hank Williams impersonator had afforded him over his early career. moved from Nashville to his father’s home state of Alabama.
became a skilled multi-instrumentalist, able to play his own guitar solos and fiddle breaks when called upon. Beyond possessing a deep, unique voice all his own, Hank Jr. was the yearning to break away from his mother’s control, find his own voice, and become a star through his own efforts.Īnd break away he did. Of course they were expecting to get the new version of the old Hank, and that’s what they received. And by 1966 the younger Hank had signed a recording contract with MGM. was 14-years-old, he began touring regularly with Audrey’s “Caravan of Stars.” By the time he was 17, he was married for the first time. was only four-years-old, and his mother Audrey immediately put the younger Hank on the path to filling the void his famous father left behind, including playing Hank songs while backed up by his father’s famous Drifting Cowboy band for as many as 200 nights per year.īy the time Hank Jr. has ever known is wearing tailored suits and short hair, and singing his father’s songs as closely as possible to the original version.
Ever since the age of eight, virtually all Hank Williams Jr. It’s August 8th, 1975, and the career of an important country music star carrying one of the most famous names in American music is at a crossroads.
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