Hank Williams Jr vs the mountain

Brian and Murdock dig into the iconography of one of outlaw country's loudest voices, discovering how Hank's visual turn from tribute act to rowdy powerhouse was due in part to a fall he shouldn't have survived.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Payne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr.

https://www.wideopencountry.com/audrey-williams/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Cheatin%27_Heart_(film)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr._and_Friends

https://theboot.com/hank-williams-jr-secret-history-of-country-music/

Bobby Bones Hank Jr Interview (2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdkB2jgoN4

Classic interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaj2mLeiVZg

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/hank-williams-jr-biography

https://savingcountrymusic.com/40-years-later-hank-jr-s-fall-from-ajax-mountain-the-full-story/

Photo of Hank with Dick and Walt Willey years later: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOCxICFMIp/

9/28/76 interview with Ralph Emery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7im8DjPNMro 

https://theboot.com/hank-williams-jr-mountain-climbing-accident/

The tweet that shows distance of the fall: https://tasteofcountry.com/hank-williams-jr-mountain-climbing-accident-fall/

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