Hank Williams Jr. has had a long career in country and western music, matched only by the impact of his father, country music pioneer Hank Williams.
Williams’ early death, at the age of 29 in 1953, led to contemporaries like Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino becoming prominent figures in Williams Jr.’s life and early path.
As a singer-songwriter, Hank Williams Jr. built a career that followed in his father’s footsteps while becoming a major influence in the outlaw country and rock ‘n’ roll scenes. Artists like Gretchen Wilson, of “Redneck Woman” fame, have shared about his impact on their music. For over 20 years, until 2011, his song “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night” was the theme song for Monday Night Football. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2020…