Sawbones is slang for a doctor or surgeon. Family tradition is referencing his father Hank Williams Sr. who abused alcohol and drugs, died at the early age of 29. So, Hank Jr grew up without his father and also ended up battling his demons with alcohol and drugs because as a child he was pressured to be his daddy's replacement.
Slick could mean city slicker that doesn’t understand the country life of men like Hank Williams Sr. or Hank Jr. Saw bones is a name for a doctor. Think civil war era doctor where arm and leg injuries often meant the doc would saw off the injured limb.
in star trek, this is why the enterprise physician’s nickname is “bones” mccoy. i think the city slicker imagery in this case is an oblique way of calling out the suits in the nashville industry, who are the ones who “disowned” hank jr., waylon, willie, david allen coe etc. another layer to the song for me is how canonizing someone (e.g. hank sr.) means airbrushing inconvenient details out of the image (hank sr.’s struggles with substance abuse). so it’s a contest between two versions of history: hank sr. the sanitized nashville commodity & hank sr. the messy individual. hank sr. had a few songs with “blues” in the tile (e.g. lovesick blues), but musically is very much in the genre of country/bluegrass. hank jr. was influenced musically by blues & other genres, which in nashville was heresy similar to bob dylan going electric. (the grand ole’ opry didn’t allow drums until the 1940’s) so in this song when hank jr. refers to his dad’s music as the blues, that was a pretty loaded lyric-i.e., dad wasn’t as generically pure as nashville wants to make him out to be.
You gotta know that his daddy was a alcoholic country star Who died in the backseat of a limo on his way to a concert, for this song to really hit home.
People have him tons of grief over singing HIS songs instead of being the second coming off Hank Sr. He had been groomed by his mother to sing exactly like his father using all his dad's mannerisms and vocal inflections from the time he was 8. When he started doing his own music and a little rock and roll, he WAS a teenager in the early-mid 60s, crowds started turning on him. In his 20s he made a decision to do music HIS way and if nobody liked it, fine, he wasn't going to change. Listen to "Feeling Better", "Stoned at the Jukebox" from that time period. It's a history lesson. Also a little later, "Born to Boogie". You'll get an idea of who he is and what he's been through.
In 1973, he was drunk, fell off a mountain and broke damn near every bone in his body. Oh Saw Bones is referring to a doctor. It's from the Civil War, they would saw limbs off that were shot to prevent Gangrene.
In the bars when this comes on the crowd would sing with it saying "Why do you drink. To get drunk! Hank why do u roll smoke? To get stoned! Why do u live out the songs that u wrote? To get Laid!"
I ran sound for country bands in TX and I think it was a law that cover bands have to play this song. Absolutely every single time I did a gig, the bands played this song and the crowd sang those lines back. No joke and no exaggeration. Every. Single. Time. 🤣
His daddy was the iconic country singer of the 40's and 50's. It took him years to get past that and become his own man. That's what this song is about.
He literally fell off a mountain in 1973 and got really messed up should have died but he came back stronger and drunker than ever but his early to mid 80's country songs really launched his career, he was able to come out of his daddy's shawdow and created an all new country theme that hard working and drinking people related to and his songs about his life that he really lived were wild and rambunctious and people just fell in love with him, except for the older more traditional country lovers that wanted to hear him sing like his daddy did but like he said he went a different direction and made countless hits I was a teenager in the early 90's and all my friends knew every Hank Jr song by ❤
I'm going to go against the grain here and recommend the song "Kaw Liga." It was originally sung by Hank Sr. and Jr. does a splendid job covering it. There is also a video of this song sung as a duet with Hank Jr. and Johnny Cash here on TH-cam. ETA the performance was at the Grand Ol' Opry.
"Slick" stands for a well dressed snob. In 1973, Hank Jr fell down a mountain and almost died. He fractured the bones in his face, busted some ribs, and had multiple surgeries to rebuild his body. That's the reason he wears the hat, glasses and beard to cover the scars.
"An ol' slick" was referring to the label producers of the day with hair slicked back with Tonic or other hair product. "Sawbones, leave me alone" the doctors he talked to after he O.D. in Denver. doctors were called that, especially in the south, due to using Bone saws to cut off limbs during the Civil War.
The best part about the entire song is that the whole thing is a double entendre the way that he mentions he changed his direction from the traditional way of singing country music to be groomed and polished and well behaved and took after his father who which was an alcoholic and changed the way that people perceived him and saying If i get stoned and sing all night long it’s just a family tradition was a hint at the way his father acted while he was influenced by alcohol and the drugs that he were taking for his chronic back pain
'Ol' slick' I imagine means some smartass heckling him....lol. I love this line in the song and the 'proud of his Daddy's name' Awesome!. Hank Jr is also very talented and has a colorful rebellious personality with good reason. "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound' another great song
Was over 500 foot fall that scared his face Ajax Mountain in Montana is where he fell his music evolved after his fall wears sunglasses abd a beard all the time
Sawbones was slang for a doctor.His dad was one of the greatest country performer.s, ever. " Your Cheating Heart" and "Lost Highway" are a few of many great songs Hank Sr. wrote
Here in South Texas when they play this song and it says, “Hank, why do you drink?”. We scream “to get drunk!” And then “Hank, why do you roll smoke” we scream “to get high!”
he spent a lot of time and effort battling the shadow of his father, I mean his father was such a legend and fans had all these expectations of him and expected him to carry on what his father did, can you imagine that pressure? but he decided to do everything his way, eventually he became bigger than his father, nothing against his father though, he IS the man, he just died too young, his earlier stuff sounds amazing too, he and waylon and willie all sounded really clean back in the 60's great stuff.
So cool that you are getting into Hank Jr. Son of perhaps the most loved country star ever, he was on the road to just clone his father. But in the 70's (particularly with the album Hank Williams Jr and Friends) he broke out and freed himself from conventional country and melded rock, blues and hard country to tell HIS story which is every bit as exciting and tragic as his Dad's. If I may suggest, watch the movie "Living Proof" and you will be amazed (no spoilers)!
I remember that movie. Didn’t the guy that played grown up Bill Denrough on the mini series IT around the same time? He was on the Waltons too I think.
@@81ghale Richard Thomas, played John boy Walton. Made his acting career by doing made for TV Movies. he did play Hank in the made for TV movie- Living Proof.
"Saw Bones" was a term for a battle field doctor during the civil war. Because they had to do so many amputations... It's a southern slang thing left over from those times.
Your blind spots are absolutely adorable. Sawbones is a very old slang for a surgeon, since they used to literally saw bones--usually while amputation something. Bit of trivia for you. In the original Star Trek, Kirk called Dr. McCoy "Bones," which was, of course, a shortened version of "sawbones."
Sawbones, am old term for doctor, if I’m not mistaken it was later shortened to just bones, like they called the doctor in Star Trek. Slick... o think he’s talking about a music exec. Not long before this country music was almost squeaky clean. Then along cane the outlaw era of country music, wAylon, Willie, kris, and a bunch of others. Hank Williams junior can be listed as a part of that crowd. Just like people today say country ain’t what it used to be... the generation before the outlaw era said the same thing. Born to boogie is a good one to react to!
This was basically Hank’s eff you to the country music industry who were trying to “keep him in line”. He and several other artists became what was unofficially known as “outlaw country” because you were just as likely to see their names in a police blotter as in a music publication. The term “old slick” refers to a guy who has slicked down his hair and fancied himself up, similar to a “city slicker”. Giving “friction” is as you surmised, not necessarily fighting, but criticism or the giving of a hard time. “Sawbones” is an old fashioned slang word for a doctor (I.e. someone who saws bones). Language was so much fun back then.
One song from Hank jr I’ve new seen a reaction to is “ Lone Wolf “ there is no music video for this song but there are lyrical videos to it. It is my favorite song from Hank
"Some old slick's trying to give me correction" Slick is sometimes used in short for "city slicker" but is commonly used to describe someone who thinks they're slick, or better than everyone else. Nowadays we call those folks entitled brats or douchebags. Slicks are generally openly assholes and pretty open with their belief that they know better for everyone else, despite not even being willing to learn about the lifestyles or choices of others.
At some point you should give Weatherman by Hank Jr a reaction. Unreal song. Hank is an unreal human being. In 1975 he fell 500 feet down a mountain and had to have his whole face completely reconstructed, the reason for the sunglasses, beard, and hat is because of the scars.
My grandfather used to use the term "Sawbones" a lot. It just refers to a Dr, but also more specifically a surgeon or someone who might actually cut into bones.
Winston tucker just said all i could and more. Hank and his dad were and are country music giants! Hank jr bout died falling 500 ft down a mountain. Hence the sunglasses etc. Not much more i can add cept i really enjoy your reactions. Great fun every time. Hope ur chann grows. Dan.4/09/22
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There is a video there's a video yeah confederate You know what the song is sounds called trashy brought a confederate brother Got to watch the video watch the video that's good stoned You could be laughing 42 days good question mark😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
In 1975, he fell off Ajax mountain and wrecked his face and reportedly had to have major reconstructive surgery, which is why he ostensibly always has the shades and beard. That's what he's referring to, I think? You can't make Jim Beam rhyme with 1975 I guess?
Old slick ~a under handed bully . Friction ~ like rubbing you the wrong way and trying to start trouble. Sawbones ~ name for Doctor during civil war times . Hank was exiled by the Nashville establishment. Man of steel would be a good one to visit he has many great songs .
In the context of the song, I always thought 'slick' leaned towards the definition of hackneyed or unoriginal. Sawbones is an old term for a doctor or surgeon. Before antibiotics, it was common for limbs to be sawn off if an infection was a threat. Gangrene could spread and kill a person much more easily. So, they'd just saw the limb off, going through the bone.
When he was young everyone wanted him to keep singing his Dad's music and when he started singing his own, a lot of the old timers still wanted him to play his Dad's music.
I have no clue what happened in 1973, but in 75, he was mountain climbing and fell 500 feet. Most thought he wasn't going to survive, but by the grace of God, he did. During the fall he suffered several skull fractures and other head trauma and he had to undergo numerous surgeries and plastic surgery. That is why to this day he has a beard and always wears sunglasses. Be started that style after he recovered.
Hank Jr has a huge catalog, I've been a fan since I was a teenager back in the 80's. One of my favorites is The Blues Man and also Mr Weatherman. Truly enjoyed your reaction.
His Father nicknmed the young man that was his last driver. The young driver was from Sorebone Alabama. Hank Sr called him saw bones. Thats were Hank Jr got that expression is his daddy gave it to the boy whom drove him on his last ride before he passed in the back of his car.
Back story. Hank Sr was a famous country singer. Williams Sr. was born with a mild undiagnosed case of spina bifida occulta, a disorder of the spinal column, which gave him lifelong pain-a factor in his later abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In 1951, Williams fell during a hunting trip in Tennessee, reactivating his old back pains and causing him to be dependent on alcohol and prescription drugs. He passed away at 29 years old in his car on way to a show. HANK Jr Back Story::::: Aug 1975. While Williams Jr. was hiking up Ajax Peak, the snow beneath him collapsed, causing him to fall about 440 feet. The artist was not initially expected to survive, but he did, and he spent more than two years recovering from the incident. He had numerous skull fractures and had multiple surgeries to repair them; the scars led Williams Jr. to grow a beard and wear sunglasses -- a look he's maintained. throughout his career.
The best is to listen to this song in a local dive bar or honky tonk, because only then will you hear an experience the 'secondary chorus' (i.e. drunken patron sing-a-long), which is h*lla lot of fun in it's own right..
Whenever this song comes on in the bar or a large gathering, when it says Why do you drink & the whole crowd screams to drunk. When he says why do you smoke, the people all yell, to get stoned. When he sings why must you live out the songs that you wrote & the crowd screams to get laid!! Without fail!! It's pretty fun!
In 1973 he fell off a mountain and survived. sawbones used to be a common nickname for a doctor. To hear a different side of Hank Jr. your next reaction of him should be Major Moves. It is my favorite song of his.
Sawbones is a slang name for surgeon. It comes from just after the War between the States. Battle field surgery was fast and dirty. They would see 50 people in dire conditions. It was faster to use the saw and in the long run they saved more lives. Rocking Randal fell off cliff in 1973.
On August 8, 1975, Williams was nearly killed in a mountain-climbing accident in southwestern Montana. While climbing Ajax Peak on the continental divide (Idaho border) west of Jackson, the snow beneath him collapsed and he fell almost 500 feet (150 m) onto rock; he suffered multiple skull and facial fractures.[The incident was chronicled in the semi-autobiographical, made-for-television film Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story. He spent two years in recovery, having several reconstructive surgeries in addition to having to learn to talk and sing again. To hide the scars and the disfigurement from the accident, Williams grew a beard and began wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat. The beard, hat, and sunglasses have since become his signature look, and he is rarely seen without them.
Being a live performance I'm surprised the crowd wasn't doing the sing along part. "Why do you drink?" To get drunk , "why do you role smoke?" To get high , "why do you live out the songs that you wrote?" To get laid
I believe he is using "Ol' Slick" to mean what we might call a "Suit," a boss, an executive in the music industry. His mother, Miss Audrey, was a real piece of work and pushed him on stage from a young age (like 8) until he was 18 to play his father's songs to keep Hank, Sr.'s memory alive (as if anyone would forget Hank, Sr.) Johnny Cash tried to talk her into backing off and letting Jr. play his own music. At 18 he fired his mother as manager and tried to do his own songs but would get booed off the stage when he did. As far as the ladies/whiskey he tried to commit suicide by taking a bottle of pills. After that he tried to straighten up some, he went to Montana at one point and while hiking fell off a mountain some 500 feet. Broke every bone in his face among other things, it even tore off his nose and left his brain partially exposed. It was bad, way bad. Everyone feared he would follow in his father's footsteps and die (Hank, Sr. was addicted to alcohol and pain killers and died from that concoction while sleeping in the backseat of his car being driven to Ohio for a concert at the age of 29). Johnny and June Cash rushed to the hospital to stay by Hank, Jr.'s bedside, he talks about it in Ken Burns' "Country Music" documentary. Hank, Jr. also attributed his newfound fame by singing his own songs to Waylon Jennings who took him on the road and had him perform at Waylon's concerts because people would respect Waylon backing Hank, Jr.s music.
Hank Sr. was a huge influence on Country Music... so Hank Jr. had to fight his mother and tradition to become himself .. an old timer who is trying to tell him to be more like his dad. Seen him live at least 3x maybe more .. but it was always a party in Pine Knob, MI. Oh yeah he fell off a mountain and almost died .. saw bones is a doctor...
Sawbones is slang for a doctor or surgeon. Family tradition is referencing his father Hank Williams Sr. who abused alcohol and drugs, died at the early age of 29. So, Hank Jr grew up without his father and also ended up battling his demons with alcohol and drugs because as a child he was pressured to be his daddy's replacement.
Slick could mean city slicker that doesn’t understand the country life of men like Hank Williams Sr. or Hank Jr.
Saw bones is a name for a doctor. Think civil war era doctor where arm and leg injuries often meant the doc would saw off the injured limb.
Hair slicked back with oil
Yeah that's right, a city slicker or a refined individual.
in star trek, this is why the enterprise physician’s nickname is “bones” mccoy.
i think the city slicker imagery in this case is an oblique way of calling out the suits in the nashville industry, who are the ones who “disowned” hank jr., waylon, willie, david allen coe etc.
another layer to the song for me is how canonizing someone (e.g. hank sr.) means airbrushing inconvenient details out of the image (hank sr.’s struggles with substance abuse). so it’s a contest between two versions of history: hank sr. the sanitized nashville commodity & hank sr. the messy individual.
hank sr. had a few songs with “blues” in the tile (e.g. lovesick blues), but musically is very much in the genre of country/bluegrass. hank jr. was influenced musically by blues & other genres, which in nashville was heresy similar to bob dylan going electric. (the grand ole’ opry didn’t allow drums until the 1940’s) so in this song when hank jr. refers to his dad’s music as the blues, that was a pretty loaded lyric-i.e., dad wasn’t as generically pure as nashville wants to make him out to be.
You gotta know that his daddy was a alcoholic country star Who died in the backseat of a limo on his way to a concert, for this song to really hit home.
People have him tons of grief over singing HIS songs instead of being the second coming off Hank Sr. He had been groomed by his mother to sing exactly like his father using all his dad's mannerisms and vocal inflections from the time he was 8. When he started doing his own music and a little rock and roll, he WAS a teenager in the early-mid 60s, crowds started turning on him. In his 20s he made a decision to do music HIS way and if nobody liked it, fine, he wasn't going to change. Listen to "Feeling Better", "Stoned at the Jukebox" from that time period. It's a history lesson. Also a little later, "Born to Boogie". You'll get an idea of who he is and what he's been through.
He also had a life changing fall in the mountains that required extensive facial surgery. Very traumatic.
And his son Hank the third is a musician and does his own thing too.
I agree the specific term "sawbones" for a doctor needs to come back into our lingo.
Like "Bones" McCoy in Star Trek.
I agree! I’m gonna call the doctor Sawbones at my next appointment!
@@Billkwando how did I never pick up on this...
@@darkomtobia Well, Gene Roddenberry was known to have referred to Trek as "Wagon Train to the Stars", so it kinda makes sense. 😁
In 1973, he was drunk, fell off a mountain and broke damn near every bone in his body. Oh Saw Bones is referring to a doctor. It's from the Civil War, they would saw limbs off that were shot to prevent Gangrene.
In the bars when this comes on the crowd would sing with it saying "Why do you drink. To get drunk! Hank why do u roll smoke? To get stoned! Why do u live out the songs that u wrote? To get Laid!"
I ran sound for country bands in TX and I think it was a law that cover bands have to play this song. Absolutely every single time I did a gig, the bands played this song and the crowd sang those lines back. No joke and no exaggeration. Every. Single. Time. 🤣
@@Easy_Skanking makes sense im from tx lol
Yep, that's a main theme for sure.
Same thing here in Indiana. Every time.
Yep, every time. I think it might be a law! Lol!
Hank Williams III his son is worth looking into. Generational talent ! Great reaction
His daddy was the iconic country singer of the 40's and 50's. It took him years to get past that and become his own man. That's what this song is about.
He is also commenting on the lifestyle his daddy lived and how he is continuing that tradition.
Saw bones is an old slang for a doctor in the south.
Slick is like a polite "m fer"
And "giving friction" means rubbing you the wrong way
He literally fell off a mountain in 1973 and got really messed up should have died but he came back stronger and drunker than ever but his early to mid 80's country songs really launched his career, he was able to come out of his daddy's shawdow and created an all new country theme that hard working and drinking people related to and his songs about his life that he really lived were wild and rambunctious and people just fell in love with him, except for the older more traditional country lovers that wanted to hear him sing like his daddy did but like he said he went a different direction and made countless hits I was a teenager in the early 90's and all my friends knew every Hank Jr song by ❤
Good song from HWJ, "All My Rowdy Friends".
I'm going to go against the grain here and recommend the song "Kaw Liga." It was originally sung by Hank Sr. and Jr. does a splendid job covering it. There is also a video of this song sung as a duet with Hank Jr. and Johnny Cash here on TH-cam.
ETA the performance was at the Grand Ol' Opry.
A couple centuries ago doctors used to be called sawbones. (As a slang term, of course.)
"Slick" stands for a well dressed snob. In 1973, Hank Jr fell down a mountain and almost died. He fractured the bones in his face, busted some ribs, and had multiple surgeries to rebuild his body. That's the reason he wears the hat, glasses and beard to cover the scars.
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"An ol' slick" was referring to the label producers of the day with hair slicked back with Tonic or other hair product. "Sawbones, leave me alone" the doctors he talked to after he O.D. in Denver. doctors were called that, especially in the south, due to using Bone saws to cut off limbs during the Civil War.
The best part about the entire song is that the whole thing is a double entendre the way that he mentions he changed his direction from the traditional way of singing country music to be groomed and polished and well behaved and took after his father who which was an alcoholic and changed the way that people perceived him and saying If i get stoned and sing all night long it’s just a family tradition was a hint at the way his father acted while he was influenced by alcohol and the drugs that he were taking for his chronic back pain
'Ol' slick' I imagine means some smartass heckling him....lol. I love this line in the song and the 'proud of his Daddy's name' Awesome!. Hank Jr is also very talented and has a colorful rebellious personality with good reason. "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound' another great song
City slicker, not a country or southern person.
It's a city slicker. Just for future reference
Yeah exactly causing trouble
He always wears a hat, beard and glasses, due to a fall from a mountain, in 1975. His face was destroyed in the fall and now, has a lot of scars.
Was over 500 foot fall that scared his face Ajax Mountain in Montana is where he fell his music evolved after his fall wears sunglasses abd a beard all the time
My favorite singer since 1965. Lots and lots of great songs. One of the best concert shows out there. Such a great entertainer.
Sawbones was slang for a doctor.His dad was one of the greatest country performer.s, ever. " Your Cheating Heart" and "Lost Highway" are a few of many great songs Hank Sr. wrote
In 1973 Hank fell about 500 feet off a mountain in Montana and basically scraped a lot of his face off. That is the reference he is using.
Here in South Texas when they play this song and it says, “Hank, why do you drink?”. We scream “to get drunk!” And then “Hank, why do you roll smoke” we scream “to get high!”
"And why do you live out the songs that you wrote" you answer "to get laid"
he spent a lot of time and effort battling the shadow of his father, I mean his father was such a legend and fans had all these expectations of him and expected him to carry on what his father did, can you imagine that pressure? but he decided to do everything his way, eventually he became bigger than his father, nothing against his father though, he IS the man, he just died too young, his earlier stuff sounds amazing too, he and waylon and willie all sounded really clean back in the 60's great stuff.
Hank has always been my #1 country singer and this summer he’s coming to my county fair and I’m totally stoked I already have the tickets!
So cool that you are getting into Hank Jr. Son of perhaps the most loved country star ever, he was on the road to just clone his father.
But in the 70's (particularly with the album Hank Williams Jr and Friends) he broke out and freed himself from conventional country and melded rock, blues and hard country to tell HIS story which is every bit as exciting and tragic as his Dad's.
If I may suggest, watch the movie "Living Proof" and you will be amazed (no spoilers)!
I grew up listening to Hank Sr and then I heard Hank Jr I have been hooked
If you have a country honky tonk in your town go there on a Friday or Saturday night and if they play this song people really get into it !
Hank Jr = old school outlaw country music LEGEND!
I love Cajun Baby. It was written by his father. He found it and made it his own.
Cowrote by Hank Sr and Jr......the melody done by Hank Jr
There's an old movie from the early 80's made about his life called, "Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story"
I remember that movie. Didn’t the guy that played grown up Bill Denrough on the mini series IT around the same time? He was on the Waltons too I think.
@@81ghale Richard Thomas, played John boy Walton. Made his acting career by doing made for TV Movies.
he did play Hank in the made for TV movie- Living Proof.
@@81ghale yes
"Saw Bones" was a term for a battle field doctor during the civil war. Because they had to do so many amputations... It's a southern slang thing left over from those times.
One of my favorites!
He does a great version of Mr Weatherman from this same performance. Its probably my personal favorite song of his.
Love this song. My oldest brother (RIP) used to always tell me stories about how he sang this song to me as a baby lol.
Your blind spots are absolutely adorable. Sawbones is a very old slang for a surgeon, since they used to literally saw bones--usually while amputation something. Bit of trivia for you. In the original Star Trek, Kirk called Dr. McCoy "Bones," which was, of course, a shortened version of "sawbones."
Hank is as real as they get.
He is a junior his dad Senior was a country legend who died at 27 if you check the backstory quite interesting hence the family tradition…
Was wondering when someone would mention his "family tradition"
The Unity on your channel means so much to me. I am Hank’s biggest fan, well one of them! Hey be safe and God Bless!
Hank why must I live out the songs that you wrote? It's my family's tradition!
Slick would be a city boy, business man type. I always interpreted this as a music label rep micromanaging him.
“Blues Man” by Hank Jr
It’s a slower song but a Hank classic!
Whiskey bent and hell bound 👌
I love seeing Hank live and in action but to really feel the song you need to hear the final studio version
Yes...You have to read up on Hank Williams Sr. and his life...to understand. His Legacy and HIS son and living "up to/or down" that legacy
Sawbones, am old term for doctor, if I’m not mistaken it was later shortened to just bones, like they called the doctor in Star Trek. Slick... o think he’s talking about a music exec. Not long before this country music was almost squeaky clean. Then along cane the outlaw era of country music, wAylon, Willie, kris, and a bunch of others. Hank Williams junior can be listed as a part of that crowd. Just like people today say country ain’t what it used to be... the generation before the outlaw era said the same thing. Born to boogie is a good one to react to!
Best song ever
You're right some things do need to come back!
This was basically Hank’s eff you to the country music industry who were trying to “keep him in line”. He and several other artists became what was unofficially known as “outlaw country” because you were just as likely to see their names in a police blotter as in a music publication. The term “old slick” refers to a guy who has slicked down his hair and fancied himself up, similar to a “city slicker”. Giving “friction” is as you surmised, not necessarily fighting, but criticism or the giving of a hard time. “Sawbones” is an old fashioned slang word for a doctor (I.e. someone who saws bones). Language was so much fun back then.
One song from Hank jr I’ve new seen a reaction to is “ Lone Wolf “ there is no music video for this song but there are lyrical videos to it. It is my favorite song from Hank
"Some old slick's trying to give me correction" Slick is sometimes used in short for "city slicker" but is commonly used to describe someone who thinks they're slick, or better than everyone else. Nowadays we call those folks entitled brats or douchebags. Slicks are generally openly assholes and pretty open with their belief that they know better for everyone else, despite not even being willing to learn about the lifestyles or choices of others.
I was listening to this song this morning.
Whiskey bent and hell Bound, should be your next reaction From Hank Williams Jr!💖🇨🇦🇺🇸
I absolutely love Hank jr! Check out "Redneck Paradise" with kid rock! He did lots of great duets with Kid Rock!
The term saw bones dates back to the Civil War because the Doctors in those days used crude surgical methods such as sawing bones.
His son played bass in a Metal band called SuperJoin Ritual.
I love this song!!
GG Allin had a lot of respect for Hank Jr. He wrote his own version of this song called Scumfuc tradition.
Always love your reactions. It's like we have the same taste in music my friend
At some point you should give Weatherman by Hank Jr a reaction. Unreal song. Hank is an unreal human being. In 1975 he fell 500 feet down a mountain and had to have his whole face completely reconstructed, the reason for the sunglasses, beard, and hat is because of the scars.
Tremendous reaction, I loved all of it. You gotta check out Feelin' Better, it's his best song.
My grandfather used to use the term "Sawbones" a lot. It just refers to a Dr, but also more specifically a surgeon or someone who might actually cut into bones.
Like Bones on Star Trek
Winston tucker just said all i could and more. Hank and his dad were and are country music giants! Hank jr bout died falling 500 ft down a mountain. Hence the sunglasses etc. Not much more i can add cept i really enjoy your reactions. Great fun every time. Hope ur chann grows. Dan.4/09/22
Sawbones is old slang for doctor. I suspect from amputation?
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Please listen to Hank Jr’s Blues man…probably my favorite of his.
In 1975, he fell off Ajax mountain and wrecked his face and reportedly had to have major reconstructive surgery, which is why he ostensibly always has the shades and beard. That's what he's referring to, I think? You can't make Jim Beam rhyme with 1975 I guess?
Old slick ~a under handed bully . Friction ~ like rubbing you the wrong way and trying to start trouble. Sawbones ~ name for Doctor during civil war times . Hank was exiled by the Nashville establishment. Man of steel would be a good one to visit he has many great songs .
Thank you for an excellent video. This was one of my Dad's favorite.
I think it means city slicker?Outlaw country is the best.Shout out to KYs own Jim Beam.❤
In the context of the song, I always thought 'slick' leaned towards the definition of hackneyed or unoriginal.
Sawbones is an old term for a doctor or surgeon. Before antibiotics, it was common for limbs to be sawn off if an infection was a threat. Gangrene could spread and kill a person much more easily. So, they'd just saw the limb off, going through the bone.
When he was young everyone wanted him to keep singing his Dad's music and when he started singing his own, a lot of the old timers still wanted him to play his Dad's music.
Love your reaction
I have no clue what happened in 1973, but in 75, he was mountain climbing and fell 500 feet. Most thought he wasn't going to survive, but by the grace of God, he did.
During the fall he suffered several skull fractures and other head trauma and he had to undergo numerous surgeries and plastic surgery. That is why to this day he has a beard and always wears sunglasses. Be started that style after he recovered.
I'm from the same area as Hank.
what i like about Hank is that he has multiple versions of his songs.
Hank Jr has a huge catalog, I've been a fan since I was a teenager back in the 80's. One of my favorites is The Blues Man and also Mr Weatherman. Truly enjoyed your reaction.
Agreed! The Blues Man is one of his best.
His Father nicknmed the young man that was his last driver. The young driver was from Sorebone Alabama. Hank Sr called him saw bones. Thats were Hank Jr got that expression is his daddy gave it to the boy whom drove him on his last ride before he passed in the back of his car.
Back story. Hank Sr was a famous country singer. Williams Sr. was born with a mild undiagnosed case of spina bifida occulta, a disorder of the spinal column, which gave him lifelong pain-a factor in his later abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In 1951, Williams fell during a hunting trip in Tennessee, reactivating his old back pains and causing him to be dependent on alcohol and prescription drugs. He passed away at 29 years old in his car on way to a show. HANK Jr Back Story::::: Aug 1975. While Williams Jr. was hiking up Ajax Peak, the snow beneath him collapsed, causing him to fall about 440 feet. The artist was not initially expected to survive, but he did, and he spent more than two years recovering from the incident. He had numerous skull fractures and had multiple surgeries to repair them; the scars led Williams Jr. to grow a beard and wear sunglasses -- a look he's maintained. throughout his career.
Hank senor is the superstar. Kaw-Liga.
I’ve been waiting on this one ☝️
You should do a double reaction to Hank Sr and Hank Jr doing their own versions of "House of Gold" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" or "Kaw Liga".
For a different side or take on the same idea try his song "Shadow Face" where he more or less sings his life story.
The best is to listen to this song in a local dive bar or honky tonk, because only then will you hear an experience the 'secondary chorus' (i.e. drunken patron sing-a-long), which is h*lla lot of fun in it's own right..
Country state of mind
Sawbones means doctor and is a reference to when he fell off a mountain and almost died.
Great artist, one of my favorites, great song, a Anthem song of his.....want something more upbeat do MAn to MAn.
Whenever this song comes on in the bar or a large gathering, when it says Why do you drink & the whole crowd screams to drunk. When he says why do you smoke, the people all yell, to get stoned. When he sings why must you live out the songs that you wrote & the crowd screams to get laid!! Without fail!! It's pretty fun!
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All My Rowdy Friends
In 1973 he fell off a mountain and survived. sawbones used to be a common nickname for a doctor. To hear a different side of Hank Jr. your next reaction of him should be Major Moves. It is my favorite song of his.
Sawbones is a slang name for surgeon. It comes from just after the War between the States. Battle field surgery was fast and dirty. They would see 50 people in dire conditions. It was faster to use the saw and in the long run they saved more lives. Rocking Randal fell off cliff in 1973.
On August 8, 1975, Williams was nearly killed in a mountain-climbing accident in southwestern Montana. While climbing Ajax Peak on the continental divide (Idaho border) west of Jackson, the snow beneath him collapsed and he fell almost 500 feet (150 m) onto rock; he suffered multiple skull and facial fractures.[The incident was chronicled in the semi-autobiographical, made-for-television film Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story. He spent two years in recovery, having several reconstructive surgeries in addition to having to learn to talk and sing again. To hide the scars and the disfigurement from the accident, Williams grew a beard and began wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat. The beard, hat, and sunglasses have since become his signature look, and he is rarely seen without them.
Being a live performance I'm surprised the crowd wasn't doing the sing along part. "Why do you drink?" To get drunk , "why do you role smoke?" To get high , "why do you live out the songs that you wrote?" To get laid
Sounds like a pretty early version. I'd guess that the song hadn't really taken off yet when this was recorded. But that's just a guess
I believe he is using "Ol' Slick" to mean what we might call a "Suit," a boss, an executive in the music industry. His mother, Miss Audrey, was a real piece of work and pushed him on stage from a young age (like 8) until he was 18 to play his father's songs to keep Hank, Sr.'s memory alive (as if anyone would forget Hank, Sr.) Johnny Cash tried to talk her into backing off and letting Jr. play his own music. At 18 he fired his mother as manager and tried to do his own songs but would get booed off the stage when he did. As far as the ladies/whiskey he tried to commit suicide by taking a bottle of pills. After that he tried to straighten up some, he went to Montana at one point and while hiking fell off a mountain some 500 feet. Broke every bone in his face among other things, it even tore off his nose and left his brain partially exposed. It was bad, way bad. Everyone feared he would follow in his father's footsteps and die (Hank, Sr. was addicted to alcohol and pain killers and died from that concoction while sleeping in the backseat of his car being driven to Ohio for a concert at the age of 29). Johnny and June Cash rushed to the hospital to stay by Hank, Jr.'s bedside, he talks about it in Ken Burns' "Country Music" documentary. Hank, Jr. also attributed his newfound fame by singing his own songs to Waylon Jennings who took him on the road and had him perform at Waylon's concerts because people would respect Waylon backing Hank, Jr.s music.
Also in that genre is the Charlie Daniels band playing: Long haired country boy.
Slick=city slicker a reference to city people having slicks(radial or street tires) instead of mud grips on vehicle especially trucks and suvs
Sawbones... interchange for Doctor
Ole southern slang, since thats what they used to do during war was SAW bones off for amputations
Next should be "whiskey bent and hell bound".
Hank Sr. was a huge influence on Country Music... so Hank Jr. had to fight his mother and tradition to become himself .. an old timer who is trying to tell him to be more like his dad. Seen him live at least 3x maybe more .. but it was always a party in Pine Knob, MI. Oh yeah he fell off a mountain and almost died .. saw bones is a doctor...