There's some gems in any given era. I've heard some new artists that sound like they belong in previous eras. So, the heart and soul is still there, it's just often overshadowed by the pop.
Yeah I grew up in a mostly rural area and it was common for kids to have guns in their cars and trucks at school(for hunting or just some fun at the range). There was next to no school security either. Then everything went crazy in this country and people started losing their sense of personal responsibility.
I hear ya. I was ten years old, had three long guns in my bedroom that I was responsible for taking care of and I was extremely proficient with and went rabbit, squirrel, and coon hunting alone regularly and I wasn't anything special for the area and time in which I lived.
I brought my single shot .22 to school and put it in my locker until gym class(we had a shooting range under the stage at to old college gym) so I could check the sights. No one took a second look.
Not again, just still and increasingly worse. No matter the politics, which side ya on they all bout themselves and whomever is paying best. Cities gone to shit in a way ole Hank couldn't have imagined.
When I was in high school in the early 80's, everyone one had trucks and they kept their rifles in a gun rack mounted in the cab over the back window. We'd go hunting after school. Not a single one of those guns ever shot anyone imagine that:).
I remember when I was growing up in WV that the first 2 or 3 days of deer season that about 90% of male students would be absent lol. Much simpler time.
@@MrBPC76 now they just make those days part of thanksgiving vacation in some districts LOL, but if its not a day off, the first day of deer season is still a skip day for just about any male over 10 years old.
I graduated from high school in 1970. If you looked in the parking lot you would see a couple of dozen pickups with rifle racks in the back window! Most of us had a .22 rifle for varmints and a shotgun for bigger critters. It was a different time and a different world. When we had a beef with someone we fought it out with our fists. No one ever dreamed of using our rifles. Being young in a small town of 600 people in TEXAS 🇨🇱 was a fantastic way to grow up.💯🤗❤️✌️
@Urusovite OMG! I don't think I have ever felt so ignorant in my whole life!😫 I've been using the wrong flag for years!👎I'm 72 years old and apparently senile.😂Probably gonna lose my Texas citizenship if this gets out!😞 Can't believe no one before you noticed. Good catch. Thank you!💯
graduated in '91 in a town of 2500 in PA ( one red light ) and this was true then as well. bunch of pickups in the student parking section...every one had a rifle rack in the back window, which housed usually a .22, shotgun, and rifle of whatever caliber the person liked for white tails. No one cared one bit. because differences were settle by hand man to man or woman to woman.
I graduated in 2007, even then guys would come to school with rifles in the back window. I even saw them shoot rabbits in the parking lot, then build a fire in the beds of their trucks to cook the rabbits over the fire. Lol, I ain’t joking either. One of those guys once got arrested for riding his horse through town while drunk and leading the police on a chase.
I was born in Texas. But grew up all around the Rockies. My first grade school was a one room schoolhouse in Wyoming. One teacher, 12 kids. And real hitching posts for when we might ride a horse to school. Never feel right living in a city since then. 😂of course I had to fall in love and marry a girl from a city of 13 million.
I tell you what if this song don’t get you hyped to be a country boy… living off the land, sticking it to the govt, and and just having a good ole time 🤘🏼
Yeah don’t fully glamorize it, sure, we’ll survive but we’ll also be working our poorly educated, unappreciated asses off 24/7 for low wages. Songs a classic jam of course.
Oh yea try to starve me?! ok ill grown and hunt for what ever i need. Oh and by the way i know these mountains a lot better than you you aint gunna find me ill find you
I am from South East Georgia when I was in high school in the late 80s early 90s we had guns in our trucks. we carried pocket knives and everyone knew it. guns are a way of life. got my first 22 at 5 years old
This is one of the greatest songs he ever created and being a country woman it holds a special place in my heart :) I hope you like it and Merry Christmas!!
My grandmother was born in 1922 and grew up during the Great Depression. She and her family lived in the Appalachian mountains - very rural. She said nobody in the area ever had much money, but grew their own food and raised chickens and had a cow. So generally the depression didn't affect them much. She said she did know that they never had it very hard because, "we always had biscuit for breakfast. Everybody had cornbread for supper but you knew people were having hard times when they had cornbread for breakfast." I thought about it and understood - everybody grew corn. The miller would grind the corn to meal for a portion of the cornmeal so it didn't require any money. Nobody grew wheat, though, because the land wasn't flat enough and the farms were too small. So to have biscuits for breakfast you had to have at least enough cash to buy flour. But even people in her area who were having "hard times" had food.
Katrina My Dad was born in 1902, he lived through WW l, the Depression, WW ll, Korea and part of the Vietnam War. He was born and raised in central NC where he lived until his death in 1968. Always farmed, very seldom did without food, always raised chickens, cattle and pigs. Raised and canned all of their fruits and vegetables, nobody went to bed hungry.
I'm from West Virginia and I can relate to that song. My grandmother had a farm and root cellar, water well and out house. My father could farm and hunt and fish .We had guns when we were kids but was taught how to be safe with them. When the grocery stores are raided and run out of food guess who will survive!
I grew up on a farm in southern WV. We still raise a garden yearly and have livestock that we subsist on. Most people these days don’t have a clue about how to care for themselves. They depend on everyone else to supply things for them. I’m teaching my kids to help themselves and not wait for handouts.
Hank Williams Jr is the Truth! He was the first celebrity to be cancelled (the NFL). His song, in protest to work being shipped to other Countries is a must hear: “Red, White, and Pink Slip Blues”
Having grown up in southern IL, know exactly what you mean. When this came out, it was my high school's un-official song. It's exactly what it was like. We had guns in our trucks parked in the school's parking lot and not a thing was said about it. If you went deer hunting on the first day of deer season, it was an excused absence, and many of the teachers were out too. Hank is Outlaw Country.
From east central Alabama here. We also used to keep our guns in our trucks, on gun racks in the rear window. One day my friend came to school with a brand new Browning bolt action rifle. We all gathered at his truck during lunch to look at it. The principal walked up to us and said, "That better not be loaded." and continued on by. Now a days, the school would be on lock down, helicopters and the ATF would be swarming the school.
When I was in high school most of the boys, and some of the girls, drove pick-up trucks with shotguns or rifles in racks in the back window. It was such a common sight in the school parking lot nobody thought anything of it. Our parents and grandparents taught us all (boys and girls) how to take care of ourselves and our families by living off the land. My husband is retired military, and I can still outshoot him.
It's definitely true. A country boy can survive. Being born and raised in the country, I was taught to do whatever I needed to know to survive. Now, 74 yrs. later, I still retain all that information and can still physically do whatever is needed to survive. I live on 20 acres of land out in the sticks. My wife and I have a garden for veggies and we both still hunt for meat. Whatever we need, we build ourselves (house, barns, fencing, etc.) Something breaks down, we fix it ourselves. And, at the end of the day, we sit on the back deck, have a glass of homemade wine, and watch the wildlife (deer, turkeys in the pastures and geese and ducks on the pond). No traffic or any other noise to interfere with the peace and quiet. Nuthin like cuntri life.
He ain't lying I love back in the Tennessee wood . Around weakly co. I literally have 2 45s I sleep with under my pillow and a shot gun standing up next to my bed. I grow a lot of food, and I hunt for the rest. Once in a while I'll make my own blackberry wine or some good ole country moonshine. I love my southern roots thanks for doing this reaction video
This is the very song I ever memorized word for word when I was 14 years old when it came out on the radio back in like 1980 81. I always sing an acapella when I'm out walking around the farm❤😊
Country royalty. He's the son of Hank Williams...one of the most famous country singer/songwriters in history, as well as the original "bad boy". Hank Sr. is also the subject of quite a few songs, and you should check out "The Ride" by David Allen Coe.
Hank is the country boy that can survive he even fell off a mountian fell 500 feet and survived …. He is Country Royalty…. You should do the Queen of county Loretta Lynn her song Coal Miners Daughter it’s a true story of her life ….
When we were in high school, inevitably for "speech class" someone would do a "demonstrative speech" about how to clean a long rifle or shotgun ... and nobody ever batted an eye out about it ... just waltz right through the school's front doors with your shotgun and down the hallway to the classroom. It was about as unusual as bringing in your downhill skis and doing a demonstration on how to repair and wax the ski bottoms ... another common one. How times have changed. Definitely a more innocent time.
Country Boy here. 536 population. Missouri/Arkansas. Always on the river and always hunting. Running the side-by-side through the mud and hanging with friends, drinking whiskey, and cold beers.
She gets it. I'm from the foothills of South Carolina been rough the past month but by the Grace of God and the country folks we will survive!!! God bless those people up there in NC my neighbor's to the north. You are in our prayers.
After joining the Navy I realized how lucky I am to grow up in a small town in Missouri where we also had a trap shooting team and would put our shotguns in the principles office during the day and grab them at the end to go to our meets. It blows my mind how many people don't know how to hunt, fish, trap, or do anything farm related. Its nuts haha
Truth, you should see the looks my kids friends give me when I talk about running my own trap lines by twelve. Then their eyes practically pop out when I tell them I got my first rifle for my eighth birthday. Folks think I am joking when I tell them my wife and I mostly ate greens growing wild in our front yard the year we bought our house. Half of them think we were eating grass clippings and the rest think I am making it up. Roast squirrel and dandelion green salad makes for a fine dinner.
@@bjornronaldson6017 it’s blows my mind the amount of people that don’t understand a simple garden and going out every weekend from Sept-X month and squirrel/rabbit hunting for fun and ending up with free food
Every time my dad had to drive me to high school he would blare this song with the windows down when we pulled up to the student drop off in his big ass 4x4 truck and I smiled every time!
You're adorable. I enjoy seeing reaction videos from folks who don't listen to country....actually hearing it and listening. In Country music, lyrics are everything.
If shit goes down, like it seems like this world is headed, you're gonna wish you knew some country Boys! I'm thankful my friend is married to one, and I'm heading straight to her if shit does down! 😂❤
I was the same way. I'm a metal head at heart... pre 90'. Then I picked up a bass guitar. Music is just music. It's just good. I "like" ALOT more than i did. Happy new year from Texas.
Hank Williams Jr's father was also a famous singer and was also called Hank Williams. Hank Sr sadly died at the young age of 29 but left behind some of the most iconic country songs of all time. Also listen to The Conversation where Hank Jr and Waylon Jennings are chatting together about Hank Sr.
His son has a more than a few albums out that are quite good - Hank Williams III - and two of his grandsons Hank Williams IV and IV also have some decent music out.
Johnny Rodriguez - Riding My Thumb to Mexico. One of the best voices in country back in the 70s when I was in high school. Another is Doug Sahm (with the Texas Tornados) - She Never Spoke Spanish To Me. I grew up in South Texas, speak English and Spanish, and the culture here is different. The Texas Tornados was a group of guys from different types of bands / styles of music. Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Their music is a fusion of conjunto (German and Norteño Mexican fusion music of Texas) with rock, country, and various Mexican styles.
Someone mentioned Jamey Johnson’s In Color and I second that suggestion. You seem to have an appreciation for songs with meaning so I think you will really enjoy it. Great reaction to Hank Jr btw. He’s one of my favorites. 😊
As an older person my parents grew up during the depression and I learned to be thankful in what you have and to try and be mostly self sufficient. We were not allowed to leave the table without finishing our plate and you never wasted food. I hope it doesn't come to a depression but it means no jobs poor and homeless everywhere its not a good thing.
When i was in high school, at a private K-12 school, any student that drove could bring their rifles and shotguns, as long as they were unloaded and stayed in the vehicle. Moat of us were country as hell, me included. Additionally, we were allowed to carry pocket knives. Folding style only, and 3.5 inch blades or less. Was awesome
@@dathorndike4908 not in schools. Must be "weapon free." As if we haven't already been shown how to use pens and pencils as weapons by the "movie heroes." 🤯
You gotta hear Hank Williams Jr: Family Tradition. It's one of his other absolutely iconic songs. Also Hotel Whiskey: not as iconic and well known but I love it just as much
its only as reliable as you make it. i was homeless in Birmingham. i moved back to rural texas. im the same person in both places. but i own my land in texas. if you plan on living off the land. best own it. that said i love my life at my lowest and now. do for others yall. even if you have nothing. Salvation Army is the best thing to happen to me. im a proud soldier. i will always be there for my brother and sister. its not us and them. its all of us American. love your channel sister.
You just can’t go wrong with Hank Williams whether it’s SR,JR Or 3 they’re all 3 different styles of music but all 3 of them are legendary in the music world & this song is not just a song it’s definitely a way of life & a motto many of us country folk live by, I even have “Country Boy Can Survive” tattooed down the back of my arms & not just because I love the song,it’s because it’s 100% accurate, love the reaction of the video, if ya haven’t already definitely gotta listen to some Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe & Johnny Paycheck cause ya can’t go wrong with some good Ol’Outlaw Country music 👍🤠👍
I'm a country girl raised in city but we hunt,fish,mudding,4 wheelin,sew,cook,garden.Then because I was 1 of 4 girls we learned plumbing, concrete, roofing,mechanics, construction of all types. I was helping dad work on vehicles from time I could hand him a wrench.
Luchenbach Texas or mommas dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, and when your mind is twisted and warped, its time for David Alan Coe, Amos Moses by Jerry Reed is a great tune as well
I also grew up (and still live in) rural Ohio. Its such a testament to just how great this song was that it is as relevant today as when I first heard it 42 years ago now. True classic!
I was raised in Tucson, arizona..hunting, fishing ...neighbors looked out for each other. I cant recall when I didn't have a gun on my hip, after age 14..its the way we grew up...in the Arizona mountains.
I am a rocky mountain country boy. This song has a lot of truth. I can catch and forage a meal faster than a round trip to the grocery store. I can't remember the first time I pulled a trigger. At 10 years old, It was normal to go a friend's house and be handed a box of ammo and some guns with the instructions of "be home before dark and if you kill it, you eat it"
I'm born and raised Southern Illinois, 20 miles from Ohio/Mississippi split in Cairo and yes you most definitely experienced this "Country Boy Can Survive" lifestyle LOL we love our Hank Jr ❤
@@joshuaharris4607 been to Reelfoot every July for over 29 yrs for family reunion, my in-laws were from Tiptonville so that's where we spend a lot of time there. It's a short little vacation for a weekend to. Eagles Nest in Samburg is where we stay.
You're growing musically, Lilly. That's a positive. I'm retired Old Skool Goth (80s/90s) and I listen to everything from Country to DooWop to NewWave to Grunge to EDM to Classical. You're headed the right way. ;-) Also- check out Miranda Lambert "Gunpowder & Lead" and then Charlie Daniels "Simple Man" and Jamey Johnson "In Color" and George Strait "Carrying Your Love" or "I can still make Cheyenne"
This was essentially my childhood life growing up. We grew, hunted, fished, or raised almost all our own food. There were more deer than people in the area.
Hank is “outlaw country”! He has many, many songs that are awesome. Try “Bluesman” and “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” Great reaction! And yes, we country folks can survive! 😁
I was born and grew up in the mountains of northeastern Alabama...and, as others have commented, there were quite a few shotguns and rifles in student's vehicles at school in my day (class of '93). I ,myself, received my first rifle (a Marlin .22 bolt-action) for Christmas when I was 12. My parents had been teaching me about firearm safety and target shooting for a couple of years prior. At 13, a close buddy and I would go on week long camping trips by ourselves. We would take plenty of provisions, sleeping bags, a boom box (for tunes lol), a shotgun, a rifle along with plenty of ammo, and we would build ourselves a tee-pee type shelter. And we had always had an absolute blast (no pun intended).
My high school had a rifle range which any student could use during free periods or after school when the rifle teams weren't training (during the 1970's). They even provided rifles, 50 rounds of free ammo (22 LR) per day, targets and coaching on gun safety (of course) and basic marksmanship. You could also use your own rifle. I didn't have time to take advantage of the resource often but once in a while it was a nice break from the school routine.
I grew up a country boy, but married a girl from Albany NY. We went to NYC for our honeymoon, stayed at Best Western in Manhattan, ate at the Rainbow Room, and then danced at Regine's.....all while wearing my cowboy boots. They ALL knew I was from Texas and didn't dare mess with me. Cuz country boys can survive. True story.....I turned 70 in October. I've got so many true stories you just wouldn't believe 'em all.
Hank Jr. is a legend. This is a song that encompasses time. The a capella group Home Free does a very good rendition of this song as well. For country songs, Alabama - Angels Among Us and Kenny Rogers - Lady are top notch. If you are looking at different genres, then David Lanz - Return To The Heart is a great piano piece or Scorpions - Still Loving You is a great classic rock number. It may remind you off Pink Floyd.
Raised on shotguns is no lie where I grew up, my father had me shooting at age 4. When I went in the military, the range instructors wanted to hire my dad....lol.
Jetman here ! You wanna know what I think ?? You should listen to Hank Junior's Dad, Hank Williams Senior. He was killed young in a horse accident, but he wrote some of the first Country songs ever.... like "Hey Good Lookin" "I'm so lonesome I could die", "I saw the light" and "Your cheatin Heart." All recorded BEGORE I was born and at 80 I could be your grand daddy's daddy. Think about it Lill;
Your reaction earned my subscription. If you want to hear country genius listen to Johnny Cash's "God's gonna cut you down." Or Hank Williams Sr's "Your cheating heart". As an older southern man I can assure you we look out for our neighbors in the rural areas and yes if you see 40 country people men and women together figure on at least 80 guns present. City folks do city things but we live a peaceful and peacefilled life because everyone has that faithful companion Sam Colt spoke of.
Girl, I live in the suburbs and love it, but I grew up doing all of that. Once your heart embraces mother nature nothin compares. I picked up rocks out of fields to build fences. Dug outhouse holes. The city is like living in a different reality. It is living in a bubble. Pick a clear moonless night and look up at the sky into darkness. Then get in a car and drive out where there are no lights. Look up, listen, breath. That is home.
I saw Hank Jr., Tanya Tucker and Steve Earle in the late 80's in Rupp Arena, an awesome concert. I had forgot just how many hits Tanya Tucker had until she started singing them, she must have sang at least 25 songs (All hits). Then Hank Jr. came out and he must have sang about 25 songs (All hits) he got a big ovation when he sang "A Tear In My Beer" with a computer generated hologram of his dad Hank Sr. All the stuff Hank Jr. sings about, like running a trout line, skinning a buck and other stuff, he actually does in real life, he is a big fisherman and hunter.
One of the best reactions to this song.... if you really want to get into traditional country check out George Strait. 61 #1 hits. Songs like the chair, Amarillo by morning, carried away, i cross my hear, good at goodbye, unwound, baby blue, easy come easy go. The list goes on and on
Grew up listening to Van Halen and ac/dc but I listen to 60-80's country. They had their place in music and were deservingly well. Everything from Hank Williams Sr - Alabama
I got to meet Hank Williams Jr. at a concert in South Florida. He is a big man. I felt dwarfed by him and I’m 5’ 9”. He was drunk back stage even before the show started. I love him and his music, but this is the only concert that I got up and walked out of in the middle of the show. He was so drink that he forgot the lyrics to a lot of his dints. He is an interesting man and has had a very interesting life. There was a TV documentary of his life called “Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story” and he was played by Richard Thomas (John Boy on The Waltons). It’s a very interesting documentary. If you like his music I suggest watching this and you’ll learn a whole lot more about him and struggles he had growing up in his legendary father’s (Hank Williams Sr.) shadow.
Hank Williams was the GOAT for old time country Hank Jr was rock country they play his songs at football games Hank Williams the third is a Metal God Good gene in that family
Old country has soul to it. New country is pop music.
The only “new country” that is good is “Red Dirt Country” from North Texas and Oklahoma.
Nashville sold its soul and make pop garbage.
Pop with a twang! Fake twang. Terrible…..
Faaaaccccttttssss… Morgan Wallen is trash!
There's some gems in any given era. I've heard some new artists that sound like they belong in previous eras. So, the heart and soul is still there, it's just often overshadowed by the pop.
Yea and it doesn’t make you feel like anything but a preppy boy
We would fall apart as a country if us country boys didn’t exist.
Damn right
That is a fact !!
Fact.
Yeah I grew up in a mostly rural area and it was common for kids to have guns in their cars and trucks at school(for hunting or just some fun at the range). There was next to no school security either. Then everything went crazy in this country and people started losing their sense of personal responsibility.
I hear ya. I was ten years old, had three long guns in my bedroom that I was responsible for taking care of and I was extremely proficient with and went rabbit, squirrel, and coon hunting alone regularly and I wasn't anything special for the area and time in which I lived.
Same.
I brought my single shot .22 to school and put it in my locker until gym class(we had a shooting range under the stage at to old college gym) so I could check the sights. No one took a second look.
Yep, my school did. When hunting season started, teachers knew kids would be late or not there at all.
Truth
The song survives because it's filled with truth.
The story is..." we don't need people, people need us."
Song is 40 years old and still relevant today. Same stuff he wrote about then is hitting us again. True classic.
That’s how a lot of old country songs are cause the old country folks know shit they ain’t dumb
Not again, just still and increasingly worse. No matter the politics, which side ya on they all bout themselves and whomever is paying best. Cities gone to shit in a way ole Hank couldn't have imagined.
the 90s were great the 2000s still were bumping early 2010s hadn't gone PC yet then it all went to hell
1981. 43 years.
History has a tendency to repeat itself when we don't learn from it.
When I was in high school in the early 80's, everyone one had trucks and they kept their rifles in a gun rack mounted in the cab over the back window. We'd go hunting after school. Not a single one of those guns ever shot anyone imagine that:).
I remember when I was growing up in WV that the first 2 or 3 days of deer season that about 90% of male students would be absent lol. Much simpler time.
@@MrBPC76 now they just make those days part of thanksgiving vacation in some districts LOL, but if its not a day off, the first day of deer season is still a skip day for just about any male over 10 years old.
I went to school in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in 2015 kids had guns in the trucks and would skip school for hunting
That was me. What the hell happened??
them good old days!
I graduated from high school in 1970. If you looked in the parking lot you would see a couple of dozen pickups with rifle racks in the back window! Most of us had a .22 rifle for varmints and a shotgun for bigger critters. It was a different time and a different world. When we had a beef with someone we fought it out with our fists. No one ever dreamed of using our rifles. Being young in a small town of 600 people in TEXAS 🇨🇱 was a fantastic way to grow up.💯🤗❤️✌️
graduated in 89 and we still had shotguns in the trucks
@Urusovite OMG! I don't think I have ever felt so ignorant in my whole life!😫 I've been using the wrong flag for years!👎I'm 72 years old and apparently senile.😂Probably gonna lose my Texas citizenship if this gets out!😞 Can't believe no one before you noticed. Good catch. Thank you!💯
graduated in '91 in a town of 2500 in PA ( one red light ) and this was true then as well. bunch of pickups in the student parking section...every one had a rifle rack in the back window, which housed usually a .22, shotgun, and rifle of whatever caliber the person liked for white tails. No one cared one bit. because differences were settle by hand man to man or woman to woman.
I graduated in 2007, even then guys would come to school with rifles in the back window. I even saw them shoot rabbits in the parking lot, then build a fire in the beds of their trucks to cook the rabbits over the fire. Lol, I ain’t joking either. One of those guys once got arrested for riding his horse through town while drunk and leading the police on a chase.
I was born in Texas. But grew up all around the Rockies. My first grade school was a one room schoolhouse in Wyoming. One teacher, 12 kids. And real hitching posts for when we might ride a horse to school. Never feel right living in a city since then. 😂of course I had to fall in love and marry a girl from a city of 13 million.
Young lady, I am beyond impressed that you are listening to hank.
I am to max good for her for recognizing true talent 👏
I spent a whole lot of nights at bon fire, keg parties, rockin' out to this song as a youngster!
I’ve got a shotgun a rifle and a four-wheel-drive and a country boy can survive truer words have never been spoken
Can I comment on your post?
Or wrote lol
YEE YEE
Hank ain’t lying, a country boy can survive. 🇺🇸
He cheated death falling down a mountain! Legend!
And country gals, too
@@KCole-koala123 absolutely right! 🇺🇸
You’re darn tootin!
I say it all the time, the people that others will crawl to for food when some sort of bad event happens like the apocalypse will be us farmers
I tell you what if this song don’t get you hyped to be a country boy… living off the land, sticking it to the govt, and and just having a good ole time 🤘🏼
I am a city boy and love this song. It's right and wrong.
Was never really much about sticking to the man as it was a different way of life from the fast paced city life.
Yeah don’t fully glamorize it, sure, we’ll survive but we’ll also be working our poorly educated, unappreciated asses off 24/7 for low wages. Songs a classic jam of course.
Oh yea try to starve me?! ok ill grown and hunt for what ever i need. Oh and by the way i know these mountains a lot better than you you aint gunna find me ill find you
@@scottgarland335 What's it wrong about?
Hank Williams Jr is a legend 🙌 in music.
I am from South East Georgia when I was in high school in the late 80s early 90s we had guns in our trucks. we carried pocket knives and everyone knew it. guns are a way of life. got my first 22 at 5 years old
This is one of the greatest songs he ever created and being a country woman it holds a special place in my heart :) I hope you like it and Merry Christmas!!
My grandmother was born in 1922 and grew up during the Great Depression. She and her family lived in the Appalachian mountains - very rural. She said nobody in the area ever had much money, but grew their own food and raised chickens and had a cow. So generally the depression didn't affect them much. She said she did know that they never had it very hard because, "we always had biscuit for breakfast. Everybody had cornbread for supper but you knew people were having hard times when they had cornbread for breakfast."
I thought about it and understood - everybody grew corn. The miller would grind the corn to meal for a portion of the cornmeal so it didn't require any money. Nobody grew wheat, though, because the land wasn't flat enough and the farms were too small. So to have biscuits for breakfast you had to have at least enough cash to buy flour. But even people in her area who were having "hard times" had food.
Most of my fam grew up in East Tn. I wish we never moved away.
Katrina
My Dad was born in 1902, he lived through WW l, the Depression, WW ll, Korea and part of the Vietnam War. He was born and raised in central NC where he lived until his death in 1968. Always farmed, very seldom did without food, always raised chickens, cattle and pigs. Raised and canned all of their fruits and vegetables, nobody went to bed hungry.
@@natbornpullerI've lived in East Tennessee most of my life except the 2 years I lived in Kentucky and I love our way of life
My parents both were born there too, in the 1920's Appalachian mountains. Coal country, everybody lived off the land there.
"The Ride" by David Allen Coe
STILL puts chills on me!
Same
Yep. When he sings, “The whole world called me Hank” the hair on my neck stand up every time.
David Alen Coe is highly underrated. He is at the top of the Outlaw Country list for me!
Amen
@@sisleymichaelI Totally Agree with you he's the most famous outlaw ever !!
This has been one of my top 5 songs for the last 20 years or so
The difference between bad things happening in the city versus in the country is that in the country bad things have a way of just disappearing!
Amen
Exactly
YES SIR !
I'm from South Georgia just 18 miles from Florida line
This song makes me proud I learned to do so many survival skills.
I'm from West Virginia and I can relate to that song. My grandmother had a farm and root cellar, water well and out house. My father could farm and hunt and fish .We had guns when we were kids but was taught how to be safe with them. When the grocery stores are raided and run out of food guess who will survive!
Wood county here brother. This was/is our anthem😏
I grew up on a farm in southern WV. We still raise a garden yearly and have livestock that we subsist on. Most people these days don’t have a clue about how to care for themselves. They depend on everyone else to supply things for them. I’m teaching my kids to help themselves and not wait for handouts.
@@REDBEARDBLACKTEETH You and I both my friend. When it comes, we will be ready👊🏼
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Most will be dead in a week without electricity or an internet connection.
@@johnny.d.1930 Truth 💣
Hank Williams Jr is the Truth! He was the first celebrity to be cancelled (the NFL).
His song, in protest to work being shipped to other Countries is a must hear:
“Red, White, and Pink Slip Blues”
God bless Texas 💪🙏
God bless Georgia too
His concerts are still wild at 75 Lilly❤
I like this girl she's open-minded and she at least listens and tries to get ideas for Stuff we need more people like this.
Having grown up in southern IL, know exactly what you mean. When this came out, it was my high school's un-official song. It's exactly what it was like. We had guns in our trucks parked in the school's parking lot and not a thing was said about it. If you went deer hunting on the first day of deer season, it was an excused absence, and many of the teachers were out too. Hank is Outlaw Country.
From east central Alabama here. We also used to keep our guns in our trucks, on gun racks in the rear window. One day my friend came to school with a brand new Browning bolt action rifle. We all gathered at his truck during lunch to look at it. The principal walked up to us and said, "That better not be loaded." and continued on by. Now a days, the school would be on lock down, helicopters and the ATF would be swarming the school.
It was the same here in southern Arkansas.
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When I was in high school most of the boys, and some of the girls, drove pick-up trucks with shotguns or rifles in racks in the back window. It was such a common sight in the school parking lot nobody thought anything of it. Our parents and grandparents taught us all (boys and girls) how to take care of ourselves and our families by living off the land. My husband is retired military, and I can still outshoot him.
It's definitely true. A country boy can survive. Being born and raised in the country, I was taught to do whatever I needed to know to survive. Now, 74 yrs. later, I still retain all that information and can still physically do whatever is needed to survive. I live on 20 acres of land out in the sticks. My wife and I have a garden for veggies and we both still hunt for meat. Whatever we need, we build ourselves (house, barns, fencing, etc.) Something breaks down, we fix it ourselves. And, at the end of the day, we sit on the back deck, have a glass of homemade wine, and watch the wildlife (deer, turkeys in the pastures and geese and ducks on the pond). No traffic or any other noise to interfere with the peace and quiet. Nuthin like cuntri life.
Amen to that! My dad would raise a glass of bourbon to you
@@KCole-koala123 If he's sharing, I'll take a Jack & Coke....I also like Crown Royal. :o)
He ain't lying I love back in the Tennessee wood . Around weakly co. I literally have 2 45s I sleep with under my pillow and a shot gun standing up next to my bed. I grow a lot of food, and I hunt for the rest. Once in a while I'll make my own blackberry wine or some good ole country moonshine. I love my southern roots thanks for doing this reaction video
This is the very song I ever memorized word for word when I was 14 years old when it came out on the radio back in like 1980 81. I always sing an acapella when I'm out walking around the farm❤😊
Country royalty. He's the son of Hank Williams...one of the most famous country singer/songwriters in history, as well as the original "bad boy". Hank Sr. is also the subject of quite a few songs, and you should check out "The Ride" by David Allen Coe.
The Ride is in my top 5 songs EVER.
Well said brother.
Mostly right, but the likes of Johnny Cash, WillieNelson, Kriss Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings were country "bad boys" before Hank Jr.
@@terrycornelius3279 Understood...but I was referring to Hank Sr.
"The Conversation" by Hank Jr and Waylon is a good one too.
I’m not a country music fan but I will always listen to Hank Jr and Alabama
You know y'all messing with hillbillies when you end up fish hooked by a deer trotline. Y'all youns go play down yonder!
My first concert 1981, 10th B'day . Hank and Alabama at Boutwell Auditorium ,B'ham. Best present a little country boy could get .💯
Hank is the country boy that can survive he even fell off a mountian fell 500 feet and survived …. He is Country Royalty…. You should do the Queen of county Loretta Lynn her song Coal Miners Daughter it’s a true story of her life ….
When we were in high school, inevitably for "speech class" someone would do a "demonstrative speech" about how to clean a long rifle or shotgun ... and nobody ever batted an eye out about it ... just waltz right through the school's front doors with your shotgun and down the hallway to the classroom. It was about as unusual as bringing in your downhill skis and doing a demonstration on how to repair and wax the ski bottoms ... another common one.
How times have changed. Definitely a more innocent time.
Dayton Ohio checkin in… Love Hank Jr he did a lot of shows here he was Bad ass live back in the 80s no one entertained better back then
Country Boy here. 536 population. Missouri/Arkansas. Always on the river and always hunting. Running the side-by-side through the mud and hanging with friends, drinking whiskey, and cold beers.
When shit hits the fan it’s a good idea to make friends with us country boys! Great song and great reaction!
This song is 43 years old and is as relevant now as it was then. The more things change the more they stay the same.
That’s the true test of a song is how long it stays around and stays relevant and true.
She gets it. I'm from the foothills of South Carolina been rough the past month but by the Grace of God and the country folks we will survive!!! God bless those people up there in NC my neighbor's to the north. You are in our prayers.
Great reaction. The most beautiful thing is to always have an open mind especially when it comes to music. I Love good Country music.
After joining the Navy I realized how lucky I am to grow up in a small town in Missouri where we also had a trap shooting team and would put our shotguns in the principles office during the day and grab them at the end to go to our meets. It blows my mind how many people don't know how to hunt, fish, trap, or do anything farm related. Its nuts haha
Truth, you should see the looks my kids friends give me when I talk about running my own trap lines by twelve. Then their eyes practically pop out when I tell them I got my first rifle for my eighth birthday. Folks think I am joking when I tell them my wife and I mostly ate greens growing wild in our front yard the year we bought our house. Half of them think we were eating grass clippings and the rest think I am making it up. Roast squirrel and dandelion green salad makes for a fine dinner.
@@bjornronaldson6017 it’s blows my mind the amount of people that don’t understand a simple garden and going out every weekend from Sept-X month and squirrel/rabbit hunting for fun and ending up with free food
That's the REAL AMERICAN. BUILT TO LAST. one of my personal anthems. What a Sage Hank is.
The F'N MAN! So glad you picked an all time outlaw country song by "BOCEPHUS". Seen this man more times in the 80's than everyone else put together.
David Allen Coe.
Every time my dad had to drive me to high school he would blare this song with the windows down when we pulled up to the student drop off in his big ass 4x4 truck and I smiled every time!
You're adorable. I enjoy seeing reaction videos from folks who don't listen to country....actually hearing it and listening. In Country music, lyrics are everything.
If shit goes down, like it seems like this world is headed, you're gonna wish you knew some country Boys! I'm thankful my friend is married to one, and I'm heading straight to her if shit does down! 😂❤
I was the same way. I'm a metal head at heart... pre 90'. Then I picked up a bass guitar. Music is just music. It's just good. I "like" ALOT more than i did. Happy new year from Texas.
Hank Williams Jr's father was also a famous singer and was also called Hank Williams. Hank Sr sadly died at the young age of 29 but left behind some of the most iconic country songs of all time. Also listen to The Conversation where Hank Jr and Waylon Jennings are chatting together about Hank Sr.
His son has a more than a few albums out that are quite good - Hank Williams III - and two of his grandsons Hank Williams IV and IV also have some decent music out.
I also would recommend "The Ride" by David Alan Coe, because it is about Hank Sr. meeting the singer - from beyond the grave.
@@cryptozoomauler5505 "The Ride" would be a good intro to DAC.
Johnny Rodriguez - Riding My Thumb to Mexico. One of the best voices in country back in the 70s when I was in high school. Another is Doug Sahm (with the Texas Tornados) - She Never Spoke Spanish To Me. I grew up in South Texas, speak English and Spanish, and the culture here is different. The Texas Tornados was a group of guys from different types of bands / styles of music. Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Their music is a fusion of conjunto (German and Norteño Mexican fusion music of Texas) with rock, country, and various Mexican styles.
I have been living with Hank Jr as my soundtrack since 1987!
Someone mentioned Jamey Johnson’s In Color and I second that suggestion. You seem to have an appreciation for songs with meaning so I think you will really enjoy it. Great reaction to Hank Jr btw. He’s one of my favorites. 😊
In color is one of the best ever and should have won that year
As an older person my parents grew up during the depression and I learned to be thankful in what you have and to try and be mostly self sufficient. We were not allowed to leave the table without finishing our plate and you never wasted food. I hope it doesn't come to a depression but it means no jobs poor and homeless everywhere its not a good thing.
When i was in high school, at a private K-12 school, any student that drove could bring their rifles and shotguns, as long as they were unloaded and stayed in the vehicle. Moat of us were country as hell, me included. Additionally, we were allowed to carry pocket knives. Folding style only, and 3.5 inch blades or less. Was awesome
Yeah. Everyone had a pocket knife. Are those even legal now?
@@dathorndike4908 not in schools. Must be "weapon free."
As if we haven't already been shown how to use pens and pencils as weapons by the "movie heroes."
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Yea Girl you get it.
A country boy will survive
You gotta hear Hank Williams Jr: Family Tradition. It's one of his other absolutely iconic songs. Also Hotel Whiskey: not as iconic and well known but I love it just as much
Hank used to live just up the road, good dude.
We still have skeet/trap teams in school here.
its only as reliable as you make it. i was homeless in Birmingham. i moved back to rural texas. im the same person in both places. but i own my land in texas. if you plan on living off the land. best own it. that said i love my life at my lowest and now. do for others yall. even if you have nothing. Salvation Army is the best thing to happen to me. im a proud soldier. i will always be there for my brother and sister. its not us and them. its all of us American. love your channel sister.
Alabama has a lot of good songs..."Mountain Music", "Feels So Right", "Tennessee River", "The Closer You Get", "40 Hour Week", "Roll On", many others.
You just can’t go wrong with Hank Williams whether it’s SR,JR Or 3 they’re all 3 different styles of music but all 3 of them are legendary in the music world & this song is not just a song it’s definitely a way of life & a motto many of us country folk live by, I even have “Country Boy Can Survive” tattooed down the back of my arms & not just because I love the song,it’s because it’s 100% accurate, love the reaction of the video, if ya haven’t already definitely gotta listen to some Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe & Johnny Paycheck cause ya can’t go wrong with some good Ol’Outlaw Country music 👍🤠👍
I'm a country girl raised in city but we hunt,fish,mudding,4 wheelin,sew,cook,garden.Then because I was 1 of 4 girls we learned plumbing, concrete, roofing,mechanics, construction of all types. I was helping dad work on vehicles from time I could hand him a wrench.
Luchenbach Texas or mommas dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, and when your mind is twisted and warped, its time for David Alan Coe, Amos Moses by Jerry Reed is a great tune as well
I also grew up (and still live in) rural Ohio. Its such a testament to just how great this song was that it is as relevant today as when I first heard it 42 years ago now. True classic!
Have you ever listened to Aron Lewis country boy ( Aron Lewis from Stained ) check it out he also sings country music
Georgia southern here and this is on my Playlist. My saying is you're either on my side or in my dam way. I promise you country folk can survive!
I was raised in Tucson, arizona..hunting, fishing ...neighbors looked out for each other. I cant recall when I didn't have a gun on my hip, after age 14..its the way we grew up...in the Arizona mountains.
I am a rocky mountain country boy. This song has a lot of truth. I can catch and forage a meal faster than a round trip to the grocery store. I can't remember the first time I pulled a trigger. At 10 years old, It was normal to go a friend's house and be handed a box of ammo and some guns with the instructions of "be home before dark and if you kill it, you eat it"
Kind of weird to hear this described as new country. the song is over 40 years old. But that is how good it is. It still stands rings true today.
I live in rural Arkansas so this one hits home for me.
Aaron Lewis “Country Boy “ is another good one to check out!!!
Look at Merl Haggard's "Are the good times really over for good."
Or anything the Hagg sings.
I'm born and raised Southern Illinois, 20 miles from Ohio/Mississippi split in Cairo and yes you most definitely experienced this "Country Boy Can Survive" lifestyle LOL we love our Hank Jr ❤
I grew up just south of you in north west Tennessee
near Reelfoot lake
@@joshuaharris4607 been to Reelfoot every July for over 29 yrs for family reunion, my in-laws were from Tiptonville so that's where we spend a lot of time there. It's a short little vacation for a weekend to. Eagles Nest in Samburg is where we stay.
You're growing musically, Lilly. That's a positive. I'm retired Old Skool Goth (80s/90s) and I listen to everything from Country to DooWop to NewWave to Grunge to EDM to Classical. You're headed the right way. ;-)
Also- check out Miranda Lambert "Gunpowder & Lead" and then Charlie Daniels "Simple Man" and Jamey Johnson "In Color" and George Strait "Carrying Your Love" or "I can still make Cheyenne"
Don't forget about Midnight in Montgomery by Allen Jackson.
This was essentially my childhood life growing up. We grew, hunted, fished, or raised almost all our own food. There were more deer than people in the area.
Hank is “outlaw country”! He has many, many songs that are awesome. Try “Bluesman” and “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” Great reaction! And yes, we country folks can survive! 😁
This is how our family grew up..
I live heavy metal and punk and country music is actually in my soul. We used to watch these stars in barns in the 1970's
I was born and grew up in the mountains of northeastern Alabama...and, as others have commented, there were quite a few shotguns and rifles in student's vehicles at school in my day (class of '93). I ,myself, received my first rifle (a Marlin .22 bolt-action) for Christmas when I was 12. My parents had been teaching me about firearm safety and target shooting for a couple of years prior. At 13, a close buddy and I would go on week long camping trips by ourselves. We would take plenty of provisions, sleeping bags, a boom box (for tunes lol), a shotgun, a rifle along with plenty of ammo, and we would build ourselves a tee-pee type shelter. And we had always had an absolute blast (no pun intended).
It's the best country song ever made by the best country singer ever
My high school had a rifle range which any student could use during free periods or after school when the rifle teams weren't training (during the 1970's). They even provided rifles, 50 rounds of free ammo (22 LR) per day, targets and coaching on gun safety (of course) and basic marksmanship. You could also use your own rifle. I didn't have time to take advantage of the resource often but once in a while it was a nice break from the school routine.
I grew up a country boy, but married a girl from Albany NY. We went to NYC for our honeymoon, stayed at Best Western in Manhattan, ate at the Rainbow Room, and then danced at Regine's.....all while wearing my cowboy boots. They ALL knew I was from Texas and didn't dare mess with me. Cuz country boys can survive. True story.....I turned 70 in October. I've got so many true stories you just wouldn't believe 'em all.
In high school in South central Kansas, we would have guys come to school straight out of the deer stand, with the rifle behind the truck seat.
Your next Hank Williams Jr reaction video you do. Has to be "Family Tradition" live from 1982!
Hank Jr. is a legend. This is a song that encompasses time. The a capella group Home Free does a very good rendition of this song as well. For country songs, Alabama - Angels Among Us and Kenny Rogers - Lady are top notch. If you are looking at different genres, then David Lanz - Return To The Heart is a great piano piece or Scorpions - Still Loving You is a great classic rock number. It may remind you off Pink Floyd.
Home Free is a solid recommendation!
I agree with your other suggestions as well.
Raised on shotguns is no lie where I grew up, my father had me shooting at age 4. When I went in the military, the range instructors wanted to hire my dad....lol.
Started shooting when I was 4yo, hunting when I was 10yo, my son taught to shoot when he was 4yo and hunting when he was 7yo
For me, the best part of this is how much she us diggin' on Hank....
I'm 71. Loved country all my life. My friends were into Motown
Jetman here ! You wanna know what I think ?? You should listen to Hank Junior's Dad, Hank Williams Senior. He was killed young in a horse accident, but he wrote some of the first Country songs ever.... like "Hey Good Lookin" "I'm so lonesome I could die", "I saw the light" and "Your cheatin Heart." All recorded BEGORE I was born and at 80 I could be your grand daddy's daddy. Think about it Lill;
He died in the back of a car it was no horse accident. You don't know what you are talking about. Look it up. You are very wrong.
Your reaction earned my subscription. If you want to hear country genius listen to Johnny Cash's "God's gonna cut you down." Or Hank Williams Sr's "Your cheating heart". As an older southern man I can assure you we look out for our neighbors in the rural areas and yes if you see 40 country people men and women together figure on at least 80 guns present. City folks do city things but we live a peaceful and peacefilled life because everyone has that faithful companion Sam Colt spoke of.
Girl, I live in the suburbs and love it, but I grew up doing all of that. Once your heart embraces mother nature nothin compares. I picked up rocks out of fields to build fences. Dug outhouse holes. The city is like living in a different reality. It is living in a bubble. Pick a clear moonless night and look up at the sky into darkness. Then get in a car and drive out where there are no lights. Look up, listen, breath. That is home.
AMEN to that !
I saw Hank Jr., Tanya Tucker and Steve Earle in the late 80's in Rupp Arena, an awesome concert. I had forgot just how many hits Tanya Tucker had until she started singing them, she must have sang at least 25 songs (All hits). Then Hank Jr. came out and he must have sang about 25 songs (All hits) he got a big ovation when he sang "A Tear In My Beer" with a computer generated hologram of his dad Hank Sr.
All the stuff Hank Jr. sings about, like running a trout line, skinning a buck and other stuff, he actually does in real life, he is a big fisherman and hunter.
Thanks for the Southern Illinois shout-out. We always appreciate it.
It gets better the louder it gets
And the drunker I get
One of the best reactions to this song.... if you really want to get into traditional country check out George Strait. 61 #1 hits. Songs like the chair, Amarillo by morning, carried away, i cross my hear, good at goodbye, unwound, baby blue, easy come easy go. The list goes on and on
Don't forget , A fire I can't put out
2 country songs you really should listen to, "Wait in the Truck" by Hardy and "Alyssa Lies" by Jason Michael Carroll
Bless your heart,. Everyone back 60s,70s,80,and some of 90s in the south boys and girls alike had a gun rack in the back window of their truck
From southeast iowa my self right next to the mighty Mississippi and yes it’s a river you don’t want to mess with
You are growing gonna keep watching
Grew up listening to Van Halen and ac/dc but I listen to 60-80's country. They had their place in music and were deservingly well.
Everything from Hank Williams Sr - Alabama
I got to meet Hank Williams Jr. at a concert in South Florida. He is a big man.
I felt dwarfed by him and I’m 5’ 9”.
He was drunk back stage even before the show started.
I love him and his music, but this is the only concert that I got up and walked out of in the middle of the show.
He was so drink that he forgot the lyrics to a lot of his dints.
He is an interesting man and has had a very interesting life.
There was a TV documentary of his life called “Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story” and he was played by Richard Thomas (John Boy on The Waltons).
It’s a very interesting documentary.
If you like his music I suggest watching this and you’ll learn a whole lot more about him and struggles he had growing up in his legendary father’s (Hank Williams Sr.) shadow.
Hank Williams was the GOAT for old time country
Hank Jr was rock country they play his songs at football games
Hank Williams the third is a Metal God
Good gene in that family
Just discovered this song it’s great can’t believe how long it took for me to hear