Hank Williams Jr. - 1983.06.04 - Live at the US Festival

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  • @kilted911
    @kilted911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    I was there. Arrived the night before and slept in the parking lot with a bazillion other people. Gawd that entire concert was simply amazing.

    • @tednugent8501
      @tednugent8501 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      U were at US? Thats pretty cool nowadays man.

    • @terryann8854
      @terryann8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's awesome!!!

    • @terryann8854
      @terryann8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wasn't Emmylou Harris at this festival? Did you see her??

    • @shawndiamond3802
      @shawndiamond3802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg. Luv.tjd. Cumytu. Nou. Ue hs

    • @shawndiamond3802
      @shawndiamond3802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Luv this. Cumytu. Boy

  • @itsadryheave
    @itsadryheave 8 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" done in the tune of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" - absolutely phenomenal

    • @michaelsizemore4667
      @michaelsizemore4667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      itsadryheave wish Hank would have put it on a album.

    • @eyoung2289
      @eyoung2289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So bad ass...Never heard this until today. HOOKED

    • @Justinarmstrong0089
      @Justinarmstrong0089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Welp.. If.your just now getting to enjoy it.. Don't worry about overpaying it. I still jam on it pretty frequently

    • @eyoung2289
      @eyoung2289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well maybe I have heard it before now that I am sober LOL

    • @L3TTUC3prey
      @L3TTUC3prey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed, solid fucking gold 👊😎🔥

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There was NO ONE bigger at this time. For me it started in 79 with "Whiskey Bent and Hellbound" and its never stopped since

  • @bryanscott9970
    @bryanscott9970 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was 13 years old then, and I'm still a fan. Long live HANK WILLIAMS JR.

  • @wcm68tn
    @wcm68tn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Fantastic!!! I've been a Hank Jr fan for most of 40 years. To this day I can't wrap my mind around how big he really is. It's huge.

    • @larrysherman4809
      @larrysherman4809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's Huge??

    • @leisadodd5945
      @leisadodd5945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen! A Iconic Legend! Been a fan for 45 years lives 2 miles from me. Nice family! Still go to as many concerts as I can!

    • @anelladambrosio2513
      @anelladambrosio2513 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@larrysherman4809ciao larry! 🙋‍♀️😘😍💘🌅

  • @lisabeesley7048
    @lisabeesley7048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    That's why he won entertainer of the year for a decade straight ... He rocked that shit back in the day

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every Day!!

    • @jonburrows2684
      @jonburrows2684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonyaharmon1383 from Vinton here

    • @Heezy2023
      @Heezy2023 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah really a decade ?? Holy shit

    • @thejammfam
      @thejammfam 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not true.

  • @jeffreysalatin4443
    @jeffreysalatin4443 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    GREATEST COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER EVER, PERIOD!

  • @j.m.browning8645
    @j.m.browning8645 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Vote Hank jr 2024.

  • @bradleymavin5819
    @bradleymavin5819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is one of my top five videos of Hank. And I thank you Hank for all of your music brother.

  • @robertfrazier2909
    @robertfrazier2909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I was in the crowd about 10 rows back.

    • @robertfrazier2909
      @robertfrazier2909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He played Kawliga and pulled the bass players cowboy hat off and ran the fiddle bow through it and threw it in the crowd and a fight broke out about 100 feet wide in a circle.

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertfrazier2909 Lucky To Be There!!
      Hope No One Was Seriously Hurt!! Thanks For Sharing Your Memory!!

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I don't think anybody attacks a stage like Hank Jr. did.

    • @daltonowle1599
      @daltonowle1599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maybe not in country music lol but in rock and roll there were plenty of legendary personas

    • @rk3689
      @rk3689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Hey Bocephus! Let's go honky tonkin'!" The Bama band was no joke.

  • @Lleeuhm
    @Lleeuhm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Damn. Never knew how much I needed to hear that if you don’t like Hank Williams/ghost riders mash up. That was amazing

  • @garrettdriskill4975
    @garrettdriskill4975 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    His voice can go to like 18 different octaves. Still amazes me

    • @tomheld6328
      @tomheld6328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      18 octaves ??? LOL No way !

    • @EdDiEeScOuRt69_711
      @EdDiEeScOuRt69_711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Look into it. there's a video here on TH-cam wheres he sings is daddy songs and dam good, he's young Its yrs before he went outlaw. His voice is way different he sings his daddy Style

    • @gordonely6911
      @gordonely6911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know you’re joking because 18 octaves is beyond high/low range of human ear

    • @gordonely6911
      @gordonely6911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree ~ HWjnr genetically blessed , but more importantly blessed with humour and diamond strong work ethic to keep on applying and collaborating

  • @kattykendrickkerley7045
    @kattykendrickkerley7045 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mr Hank jr thanks for Blessing us same yesterday ss ur today be same tomorrow
    You are my angel

  • @bradybrooks8659
    @bradybrooks8659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    First place i would go if I had a time machine.

    • @kennyparsons5723
      @kennyparsons5723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so would I

    • @teresarn1965
      @teresarn1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennyparsons5723 Want to meet up? In the name of Williams Of course!!!

    • @BrandonToy
      @BrandonToy ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a bad choice. I think I’d have to stop off at Lynard Skynard live in 1977 first.

  • @CAROLUSPRIMA
    @CAROLUSPRIMA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    His vocal range is phenomenal. Almost freakish.
    And folks that’s something that can’t be taught or learned.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If he hadn't drank or powered it up so much he would have clearly left the others way behind. Still amazing for his actions

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wildestcowboy2668 i hear you.
      And it may not be obvious because the textures are so different but I’ll swear to my ear he can sing as high as Ricky Skaggs and as low as Richard Sterban.
      Jones is another with a deceptively broad range, but not as much as HWJ.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CAROLUSPRIMA Listen to his song always loving you. He clearly dropped low after being high pitched in one half note. Few will get what ur saying

    • @kattykendrickkerley7045
      @kattykendrickkerley7045 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gor it

    • @KennyHall06
      @KennyHall06 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildestcowboy2668 to be honest everyone from 50s - 80s were pilled to the max. Everyone worth listening to anyway.

  • @stevenesmith2921
    @stevenesmith2921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC AT ITS FINEST! GOD BLESS BOCUPHUS!!!!!

  • @thepennsylvanian9280
    @thepennsylvanian9280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Smokin a fat one jammin to this legend!!!

    • @grufti808
      @grufti808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💪🏿👍🏿👍🏻💨💨

    • @rickpope4545
      @rickpope4545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Big 10 4 on that

    • @thepennsylvanian9280
      @thepennsylvanian9280 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickpope4545 nice!!

  • @kattykendrickkerley7045
    @kattykendrickkerley7045 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are real here Pray you are on my jukebox
    Bless ya ll

  • @kezzaobee1462
    @kezzaobee1462 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Check out that crowd, wow must make him feel mighty loved, wish I was there Awesome ❤ Hank Jr

  • @randyovercash8234
    @randyovercash8234 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank God for Hanks Williams Jr !

  • @thepennsylvanian9280
    @thepennsylvanian9280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nobody was coming in that crowd and burning them flags!!! Aww back when American's had Balls!!!

  • @LilBiiiiiiiiiiiitchhh
    @LilBiiiiiiiiiiiitchhh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    God damn that “if you don’t like Hank Williams” is so good

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    LOL!! I love it man this Pop Country shit of today blows goats compared to the Legends back in the day. there is not too many of them left

  • @JohnArmstrong-ys4gy
    @JohnArmstrong-ys4gy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don’t need a time machine I remember him back at that time always loved his music!!!

  • @raymartinez5809
    @raymartinez5809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was there Hank fan since family tradition seen him for the first time country club Reseda,Ca.met him and Mr.Kilgore backstage universal amphitheater I got a story I'm going to tell about that on Facebook I met them just for a few seconds of my life for so much happened in those few seconds something I'll never forget thanks Hank and like they say you do live out those songs you wrote God bless you Merle you had one hell of a job watching that guy

    • @neilhack6749
      @neilhack6749 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      brilliant

  • @the420mega
    @the420mega 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Merle Kilgore was a fantastic person & manager for Hank jr. ❤️😎

  • @mandydalton9750
    @mandydalton9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmmm…how familiar he seems!!! Thanks for the years of good music and all the years of company you provided 😇🧝‍♀️

  • @bradleymavin5819
    @bradleymavin5819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That would have been a greatest party of the summer

  • @ChrisMcClellan-yg8hq
    @ChrisMcClellan-yg8hq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow what the hell has happen to this country since then

  • @rodbelding9523
    @rodbelding9523 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This whole concert has to be out there somewhere, surely he did more than a few songs. Be awesome if it surfaced one day.

    • @MrHankfan77
      @MrHankfan77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you have any live Hank stuff. Thanks

    • @rodbelding9523
      @rodbelding9523 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrHankfan77 I don't have anything that's not already on TH-cam, sorry.

  • @bfranklin3039
    @bfranklin3039 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    God bless our southern home in Dixie!

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God Keep Her Safe!!
      From Virginia!!

    • @jonburrows2684
      @jonburrows2684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonyaharmon1383 and what part of Virginia girlfriend?

  • @michaelsizemore4667
    @michaelsizemore4667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Look at the crowd, looks like a Hank Jr Wood Stock

  • @wildestcowboy2668
    @wildestcowboy2668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We them son bitches u trained on shotgun, probably best line ever!

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And God said... in the beginning. This was the start of a phenomenon

  • @russtabbert3698
    @russtabbert3698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Everybody wants to play it safe and record housewife songs" 🤣🤣

  • @chocodiledundee1
    @chocodiledundee1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Legendary ... on his own right , I love Hank Williams Jr. so much !

  • @lanceswindell2859
    @lanceswindell2859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up listening to Bocephus ! Love him!

  • @donnatillman7651
    @donnatillman7651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BOCEPHUS rule,seen him sooo many times and he is King of country Love me some BOCEPHUS

  • @jameshoffman1462
    @jameshoffman1462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is y he won this cowboy play list pray for the country boys god bless you hank u talk the talk u walk and I get u

  • @victorperez2963
    @victorperez2963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gracias amigos.. thank you frienda

  • @jimmyc2895
    @jimmyc2895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw Hank Jr New Years Eve the same year as this concert,83 in Birmingham Alabama. Was called The Hank Williams Jr Rocking New Years Eve Party...lol..ole Hank got so drunk that he sounded like shit and because of the boos he finally walked off stage...lol..have seen him a couple of times since and the shows were AWESOME

  • @lorettaeblen8410
    @lorettaeblen8410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Listening in 2021 ❤️

  • @howardstern666
    @howardstern666 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ol George Jones, I'm glad to see you're finally getting strai-aight.....

  • @jotohin2571
    @jotohin2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!!!

    • @rickpope4545
      @rickpope4545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Big 10 4 on that

  • @tjbeavers6616
    @tjbeavers6616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He does a wonderful show

  • @tomarnold6540
    @tomarnold6540 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this is real kick ass music

    • @kayandaeddings4803
      @kayandaeddings4803 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tom Arnold I have to agree with you. Old country is the best instead of the new school country. I only listen to the legends of country. If they put something new out, I will listen. But if it's a new artist, forget about it.

    • @mr.breeze8796
      @mr.breeze8796 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nobody is original anymore, they're all clones. Can hardly tell one from another

  • @rachelcantrell1842
    @rachelcantrell1842 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    that is the greatest shit i have ever heard hank is awesome

  • @Reader-Copy
    @Reader-Copy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ol' Junior really worked up the crowd this day. The video hardly shows any of it, however. Still awesome, killer video.

  • @martha8057
    @martha8057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like your music although your a little wild God can get to anyone and I think I can get to your heart love you forever june

  • @satyadasgumbyji8956
    @satyadasgumbyji8956 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes kids, there really used to be a place called America. But once they drove Dixie down they drove it all down. Thank you brother John for the bull's-eye! 🎯 RIP🙏❤

  • @jameseaton5703
    @jameseaton5703 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was 13 Years Old when they had that show. My Dad worked for Owl Service Rock which had a huge Quarry at Little Creek not far from the festival. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office and the California Highway Patrol used the front entrance of the Quarry as there staging and command center.

  • @mr.breeze8796
    @mr.breeze8796 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This mofo is the BEST!!!

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had every single one of hank Williams jr albums tapes & 8 tracks til a house took them all away from . Back in 2004. It's been hard trying to replace all these albums & tapes

  • @JeanineMAGA
    @JeanineMAGA 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    God Bless Hank Jr.

    • @mjy325
      @mjy325 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did not know you like hankjr

  • @666Necropsy
    @666Necropsy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    absolute legend

  • @dan812
    @dan812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    stars and bars baby fly em high and proud

  • @lawrencesmith3101
    @lawrencesmith3101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hank Williams Jr singing country Boy Can Survive I seen him in concert Hank & Charlie Daniels back in 1999 hell of concert

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hank Jr is the best👍💯🐯🔥

  • @stephanielpetty4234
    @stephanielpetty4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hank I love you I've loved you for along time since I was fifteen been to 4of your concerts I didn't get to you security is tuff

  • @lawrencesmith3101
    @lawrencesmith3101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bocephus kicks ass in Country Boy Can Survive

  • @brandonjohns9677
    @brandonjohns9677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This should be the national anthem!!! American by birth, Southern by the grace of god, And Baptist by choice.

  • @mikemorgan4205
    @mikemorgan4205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Country folk can survive 🤟

  • @nicktrierweiler3690
    @nicktrierweiler3690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I had that boogie amp behind him...

  • @tonycantrell7059
    @tonycantrell7059 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    awesome concert, would of loved to see him and David Allan Coe perform together when they both were in there prime

  • @renownimagesolutions5606
    @renownimagesolutions5606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why am I just seeing this for the first time now?

  • @jonathanmerrittk5738
    @jonathanmerrittk5738 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite singer entertainer ever!!

  • @apocyldoomer
    @apocyldoomer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in the USAF at the time, in Victorville, Ca, so damn bummed out that I missed it, dunno why I didn't go, dammit!!!

  • @robertsirois1938
    @robertsirois1938 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Geez that was fun!

  • @tommyc9659
    @tommyc9659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WE ALL LOVE HANK

  • @alanmccarthy2285
    @alanmccarthy2285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *ONE WORD* AWESOME

  • @janetholdread
    @janetholdread 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He is country well his dad but music is a tight knit family it takes a bunch across all the genres there is way more to the music than people know

  • @waynesawyer8254
    @waynesawyer8254 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love you man come to New Hampshire

  • @seanpizzo8256
    @seanpizzo8256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Blake Shelton? Never heard of her.

  • @michaelsizemore4667
    @michaelsizemore4667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One word "Talent"

  • @lee4620
    @lee4620 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    ultimate Bad Ass

  • @tednugent8501
    @tednugent8501 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well, bless Hank, DAMMIT!!!

  • @jefferywilliams944
    @jefferywilliams944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you can tell this is VHS tape...….but Hank is great!

  • @jamescarr9862
    @jamescarr9862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    im to drunk to coment but love it

  • @bobroberson9286
    @bobroberson9286 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'D SAVE THE RED MAN and give him a full clip + 1 ⚡

  • @EddieLowery1913
    @EddieLowery1913 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dickey Betts finally settled down, Rest Easy Ramblin’ Man.

  • @jcearnhardt393
    @jcearnhardt393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hank JR is the biggest star country music has seem since his daddy more less invented it. Hank is 3x bigger than his daddy, garth and George strait. Idc what the record sales say.

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hanks the man!!

  • @martinwatters2729
    @martinwatters2729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The SJW"S have buried old DIXIE since this show. She needs to fly again.

  • @redneckillinois2030
    @redneckillinois2030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Where did our country go

  • @duarte189x
    @duarte189x 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    they bottled up Hank's sweat from this show for all the men in 2024 with low T.

  • @barryrobinson8085
    @barryrobinson8085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love me some Hank

  • @taralynn4448
    @taralynn4448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Hank

  • @southerndesignpools
    @southerndesignpools 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seen o Hank do the same show at the Atlanta Motor Speedway same year I think he Stole the show from some Big names GOOD TIMES to say the least I’m 62 now and my Health has indeed made me settle down 🤔😎🇺🇸💯🙏

  • @SkooterSmith
    @SkooterSmith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the best performers ever. Twice as good as his father.

    • @lesrthompson1510
      @lesrthompson1510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No way man,you weren't there.

    • @oldirtygary5130
      @oldirtygary5130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldnt say that Mr sr was young when he passed talk lighter bub .

    • @martysheldon8129
      @martysheldon8129 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a fact

  • @MrEdsjeep
    @MrEdsjeep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hell ya Hank rocks.

  • @garyhayes4756
    @garyhayes4756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The good fun days

  • @CriscosCountrylife
    @CriscosCountrylife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My jam👍🐯🔥🐯

  • @randyovercash8234
    @randyovercash8234 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never gonna lose my American pride

  • @mitzimathias5095
    @mitzimathias5095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6'4" of pure wonderful!

  • @bidenisatraitor7633
    @bidenisatraitor7633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    God bless the Confederate flag! Fly it daily !! Don't let these leftists dictate what flag you can fly! Deo vindice!!

  • @monmixer
    @monmixer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is good. I figured out what happened. Merle Kilgore got old and couldn't manage him anymore. Then of course he died. He was the ring master. He hasn't been the same since.

  • @robertmcelrath5327
    @robertmcelrath5327 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was 5 days old when this was filmed 🤪

    • @VISIONmg86
      @VISIONmg86 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He only had a 15 minute slot for the day. Unfortunately this is the while set.

  • @gillisadams8058
    @gillisadams8058 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Howdy, I love❤ how u pick n play all the way up n down the neck partner, I would love to play along wit u. U would make a great lead guitar player for a band.

  • @c8055
    @c8055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hank on his A game