Country music singers have been a real close family,
but lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me.
I guess its because I kind of changed my direction.
Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition.
They get on me and want to know:
Hank, why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Over and over everybody makes my predictions.
So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on
an old family tradition.
I am very proud of my Daddy's name
although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same.
Stop and think it over. Put yourself in my position.
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition.
So don't ask me:
Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky-tonk some ole slick's trying to give me friction. I said leave me alone I'm singing all night long it's a family tradition.
Lord I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam and they both tried to kill me in 1973.
When that doctor asked me, Son how did you get in this condition? I said, hey sawbones, I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition.
So don't ask me Hank why do you drink?
Hank, why do roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over, try and put yourself in my unique position. If I get stoned and sing all night long, its a family tradition!
I'm not big on country music, however I like music by Hank's pa and some of his pals like Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, etc - old "country" school, I guess you could call it.
Most of today's country music is just over-produced country-pop by packaged singers - it doesn't strike any kind of chord with me. Hank Williams Jr. is cool though.
With that said, I was (am) a big fan of southern rock...the famous ones, such as Allman Bros, Lynyrd Skynrd, and ZZ Top, remain my favorites, as well as some of the lesser known bands like .38 Special, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Gram Parsons, Wet Willie. Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, Black Oak Arkansas, Little Feat, and the Dixie Dregs.
I'm not big on country music, however I like music by Hank's pa and some of his pals like Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, etc - old "country" school, I guess you could call it.
Most of today's country music is just over-produced country-pop by packaged singers - it doesn't strike any kind of chord with me. Hank Williams Jr. is cool though.
With that said, I was (am) a big fan of southern rock...the famous ones, such as Allman Bros, Lynyrd Skynrd, and ZZ Top, remain my favorites, as well as some of the lesser known bands like .38 Special, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Gram Parsons, Wet Willie. Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, Black Oak Arkansas, Little Feat, and the Dixie Dregs.
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used to love listening to Wet Wille..........that goes back a few years
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