"Hillbilly" is a badge of honor to most real country folk.

You’ve listened to Hank Jr for many years “Are you ready for some football”

Hillbilly is a term of endearment, bro. "Heya, Hillbilly!" My reply: "Howdy, City Slicker!" No one is offended and we move on with our day.

His Father was a Country Legend, with the same name, so Jr had a lot to live up too.

Born in Lake Charles. Grew-up in Texas. Only a really good friend would get away with calling me Hillbilly. My wish…ignorant people stop taken offense to being addressed as ma’me. It’s a sign of respect!

First time seeing him was in 1982 in Dothan, Alabama, never forget it, when he was 26yrs old, he was hiking in Montana back in 1975 and fell almost 500ft off a mountain, "Country Boy Can Survive".

Hank Williams Junior is outlaw

Hank Williams Jr is a legend and so is his dad Hank Sr. Check out Family Tradition. Hank Jr is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and is one of those people that can play many instruments, fiddle, banjo, guitar and piano for sure.

Great reaction! You should definitely check out Hanks song Family Tradition next. It's 🔥!

I was a little child, around 4 or 5 years old when I first heard this. I'm 33 now. Been listening to Hank Jr my whole life.

Now you need to listen to Hank. William Sr. He is where country music got started. He is the Goat of country music.

When it first came out in the 80's. But, I've always been a Hank fan, and a Hank Sr fan.

His dad is the GOAT of GOATs

I’ve been listening to Hank all 50 years of my life, he’s my favorite country singer and being a country boy he resonates with us country folks.

Nickname hillbilly is a term of endearment!❤

Hanks got a bunch of great songs he's our boy here in Tennessee 😅

A country Anthem!!!!! Hi from Indiana.... I am 45 and I listen to this song all the time :)

Hank Jr. was born and raised in Shreveport, La.!! He's a Real one! His Dad was from Alabam, but his Mom was a Cajun! His song "Born to Boogie" is a brief Bio of his life and a real Jam!!

This song was released in 1981 , but could have been yesterday because the subject matter is still relevant.

I am 52, I listen to his dad Sr, him Jr and his son .....Hank III who is the best of the line

I’m from Louisiana too!! Hank Williams Jr. is the bomb!! Thanks for the video. Yes he is playing the guitar!!❤️

On Feb 5th, we lost a great Country Artist and Patriot - Toby Keith. You must dig into his music. It will feed your soul.

I'm a country girl, I was 24 when this song came out and yes Hank Williams Jr would be a fabulous rabbit hole to go down. I've fished from dusk 'til dawn and loved it, and no you don't miss anything when you are fishing! His father Hank Sr. was a great singer too and his son Hank III is pretty good in his own right! It was his friend that lost his life for $43, but you paid pretty good attention.

Real country folks are the most friendly and welcoming people you will ever know. However, don’t try to take advantage of anyone in their particular community or you won’t like the results.

I am a 64 year old woman who has lived in the country my entire life. Live in the middle of the woods now. Love it!!!!

I’m 54 years old and have heard this song probably a thousand times. I love it.

I’m from Louisiana and when you said real country people don’t even know they’re country I almost cried! Great reaction!

You should read the story of Hank Jr. falling 500 ft down a mountain while hunting. He had a friend and his son with hom. The friend hiked back for help while the son stayed with Hank trying to keep him awake. He had severe face and head trauma. Its why he wears the dark glasses and beard to hide the scars . God bless!

38 years ago. I grew up on this music. It wasn't his uncle. It was a friend

hank can play dozens of instruments brother. I go back to his dad who was like elvis to that generation ... dig deeper ❤️

Hank can play anything. Seen him in concert and he can play multiple instruments.

I LOVE Louisiana! I was stationed at Polk for 6 years.

best concert I've ever been to, he is a showman and was playing all kinds of music

I grew up on a farm here in Nashville still work and live today. Nothing in my life I'm prouder than

First time for me hearing this i was 17...im 51 now...seen him perform 2 times..he also fell almost 500ft from a mountain causing skull and facial fractures....

Loved Family Tradition

A lot of times home ain't there no more! Once you leave there's no going back

Hank Jr. is the MAN! Love him ❤️🥺

That harmonica makes this song lovely.

The best concert that ever went to was in 1983, It was in my hometown of Wilmington NC for the Azalea Festival. The Warm up act was a Young and up and coming group Alabama and the Headliner was Hank Williams Jr. I was working as Student security since the Concert was at the University I graduated from. I was also in the North Carolina Army National Guard at the time. I was only a few feet from the Stage. They were amazing performers. Alabama and Hank Williams JR both were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Please react to the Hank Williams JR song Family Tradition.

Family Tradition in 1979 when i really started to listen to Hank Jr, i more of listened to Hank Sr before that.

Any song Hank Jr plays is a hit. Check out "Man of Steel", "Mr. Lincoln", "Blue Jean Blues" ...I could go on and on. You can also check out George Jones song "He Stopped Loving Her Today" or Red Sovine's "Roses For Momma" or '"Teddy Bear"

I had the pleasure of meeting Hank the third(pretty good)... Hank Jr is great and badass, he has continued Hank Williams (country legend) legacy with attitude and style🤠

I may be wrong but I think it was his friend who called him Hillbilly was the one who was killed, check out Johnny and Edgar Winter Tobacco Road if you haven't already, great reaction

That base line holds it all together.

I heard this song when it first came out and have loved it every scene! Country GOLD!

Not sure when I heard this one first.. but the first song I heard from HWJ is : All My Rowdy Friends!! love it!! xo

'Love this song. If sh*t hits the fan, I'm hangin' with my country neighbors!

Bring this brother. We love him too.

I first heard this song when it was new. I was a child at that time. I'm 52 now. Edit: it's an anthem for us country folk, For real.

Hank and Hank Family are the thread of country music I know IAM 64 and still love it and yr right I love in the a Texas big city and before I die want to go back to the country and live my last days of my life.

I was raised up listening to him. Back in the 90’s he intro NFL Monday or Sunday night football

I first heard this about ten years ago. I was very surprised to find it was released in 1981, but the video feels more 1990's. Perhaps a re-release. Great song and video. I'm sure his Dad would be proud.

Family Tradition is my favorite song by Hank Junior. Hank Senior is a great as well. Also love “Midnight In Montgomery” by Alan Jackson. It’s a Tribute to Hank Sr. about visiting his gravesite in Montgomery Alabama.

I'm from Texas originally, and moved to Colorado 8 years ago. Even the locals think I'm crazy. I live at an elevation of 11,400 ft. I now do logging/lumberjack shit. I'm the happiest I've ever been. 😊

Love me some Hank Jr.❤❤❤🥰

Started listening to Hank Jr. in the very early 1980's. It's an anthem to take care of your own and have values to live by. Eoad the story of why he always wears sunhlasses and a beard. Great movie about him.

It was probably about 40 years ago the first time ❤

So glad I saw you reacting to the Righteous Brothers.. and now I can here you listen to some Country Music.. Hank Jr.. is the country royalty.. his Daddy was a country legend way back in the day.. my grandparents era.. I've always loved Hank Jr.. been blessed to see him 3 times in concert. just love my country Outlaws.. and Hank Jr. country outlaw.

Sooo glad you are open minded. Most aren't. Respect.

It's really like a different world growing up in the country. We made our own honey from bees, got our own maple syrup from trees. Gardening, hunting, fishing, raising and butchering animals, canning and preserving that food... I just absorbed it all not knowing that not everyone knows how to do these things. I feel very blessed. You hit on this exactly when you said it's just normal to where you think it's typical and normal to eat squirrels and rabbits... And then I grew up and realized people find that very weird.

I got your back when you got mine.. unity!!! xo

His reason for including the one part I think is to show that out in the sticks you know your neighbors. It's harder in a big city, and it wouldn't happen because a country boy is prepared to defend himself. Hence the message that in the country, it's easier to survive.

Randall "Hank" Williams "Jr was born in Shreveport, LA May 26 1949 when his famous dad was doing the Louisiana Hay Ride; but Hank called Alabama home; and for many, many years now calls Paris, TN home.

In to get some barrels of chain this past summer.. Warehouse guy says.. "Gonna be a few minutes wait boys (2 of us); our forklift guy is running late".. "No worries bro; we got this!" 4 50 gallon barrels of chain up and on the deck of the F-550... thanks fellas. There was 4 warehouse staff standing there watching with jaws hanging low. I winked before i hopped in my truck. "COUNTRY BOY STRONG FELLAS"

Oh no, Hank Williams SR is classic

I love this song & his delivery of it. This song is as relevant now as it was when released (1981). Thanks for playing this & your comments. I don't know if you've ever heard Home Free's rendition of "Man of Constant Sorrow" & Loretta Lynn's autobiographical "Coal Miner's Daughter" but they're both fantastic.

I have listened to Hank from the time he started

Great reaction, country has best songwriters.

back in the 80's, don't remember the year.

My Brother from another Mother thanks man for your reaction it is Golden!!!!

Country singers are story tellers. 😊😊

Freaking love this.

I believe this is 1979, it’s an old ass song either way, and still works

Love your reactions!! Great reaction

Love you. You're from the south too. It's our way of life😊

Proud to be a hillbilly from Tennessee..! Southern folks are the best..!

i was raised in a suburb of Detroit by parents from Kentucky & West Virginia. i tell folks i'm 1/3 Buckeye & 2/3 Hillbilly and i'm proud of it. (Buckeye comes from being born in Ohio)! i currently live in Shreverport (NW Louisiana) and fit right in with the southern way of living! my husband, born & raised in Georgia, is a REAL country boy and i love it! he shows me country things all the time and i show him the northern way of doing things! we blend together so well. we're not afraid to be ourselves, even tho we were from different parts of the country. this is my first time seeing you react and i look forward to more reactions! lots of love, linda

Us country boys got them survival insicts 😂

I've heard this video is a remake of his original song, which I've grown up with! I think the black & white keeps it timeless ❤

“Whiskey bent and hell bound”> (it’s a tribute to his dads music) “tear in my beer” >(with his dad but his dad died when Jr was a kid) “family tradition” “all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight” “outlaw women” >with Gretchen Wilson who is a female outlaw country.

I'm a Metal head from way back, BUT this exact song is what broadened my tastes in music... well, this song and some Parliament Funkadelic. Yeah, I know. 😎

This classic Hank Williams Jr. is awesome! You really do know him if you were a football fan in 2016 when Hank's views made him too country to sing the "Are you ready for some football? anthem. Anyway, he was always dealing with tragic issues. I never was a big fan of Hank Williams Sr., a legend in country music, but I absolutely LOVE Hank Jr. You can see, hear, and learn about Hank Junior's challenges in life. He does many great songs, some are not mainstream but they are still awesome to listen to and they explain his unbelievable journey of the man. BTW, this was my first reaction from you. I love your musical understanding and thoughtful insights. BTW, take a listen to the live version of The Charlie Daniels band's "The Devil Went to Georgia" for a mind-bending treat. These artists are not like the mainstream country out there. They are in a genre that these artists called "Southern Rock".

I heard this song in 1982 for the first time.

Yes,and he learned from playing the blues. Not to mention the genes he was gifted with(Hank Sr.)!

I suspect that quite a few folks first time hearing Hank Jr was the Dukes of Hazzard theme song. I'd also be willing to bet they never knew it was Hank that wrote and performed the song.

About 12 when I first heard it!

Great reaction!

this was written back when nuclear war was a serious thing movies like Red Dawn ect, this was a way of saying we will survive no matter what

"Family Tradition" "Tear in my Beer". A mix with his dad who died in 1953

Started following with your Bird reactions.. but I like where you are taking this!

All country folk know what they are!!!!

I was 7. Hank sr.😊

Attitude adjustment from Hank jr

Hank can play many instruments even piano

His father, Hank Williams, was born in Alabama. He was a famous singer too, but died at 31. You should try Hank Williams.

for those who say they have never heard hank well your wrong because in the 80s and 90s if you watched monday night football who do you think preformed the theme basicly its a remake of 1 of his songs all my rowdy friends are comin over tonight he just changed a few words and boom instant theme of course this was before disney bought abc

Oh Lord.. my first time hearing this.. I think 1986 on a camping trip

Wasn't his uncle it was his friend in New York that died. And you have to do Toby Keith's Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue offical viedo. GOD BLESS EVERYONE🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️

I first heard it in the early 80s.