Hank Live Explained

Hank Live
Type:	live
Artist:	Hank Williams Jr.
Cover:	Hank Live (Hank Williams Jr album - cover art).jpg
Recorded:	-
Length:	41:06
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Barry Beckett Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams Jr.
Prev Title:	Montana Cafe
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Born to Boogie
Next Year:	1987

Hank Live is a live album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in January 1987. The album reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart^[1] and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Intro/Hank Williams, Jr." (Dickey Betts, Bonnie Bramlett) - 0:43
2. "My Name Is Bocephus" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 3:49
3. "Workin' for MCA" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) - 1:20
4. "I Really Like Girls" (George Thorogood) - 3:42
5. "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:31
6. "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Gary Rossington, Van Zant) - 2:07
7. "Spoken Intro/La Grange" (Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons) - 8:42
8. "Medley: Trouble in Mind/Short Haired Woman" (Richard M. Jones) - 5:34
9. "The Conversation" (Waylon Jennings, Ritchie Albright, Hank Williams Jr.) - 1:49
10. "Man of Steel" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 1:05
11. "I'm for Love" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 3:14
12. "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" (Billy Maddox, David Moore) - 1:09
13. "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 2:21
14. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:21
15. "The Ride" (J. B. Detterline Jr., Gary Gentry) - 2:41
16. "A Country Boy Can Survive" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 4:53
17. "Medley: Family Tradition/Hey Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams Jr.. Hank Williams) - 3:02

Personnel

• Ray Barrickman - bass guitar
• Vernon Derrick - fiddle
• Billy Earheart - keyboards, piano
• Merle Kilgore - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long - pedal steel guitar
• Bill Marshall - drums
• Jerry McKinney - saxophone
• Lamar Morris - electric guitar
• Wayne Turner - electric guitar
• Hank Williams Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	71

Notes and References

1. allmusic (((Hank Live > Charts & Awards)))
2. http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=hank%20live&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA - Gold & Platinum