Montana Cafe Explained

Montana Cafe
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hank Williams Jr.
Cover:	MontanaCafe.jpg
Length:	34:45
Label:	Warner / Curb
Producer:	Barry Beckett Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams Jr.
Prev Title:	Five-O
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Hank Live
Next Year:	1987

Montana Cafe is the thirty-ninth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner / Curb in July 1986. "Country State of Mind," "Mind Your Own Business" and "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" were released as singles. The album reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart^[1] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.^[2]

Personnel

• Hank Williams Jr. – lead vocals
• Huey Lewis – duet vocals on "You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)"
• Reba McEntire – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Tom Petty – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Reverend Ike – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Willie Nelson – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Paul Worley – electric guitar
• Dickey Betts – electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
• Thunderhead Hawkins - electric guitar
• Lamar Morris – electric guitar
• Dino Bradley – electric guitar
• Wayne Turner – electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Henry Strzelecki – bass fiddle
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Matt Betton – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Herbert Bruce – trombone
• Ray Carroll – trumpet
• June Carter Cash – autoharp
• Ben Cauley – trumpet
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – mandolin
• Ike Harris – tuba
• Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Jerry McKinney – tenor saxophone
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Raul Ross – clarinet
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	33
Chart (1987)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	28

Notes and References

1. allmusic (((Montana Cafe > Charts & Awards)))
2. http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=montana%20cafe&artist=hank%20williams&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
3. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 5, 2021. September 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906024025/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-country-albums. live.
4. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987. Billboard. June 5, 2021. September 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906013319/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/top-country-albums. live.