Grew up in Chicago. I had a very low opinion of Country Folk, all the usual stereotypes. Then at 19 I joined the Marine Corps, and in case y'all don't know the military is full of Country boys. Next thing I know I'm in the middle of a desert with these guys, drinking illegal Whiskey(Muslim country), and blasting this song. Right then and there, I fell in love with Country Folk and Country Music. Country Folk aren't anything like they're depicted. They know so much stuff. I was in WV partying with my buddy, and I was blown away. One of his buddies dads was completely remodeling the upstairs of his house, while working in a coal mine, and taking of rescue horses, and growing a giant garden, and hunting, and and and....They are amazing people.
My platoon was so diverse. White, black Hispanic, asian, and a Samoan. The finest group of people it was this rednecks pleasure of meeting. Till Valhalla my brothers
Married a country man 30 years ago still together nothing he can't do..taught our boys hunt fish shoot by the time they could walk..Appalachian proud always forever!
I grew up in the foothills of the Smokies so I consider myself Appalachian as all my people come from way deeper. Most of this is ingrained in you before you're 10. Hunt, fish, weed mamaw's big garden so we get awesome vegetable soup and cornbread. Green bean snapping parties. Soup beans with ham hocks and onion. Smoked sock sausage that was walking around last year. "You boys can eat breakfast if you go get the eggs"
I am one of those country boys i am an old man now and i have listened to Hank and his daddy all my life. What i saw of you listening to this song makes me think you are good people and i think i would enjoy sitting at the kitchen table and drinking some home made wine with you god bless you son.
He's not lying. I made sugar and syrup from trees. I kept bees for honey. I can hunt, fish, can, preserve food, raise crops, start fires, find water. And defend ourselves. No matter what happens, county folks know a lot.
Hank Jr is an icon one of only 2 left. His music is a mix of his dad's music and his own. He still uses a lot of strings like his dad done but adds his own voice and style . He quite often will sing his dad's songs or also sing about his dad. So in one way or another he keeps his dad's music alive. But make no mistake he blends his style and his dad's style and does it well. He also sang in family tradition that although his kind of music and his father's ain't quite the same. So he pleases his father's fans and picked up his own fans too..plays just enough of his dad's music . Just enough of his dad's strings style. And sing just enough of his dad's music . And speaks just enough about his dad in song. But does not over due it. It is a hard balance but he does it. So he pleases his own fans and his father's fans. He has so many great songs. But my favorite is Diamond Mine .or Man to Man. Or another day Old habits are hard to break. .. or stone at the juke box. The only 2 icons left in country music are Hank Jr and gene Watson
Agree. I'm female and started hunting and fishing by the age of seven. I gardened all my life because my parents did. In addition, I have ridden many a mile of fencing looking for downed poles. I'm now 63 years old. My husband's family owns 5,000 acres along the Tenn-Tom waterway. My boys have already picked out their house plots. They were raised to live off the land. One is an engineer, the other an attorney but they can live off this land if it all goes to hell.
It ain't got nothing to do with color! It's a Southern thing!@😂😂😂 The man doesn't want this to catch on! They can't control a man that don't need the MAN!! 😂😂😂 It's not a race thing!!😂😂😂
@@ericskivers6643 ate lunch with a friend from high school that lives in California now. He loves it, but he lives in Northern California ! I've traveled far more than most folks in this area. Been into Mexico, Alaska, the Grand Canyon, outer banks, the keys, but this is home. I live between a federal wild life and state reserve! Taxes are cheap, my neighbors are family, it's great to sit on the porch and listen to the wipperwills at night!
Yeah it does. Makes me want to quit my job and just go deep in the woods and be left alone was raised on a farm. Couldn’t wait to get off it joined navy on the first day I could join with my dad’s signature.. then went straight to the gulf in 79 wanted back on The farm two days after I was enlisted
Sweetie I from the South and I can tell you they can do anything ! And don't mess with their long hair Country Girl! And we can survive .... ❤❤❤❤❤️ Much love glad you like Hank ❤️✝️🇺🇲
I was from the city and moved to TN - met a country boy and we've been married for 33 years. Could not ask for a better man and yes he can fish, hunt, and garden vegetables, etc. If there was a food shortage we would not go without. There isn't anything my man can't do.
Hank Williams Jr is one tough dude. In 1975 when Hank was just 26 years old he fell 530 ft off of Ajax Mountain in Montana. He hit all kinds of rocks on his way down and had to have 17 surgeries to return to health and his face looks nothing like it did previously and is one of the reasons he always wears sunglasses. He credits his survival with the fact that he never blacked out even when it took rescuers 6 hours to reach him. His father was a Country Music Legend who lived a short but extremely successful life. Hank Jr's song "Family Tradition" is a great one that talks about following in his father's footsteps with his vices.
It's definitely not cockyness. It's livin right. You catch that fish. You bust that deer. Be thankful you can provide.. Bless your higher power at your table. Be thankful you got that blessin to feed you or family.
Hank Williams Jr is a good person. I am from West Virginia. He came to West Virginia in 2006 to see the sole survivor of The Sago Mine cave in. He went to the mine, went part way in to experience what coal mining would be like. Tried to bring awareness to others about the experience. He tells the truth, country people all over the world will survive.
@@ordinaryman1904 For what it's worth. I saw an article once about maybe 25 years ago where he recommended a powder load for .45 Colt. At the time I was having trouble coming up with a load that was halfway accurate and not dirty. I tried what he recommended and it was clean and accurate. Not a lot of velocity as I recall but it was intended for a target load, not a hunting load.
Being a country boy is more tradition than anything else. Remember when Texas became a state? It was because of Volunteers from Tennessee that went and fought with them. Southerners and hillbillies have been brother'n up with folks all over the place forever. We're family oriented. MUCH LOVE Lil'brother.
I grew up in south Mississippi. Everyone could do it all. And we all helped each other. I had hunters education in highschool. I graduated in 92. I went fishing everyday. Hunting when we could. I ve been in Mt for 20 years and learned all I can .
I grew up living this life. I do not need a grocery store to feed my family and myself. I do not need the government to protect my family and myself. The only thing I need the government to do is leave me and my family alone so we can live our lives in peace.
When this came out it quickly became an anthem for my school. We were/are country to the core and this song reflected how we already felt. Those skills and values were how we grew up and still try to instill in our young'uns. Check out Hank's daddy, Hank Sr. He was the OG bad boy of music, and not just country music.
If society ever does collapse those "country folks" will be feeling it a lot less than the rest of us. There has been a big movement towards "Homesteading" in recent years. People want to learn to be self sufficient and be less dependent on society. If I was younger I would be doing the same.
100% - people from a wide variety of backgrounds are buying land, learning how to garden/harvest/preserve food, growing their own meat (chickens, pigs, cattle), making their own dairy products (milk, cream/half/half, sour cream, butter, yogurt, etc.) - they are eating FAR better quality and nutrition than the average person every day, plus developing a wide range of skills.
Never too late to start. Home made wine is easy. Plant a garden. Learn to can. Hunting is relaxing, don't even need to get a deer. Just sitting alone in the Woods will relax you more than a planned out guided vacation. It won't take you long to learn how to fish either. Don't wish, do!
Greg I thoroughly enjoyed your appreciation of Hank Jr, a black brother who really gets into this down home music. You look like a survivor too - ex military? God bless!
I grew up on 23 acres of country in Texas. My 2 sisters, Dad and Mom and I would hunt, fish, had a garden, cows, chickens, rabbits, and turkeys. I shot my first deer when I was about 8 years old. We would all shoot a deer each, during the season, and then we'd make deer sausage, backstrap, etc. "We say grace and we say ma'am, if you ain't into that we don't give a damn."....true story!
Grew up on 300 Acres in West Tennessee on the Hatchie River. Moonshine Central. Was walking in the woods at 11 with a Colt 22mag Peacemaker and a 20 Guage Featherlite or a 22 Mag Marlin Lever Action Rifle depending on what I was hunting. We had three Entrance doors each had a Rifle and Shotgun behind the door. We had a huge garden and we canned everything. I am 63 and I wouldn't want to survive in the woods but I can. We learned a different kind of education. I could hit a target at over 200 yards with Iron Sights. A moving target called Coyote, We had a Catfish pound and a 5 Acres Spring Fed Lake. And River Property.
I'm so proud of the parents they I've got. I'm most definitely a Country girl can survive!! Even at 55 i can live like no other of the land with very little supplies.
@@docbradleydc I pray we don't, but I would rather be prepared for the worst. Just by looking at all the things going on throughout the country and the rest of the world, the future isn't looking very bright.
I met Hank Williams and Charlie Daniels after a concert back in the 80s. He took time to shake the hands of his fans, and he interacted with a young man about 8 or 9 years old. Hank was pretty cool dude.
the problem is Hank Williams Jr is not a country boy. He was born and raised in the city with a sliver spoon in his mouth. I can guarantee Hank Williams Jr has never skinned a buck or ran a trout line. He is wearing a pair of Gucci sunglasses that cost hundreds of dollars. No country boy would wear Gucci sunglasses
@@johnnyappleseed5590 Hank is real country but he is not a real country boy. He is playing an act. In his song he says he lives in the woods with his wife, children and dog. I can guarantee Hank never lived in the woods. Hank Williams Jr is real country because all the people you mentioned in your first post made sure he was real country because of who his dad was. Hank Williams Sr was the Elvis of country music. Don't get me wrong I love Hank Williams Jr. but I think if you want to see the real Hank Williams Jr you listen to his song family traditions or all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. these songs much more represent Hank Williams Jr real personality
@@marknielson2409 First off it's trotline, not trout line. Second, he wears his sunglasses because of the scars it left on his face when he fell off that mountain. I'm a country boy and I have expensive sunglasses. They aren't Gucci, but It's my money that I earned through hard work.
He ain't lying brother, I live about 10 miles from Mr. Williams, have met him through an old job and can say that he's one of the realest people in music and one of the most down to earth celebrities. Most folks down here grew up having to survive in one way or another, and we send that information down through generations. If things went south, those are the kinda people you want around you.
We used to have a big fish fry and frog legs every year. Had a big bonfire and everyone brought their guitars and we had great sing alongs in the barn. So much simple fun! I really miss those days living in the country. This was my husband’s favorite song and he sang it with gusto. RIP Murk 💜☮️👵🏼
Great reaction my friend. The thing I love about this song is that us “country boys” are all over the country and we all have each other’s backs regardless of race, creed or affiliation. Good people love good people and we all have each other’s six. We all just want to be good people that just want to be left alone. Love ya man👊
Love this man and his songs . Live off the land pray to Father God. We all need Father God and Son Jesus Christ. We need real patriotic Americans, color and race does not matter.
Im a city boy gon country over the past few years. Seeing people react to these songs for the first time brings me back to the place I was at as I learned this music and way of life.
hank was outlaw through and through. outlaw country, rock and rap really talk about the same life. music brings us together. and shows that we're more alike than THEY would like us to think. much love from a blue collar father from the midwest. subscribed
A thoughtful, intelligent and insightful reaction. First time I've tuned in to your platform and I truly enjoyed it. Maybe try listening to Hank Jr. singing Family Tradition. An important thing to remember in listening to that song is that Hank's dad, Hank Sr., was a country music legend who drank himself to death at the tender age of 29. Keep up the good work, man.
I worked skinning and processing deer and gaters for extra $ when my kids were younger. Only 2 wemon in our area to do it. Glad my dad made sure we could always survive.
That's one of the best country songs ever sang in my opinion. And it has alot of truth to it. The stuff I knew at a young age from going up in the country has helped tremendously throughout my life. People would flip out nowdays if they saw little kids doing what my friends and I did back then.
Being 51 and living in Lousiana and TX, this song has a lot of nostalgia to offer as the US became more urbanized. My favorite is "We say grace, and we say ma'am, if ya aint into that, we *don't* give a damn." I think it would be good for us to move back toward that time before social media when you just told someone to let me take care of me, and you can mind your own damned business. Today, everyone looks for outside validation, and we can see it's steering us into places as a society where we look around and see these obviously ridiculous things being accepted.
Really really ridiculous and ludicrous things being accepted! Wtf is wrong with ppl? Glad I won't be around when all these kids grow up and start running for office!
@@IdahoRanchGirl I have no idea. It's like all these groups and academic professors and universities build up these concepts layer by layer, and each layer isn't too much worse. But when you pan out, you see the big picture is that they've built a boar hog with tits. It's patently and obviously false, but the lemmings have swallowed each incremental step, invested in it, and defended it. This is how a society can end up doing great evil while the people doing the evil see it totally differently.
I grew up on a dairy farm in small town Maine. I grew up hunting, fishing, trapping, growing our own food...This song is 100% truth when it comes to country folks like us.
Hey! I grew up in South Carolina and Spartanburg South Carolina and that's all I know. Love you! Keep listening. He has a wonderful songs and you can dig it and feel it awesome. Awesome! Awesome! You made me smile. It is a great song. I'm glad you enjoy it and thank you for playing it
He’s not saying they’re mean, he’s saying “I live out in the woods you see, my woman, my kids, my dogs, and me”. BUT, I’m sure if anyone comes messing around they will all get mean! Lol!
GREG ❤ i love your heart and loved seeing your reaction to this song! I grew up on Hank Williams Jr. Thank you for taking a listen and showing your view of the song along with your respect you just seem like the kind of person I would invite over along with your family and have a fun cookout together!!! ❤❤❤ Much love from Tennessee 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Man, I highly recommend that your next Hank Williams Jr. reaction video you do, Absolutely has to be "Family Tradition" ( Live: from 1982) And then my second suggestion would be "Whiskey bent and Hell Bound" I know you'll enjoy them both!
My uncle lives in a small town, every treats each other family there are many Black's And White, every one helped each other.. in northern Florida every one respect and joy. I loved it
Really glad you liked this song. It was my father's favorite We're hillbillys and good Ole Hank Jr. Is just telling it like it is . People get nervous around us but we love all God's creations. You should check out his dad Hank Sr. He is a bit more old school country than Hank Jr. but his songs left a mark on country music that still can be felt and heard to this day. GOD bless and keep you and thank you for the reaction.
Brother I'm from NY and since I joined the Army, I've served with majority southerners. I'll never move back up north. When I take the uniform off, it will be in the SOUTH. This song has always been one of my favorites.
I love this. Love it when people expose themselves to music, movies, or books, of different kinds that may not fit into the category of what they know they like. I love Hank Jr and Hank Sr. Im glad you liked the song. ❤
My friend Mike passed away in 2001. He was doing some stupid country boy stuff and making homemade fireworks 😔. When we had his funeral, everyone in the procession played this song. It was weird because we all were playing the same version where he names his friend "....my friend Mike lost his life". Haven't been able to find that version since.
What Hank says in this song is what’s happening now!! When I was a kid in the 80’s our favorite line was “I’d like to spit Beechnut in that dudes eye” lol
This song is very true I'm 58 years old I grew up on this song you learn how to do all this stuff in the country my parents made us even though we didn't want to do it now I'm glad I did working in the garden. Raising our own cows chickens and horses it was a lot of work but it was worth it
Raised up loving this song! My grandaddy raised us up on hard work! The verse (I can plow a field all day long) reminds me of my grandaddy. He did many a time plow a field all day long!
He released this in the 80s, I think, and it is as relevant now as then. About someone getting stabbed and killed for a negligible amount of money - just this week the founder of Cash App was stabbed and killed in San Francisco.
I would recommend a cover that he made of his father's song, Mind Your Own Business. Also, All My Rowdy friends are Coming Over Tonight, Mr. Lincoln, Born to Boogie, Blues Man, and a cover of, Lawyers Guns and Money.
Country music lyrics ALWAYS tell a story and there's so many songs from the 50's- to the 90's that are gold. I enjoyed watching your reactions to country music. I like all music that I can understand the words and the stories.
This is my second time visiting the site. I love your realistic responses and genuine empathy. It is as if you are feeling the song with us, those who love and know the songs. You are a credit to the understanding that Americans may be different, but we all care for each other at heart. Please continue your amazing content and reactions.
![FORTNITE CLASSICS IS BACK! Fortnite Item Shop [November 15th, 2024] (Fortnite Chapter 5)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RbQURbeFwqs/mqdefault.jpg)
Grew up in Chicago. I had a very low opinion of Country Folk, all the usual stereotypes. Then at 19 I joined the Marine Corps, and in case y'all don't know the military is full of Country boys. Next thing I know I'm in the middle of a desert with these guys, drinking illegal Whiskey(Muslim country), and blasting this song. Right then and there, I fell in love with Country Folk and Country Music. Country Folk aren't anything like they're depicted. They know so much stuff. I was in WV partying with my buddy, and I was blown away. One of his buddies dads was completely remodeling the upstairs of his house, while working in a coal mine, and taking of rescue horses, and growing a giant garden, and hunting, and and and....They are amazing people.
They really put the work in work you can’t stop them if they get it in their head to do something they will do it I’ve seen it too many times
Love to hear this
Semper Fi Devil Dog
@Scott Crawford
I’m from Putnam county. Used to run Mason and Gallia county all the time. Aunt and uncle lives in Leon
My platoon was so diverse. White, black Hispanic, asian, and a Samoan. The finest group of people it was this rednecks pleasure of meeting. Till Valhalla my brothers
Married a country man 30 years ago still together nothing he can't do..taught our boys hunt fish shoot by the time they could walk..Appalachian proud always forever!
I grew up in the foothills of the Smokies so I consider myself Appalachian as all my people come from way deeper. Most of this is ingrained in you before you're 10. Hunt, fish, weed mamaw's big garden so we get awesome vegetable soup and cornbread. Green bean snapping parties. Soup beans with ham hocks and onion. Smoked sock sausage that was walking around last year. "You boys can eat breakfast if you go get the eggs"
Nothing is more awesome than a cool ass black guy busting out the classic country. Love it. Love this channel
YES!
Why doesn't this comment have more likes and comments?!
amen brother. We're ALL in this together
I am one of those country boys i am an old man now and i have listened to Hank and his daddy all my life. What i saw of you listening to this song makes me think you are good people and i think i would enjoy sitting at the kitchen table and drinking some home made wine with you god bless you son.
Same here, 14 I worked for a farmer, my weekends I had free I was hunting, fishing, camping, never cared about being in a city even if it was small
We’re all old men now
This song is all about self reliance. Dont count on anyone to help you when the SHTF. Be prepared....not scared. Thank GOD I'm a country girl!!!
Am a country guy
Same here! Wilderness of Idaho! God's country huh!
Same here girl!
I'm a city boy in okc. I'm screwed 😂😢
Born and bred a southern man. 95% of my. Meat hunted food and my corn 🍺 and wine buck home made
He's not lying. I made sugar and syrup from trees. I kept bees for honey. I can hunt, fish, can, preserve food, raise crops, start fires, find water. And defend ourselves. No matter what happens, county folks know a lot.
Hank Jr is an icon one of only 2 left. His music is a mix of his dad's music and his own. He still uses a lot of strings like his dad done but adds his own voice and style . He quite often will sing his dad's songs or also sing about his dad. So in one way or another he keeps his dad's music alive. But make no mistake he blends his style and his dad's style and does it well. He also sang in family tradition that although his kind of music and his father's ain't quite the same. So he pleases his father's fans and picked up his own fans too..plays just enough of his dad's music . Just enough of his dad's strings style. And sing just enough of his dad's music . And speaks just enough about his dad in song. But does not over due it. It is a hard balance but he does it. So he pleases his own fans and his father's fans. He has so many great songs. But my favorite is Diamond Mine .or Man to Man. Or another day Old habits are hard to break. .. or stone at the juke box. The only 2 icons left in country music are Hank Jr and gene Watson
Agree. I'm female and started hunting and fishing by the age of seven. I gardened all my life because my parents did. In addition, I have ridden many a mile of fencing looking for downed poles. I'm now 63 years old. My husband's family owns 5,000 acres along the Tenn-Tom waterway. My boys have already picked out their house plots. They were raised to live off the land. One is an engineer, the other an attorney but they can live off this land if it all goes to hell.
It isn’t cocky, it’s fact. I grew up country and can do all those things. We don’t think we’re better than anyone, it’s just what we do.
He didn’t understand the song.
As a country man, I can tell you that we're self sufficient. He is not being cocky in this song. He was just stating facts
🎉
Country folk come in all shapes sizes and colors. We more alike than y’all think. 👊
It ain't got nothing to do with color! It's a Southern thing!@😂😂😂 The man doesn't want this to catch on! They can't control a man that don't need the MAN!! 😂😂😂 It's not a race thing!!😂😂😂
@@paladin3087 You’re damn right about that.
I’m 62 , West coast my whole life . We all want and need the same things at the end of the day . Your talking straight truth right there .
@@ericskivers6643 ate lunch with a friend from high school that lives in California now. He loves it, but he lives in Northern California ! I've traveled far more than most folks in this area. Been into Mexico, Alaska, the Grand Canyon, outer banks, the keys, but this is home. I live between a federal wild life and state reserve! Taxes are cheap, my neighbors are family, it's great to sit on the porch and listen to the wipperwills at night!
Agree!!!
I've heard this song a thousand times and it still gives me chills.
Yeah it does. Makes me want to quit my job and just go deep in the woods and be left alone was raised on a farm. Couldn’t wait to get off it joined navy on the first day I could join with my dad’s signature.. then went straight to the gulf in 79 wanted back on The farm two days after I was enlisted
Sweetie I from the South and I can tell you they can do anything ! And don't mess with their long hair Country Girl! And we can survive .... ❤❤❤❤❤️ Much love glad you like Hank ❤️✝️🇺🇲
Came out in 1982 and still was ahead of it's time. Words are still relevant today.
1982: people were still feeling the aftermath of the Carter administration, and the govt is just making his mistakes all over again.
Life is cyclical.
❤️
This song is almost as old as me and it's still relevant to what's going on today.
@@claytonhess5512 "mistakes" it's deliberate but we get a nuclear war this time
I was from the city and moved to TN - met a country boy and we've been married for 33 years. Could not ask for a better man and yes he can fish, hunt, and garden vegetables, etc. If there was a food shortage we would not go without. There isn't anything my man can't do.
Hank Williams Jr is one tough dude. In 1975 when Hank was just 26 years old he fell 530 ft off of Ajax Mountain in Montana. He hit all kinds of rocks on his way down and had to have 17 surgeries to return to health and his face looks nothing like it did previously and is one of the reasons he always wears sunglasses. He credits his survival with the fact that he never blacked out even when it took rescuers 6 hours to reach him. His father was a Country Music Legend who lived a short but extremely successful life. Hank Jr's song "Family Tradition" is a great one that talks about following in his father's footsteps with his vices.
Facts
I have a Hank Williams concert ticket May 6 1952
This is also why he grew a beard.. to cover the scars
He sure did, talk about being lucky to be alive
I’m glad someone brought this up! Not many people that don’t listen or know him know that story. Hank is a badass
It's definitely not cockyness. It's livin right. You catch that fish. You bust that deer. Be thankful you can provide.. Bless your higher power at your table. Be thankful you got that blessin to feed you or family.
Hank Williams Jr is a good person. I am from West Virginia. He came to West Virginia in 2006 to see the sole survivor of The Sago Mine cave in. He went to the mine, went part way in to experience what coal mining would be like. Tried to bring awareness to others about the experience. He tells the truth, country people all over the world will survive.
no he's not. he's racist and his music should be boycotted. calling Obama a Muslim and comparing him to Hitler, how is that acceptable?
I grew up in the South, this song is very old,but many still think its the ANTHEM for the South. Great song.
Country boys come in all colors. Always defend your friends. No matter what.
I was impressed with your commentary.I am a mixed (Black/White) COUNTRY BOY FROM KENTUCKY.
Great reaction we have room for people like you. Much love Respect
I feel this song. I lived in DC, Baltimore, and Philly and moved to Kentucky. I have never been happier. I live in a Hallmark movie.
Been in KY my whole life. Lived in lex during and after school. Hated it moved home where it’s quiet.
Howdy neighbor . 👋🏼🤠
I hope you didn't move to Louisville or Lexington. I'm near Mammoth Cave.
Use to spend time on my Grand parents farm...White mills Ky.
@@jimmy-et1pm White mills just outside of Etown. I'm maybe 15 minutes from there.
Sadly, his friend being murdered in a robbery is a true story😢
I read about Hank Jr in a gun magazine years ago.
I guess he’s a hand loader and collector of vintage Colt Single Action Army revolvers.
@@ordinaryman1904 For what it's worth. I saw an article once about maybe 25 years ago where he recommended a powder load for .45 Colt. At the time I was having trouble coming up with a load that was halfway accurate and not dirty. I tried what he recommended and it was clean and accurate. Not a lot of velocity as I recall but it was intended for a target load, not a hunting load.
Yes. Sadly.
Being a country boy is more tradition than anything else. Remember when Texas became a state? It was because of Volunteers from Tennessee that went and fought with them. Southerners and hillbillies have been brother'n up with folks all over the place forever. We're family oriented. MUCH LOVE Lil'brother.
Wouldn't be a Texas if it wasnt for TENNESSEE 🧡🧡🧡👍,love Tennessee, thank GOD it's my home state
@@markbarnes578West Tennessee River Rat here! Tennessee is the first T.
I am a 77 yr old white woman and that is how I was raised, love this song, thank you for playing it!
I grew up in south Mississippi. Everyone could do it all. And we all helped each other. I had hunters education in highschool. I graduated in 92. I went fishing everyday. Hunting when we could. I ve been in Mt for 20 years and learned all I can .
This song is based on a true story about his friend that was stapped for a few bucks. Great song.
Country Boys are the Backbone of this great Nation.😊
We are all in this together!
I grew up living this life.
I do not need a grocery store to feed my family and myself.
I do not need the government to protect my family and myself.
The only thing I need the government to do is leave me and my family alone so we can live our lives in peace.
When this came out it quickly became an anthem for my school. We were/are country to the core and this song reflected how we already felt. Those skills and values were how we grew up and still try to instill in our young'uns. Check out Hank's daddy, Hank Sr. He was the OG bad boy of music, and not just country music.
Reactions like this are why I rock with you bro. I can see your heart and values come through. Much respect.
If society ever does collapse those "country folks" will be feeling it a lot less than the rest of us. There has been a big movement towards "Homesteading" in recent years. People want to learn to be self sufficient and be less dependent on society. If I was younger I would be doing the same.
100% - people from a wide variety of backgrounds are buying land, learning how to garden/harvest/preserve food, growing their own meat (chickens, pigs, cattle), making their own dairy products (milk, cream/half/half, sour cream, butter, yogurt, etc.) - they are eating FAR better quality and nutrition than the average person every day, plus developing a wide range of skills.
The Amish are laughing,..saying:
"I told you...!" 😅
Never too late to start. Home made wine is easy. Plant a garden. Learn to can. Hunting is relaxing, don't even need to get a deer. Just sitting alone in the Woods will relax you more than a planned out guided vacation. It won't take you long to learn how to fish either. Don't wish, do!
Hank Williams Jr. true legend! ❤
Thanks for your reaction. Enjoyed it. I love Hank’s “All my Rowdy Friends Coming Over Tonight”
And then follow that with "Family Tradition" and "All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down"
HELL YEAH@
Oh the country boys and girls are everywhere! Silent but deadly. ALL my family are country
Greg I thoroughly enjoyed your appreciation of Hank Jr, a black brother who really gets into this down home music. You look like a survivor too - ex military? God bless!
I grew up on 23 acres of country in Texas. My 2 sisters, Dad and Mom and I would hunt, fish, had a garden, cows, chickens, rabbits, and turkeys. I shot my first deer when I was about 8 years old. We would all shoot a deer each, during the season, and then we'd make deer sausage, backstrap, etc. "We say grace and we say ma'am, if you ain't into that we don't give a damn."....true story!
It's Ahmen
God bless Texas
Grew up on 300 Acres in West Tennessee on the Hatchie River. Moonshine Central. Was walking in the woods at 11 with a Colt 22mag Peacemaker and a 20 Guage Featherlite or a 22 Mag Marlin Lever Action Rifle depending on what I was hunting. We had three Entrance doors each had a Rifle and Shotgun behind the door. We had a huge garden and we canned everything. I am 63 and I wouldn't want to survive in the woods but I can. We learned a different kind of education. I could hit a target at over 200 yards with Iron Sights. A moving target called Coyote, We had a Catfish pound and a 5 Acres Spring Fed Lake. And River Property.
I lived in Tx and Ok. I understand you. We had 5k farm and ran cattle, hogs and the sort. Shtf I will hunt, fish and live off the land.
I'm so proud of the parents they I've got. I'm most definitely a Country girl can survive!! Even at 55 i can live like no other of the land with very little supplies.
I have a feeling we'll be seeing much of this song playing out in the next few years, living off of the land.
Song is 43 r old ! Still says what an American can do!!!
@@cherylcrichfield4719 unfortunately the key word is "can" do, not "will" do. 😞
Nah man, we won't.
@@docbradleydc I pray we don't, but I would rather be prepared for the worst. Just by looking at all the things going on throughout the country and the rest of the world, the future isn't looking very bright.
The lyrics are the my woman, and the kids and the dogs and me! Only country folk know this song by heart.😊
I met Hank Williams and Charlie Daniels after a concert back in the 80s. He took time to shake the hands of his fans, and he interacted with a young man about 8 or 9 years old. Hank was pretty cool dude.
Country folk come in every flavor under the sun....!!
Hank Williams Jr is part of the Outlaw Country genre, along with other artists like Merl Haggard, Willie Nelson and of course Johnny Cash.
the problem is Hank Williams Jr is not a country boy. He was born and raised in the city with a sliver spoon in his mouth. I can guarantee Hank Williams Jr has never skinned a buck or ran a trout line. He is wearing a pair of Gucci sunglasses that cost hundreds of dollars. No country boy would wear Gucci sunglasses
@@marknielson2409 if you think Hank Williams Jr isn’t real country you must be out of your mind.
@@johnnyappleseed5590 Hank is real country but he is not a real country boy. He is playing an act. In his song he says he lives in the woods with his wife, children and dog. I can guarantee Hank never lived in the woods. Hank Williams Jr is real country because all the people you mentioned in your first post made sure he was real country because of who his dad was. Hank Williams Sr was the Elvis of country music. Don't get me wrong I love Hank Williams Jr. but I think if you want to see the real Hank Williams Jr you listen to his song family traditions or all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. these songs much more represent Hank Williams Jr real personality
@@marknielson2409 First off it's trotline, not trout line. Second, he wears his sunglasses because of the scars it left on his face when he fell off that mountain. I'm a country boy and I have expensive sunglasses. They aren't Gucci, but It's my money that I earned through hard work.
@@marknielson2409 open mouth, insert foot
He ain't lying brother, I live about 10 miles from Mr. Williams, have met him through an old job and can say that he's one of the realest people in music and one of the most down to earth celebrities. Most folks down here grew up having to survive in one way or another, and we send that information down through generations. If things went south, those are the kinda people you want around you.
We used to have a big fish fry and frog legs every year. Had a big bonfire and everyone brought their guitars and we had great sing alongs in the barn. So much simple fun! I really miss those days living in the country. This was my husband’s favorite song and he sang it with gusto. RIP Murk 💜☮️👵🏼
Great reaction my friend. The thing I love about this song is that us “country boys” are all over the country and we all have each other’s backs regardless of race, creed or affiliation. Good people love good people and we all have each other’s six. We all just want to be good people that just want to be left alone. Love ya man👊
Every kid should be taught survival
One of the best songs ever written, cause it's true.
Its amazing how much this song goes with exactly what is happening in the world today!!!
I love watching people react to real country
Love this man and his songs . Live off the land pray to Father God. We all need Father God and Son Jesus Christ. We need real patriotic Americans, color and race does not matter.
Im a city boy gon country over the past few years. Seeing people react to these songs for the first time brings me back to the place I was at as I learned this music and way of life.
Classic! We are going to need these skills if we keep on this trajectory.
hank was outlaw through and through. outlaw country, rock and rap really talk about the same life. music brings us together. and shows that we're more alike than THEY would like us to think. much love from a blue collar father from the midwest. subscribed
A thoughtful, intelligent and insightful reaction. First time I've tuned in to your platform and I truly enjoyed it. Maybe try listening to Hank Jr. singing Family Tradition. An important thing to remember in listening to that song is that Hank's dad, Hank Sr., was a country music legend who drank himself to death at the tender age of 29. Keep up the good work, man.
I worked skinning and processing deer and gaters for extra $ when my kids were younger. Only 2 wemon in our area to do it. Glad my dad made sure we could always survive.
That's one of the best country songs ever sang in my opinion. And it has alot of truth to it. The stuff I knew at a young age from going up in the country has helped tremendously throughout my life. People would flip out nowdays if they saw little kids doing what my friends and I did back then.
Appreciate you’re open mindedness when it comes to music. I consider myself color/culture free. I see art in all i music !!!! Love you brother.
Being 51 and living in Lousiana and TX, this song has a lot of nostalgia to offer as the US became more urbanized. My favorite is "We say grace, and we say ma'am, if ya aint into that, we *don't* give a damn." I think it would be good for us to move back toward that time before social media when you just told someone to let me take care of me, and you can mind your own damned business. Today, everyone looks for outside validation, and we can see it's steering us into places as a society where we look around and see these obviously ridiculous things being accepted.
Really really ridiculous and ludicrous things being accepted! Wtf is wrong with ppl? Glad I won't be around when all these kids grow up and start running for office!
@@IdahoRanchGirl I have no idea. It's like all these groups and academic professors and universities build up these concepts layer by layer, and each layer isn't too much worse. But when you pan out, you see the big picture is that they've built a boar hog with tits. It's patently and obviously false, but the lemmings have swallowed each incremental step, invested in it, and defended it. This is how a society can end up doing great evil while the people doing the evil see it totally differently.
@@IdahoRanchGirl unfortunately, they are already in office.
I grew up on a dairy farm in small town Maine. I grew up hunting, fishing, trapping, growing our own food...This song is 100% truth when it comes to country folks like us.
Great classic! 🤘🏽⚜️🤘🏽
Happy Easter to you and the family G
Hey! I grew up in South Carolina and Spartanburg South Carolina and that's all I know. Love you! Keep listening. He has a wonderful songs and you can dig it and feel it awesome. Awesome! Awesome! You made me smile. It is a great song. I'm glad you enjoy it and thank you for playing it
He’s not saying they’re mean, he’s saying “I live out in the woods you see, my woman, my kids, my dogs, and me”. BUT, I’m sure if anyone comes messing around they will all get mean! Lol!
GREG ❤ i love your heart and loved seeing your reaction to this song! I grew up on Hank Williams Jr. Thank you for taking a listen and showing your view of the song along with your respect you just seem like the kind of person I would invite over along with your family and have a fun cookout together!!! ❤❤❤ Much love from Tennessee 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I LOVE this song, such GREAT story telling
Man, I highly recommend that your next Hank Williams Jr. reaction video you do, Absolutely has to be "Family Tradition" ( Live: from 1982) And then my second suggestion would be "Whiskey bent and Hell Bound" I know you'll enjoy them both!
FAMILY TRADITION!
I guarantee you've heard Hank Jr before though. Just think of the line "Are you ready for some football!!!!" For 30 years....
great songs like this telling great stories will live forever. "if you aint into that we don't give a d*mn"
Values and Survival will be what keeps up going, especially these days.....Be prepared....
My uncle lives in a small town, every treats each other family there are many Black's And White, every one helped each other.. in northern Florida every one respect and joy. I loved it
his song all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight in the 80s and 90s he remade the song and made it the theme for monday night football
It's so funny growing up I was mostly hood but loved all kinds of country. The parallel between the hood and the holler is real.
Great reaction, love the content. Keep workin.
That rift along with the harmonica will raise goosebumps
Two suggestions: 1) Family Traditions, 2) All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
What a Great Reaction…..New Sub! Great Job brother…..loved it! ❤❤❤!
Really glad you liked this song. It was my father's favorite We're hillbillys and good Ole Hank Jr. Is just telling it like it is . People get nervous around us but we love all God's creations. You should check out his dad Hank Sr. He is a bit more old school country than Hank Jr. but his songs left a mark on country music that still can be felt and heard to this day. GOD bless and keep you and thank you for the reaction.
Brother I'm from NY and since I joined the Army, I've served with majority southerners. I'll never move back up north. When I take the uniform off, it will be in the SOUTH. This song has always been one of my favorites.
I love this. Love it when people expose themselves to music, movies, or books, of different kinds that may not fit into the category of what they know they like. I love Hank Jr and Hank Sr. Im glad you liked the song. ❤
My friend Mike passed away in 2001. He was doing some stupid country boy stuff and making homemade fireworks 😔. When we had his funeral, everyone in the procession played this song. It was weird because we all were playing the same version where he names his friend "....my friend Mike lost his life". Haven't been able to find that version since.
Love seeing you enjoy hank jr! Us country people can provide for ourselves and take care of ourselves. ❤ thankful to my parents for my upbringing
If you remember the old Monday Night Football intro, it was Hank Jr. Check out: All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight.
What Hank says in this song is what’s happening now!! When I was a kid in the 80’s our favorite line was “I’d like to spit Beechnut in that dudes eye” lol
Kaw-Liga is on of my favorite Hank Williams Jr songs
His daddy did it first.
That's Hank seniors song.
This song is very true I'm 58 years old I grew up on this song you learn how to do all this stuff in the country my parents made us even though we didn't want to do it now I'm glad I did working in the garden. Raising our own cows chickens and horses it was a lot of work but it was worth it
I'm not a HUGE Country fan, but I absolutely love me some Hank Jr. Country music is sometimes called "3 Chords and the Truth"!
I agree...I rocking but succumb to my country roots when the Rev. BOCEPHUS PREACHES
Hank Williams tells it the way it is... Hank Williams has a lot of great songs
Most people know him from doing the "Monday night football" theme for years.
Raised up loving this song! My grandaddy raised us up on hard work! The verse (I can plow a field all day long) reminds me of my grandaddy. He did many a time plow a field all day long!
I'm glad you got the full meaning of this song. Watch "Tear in my beer" it has him singing with his dad.
Sounds like you have a little country in you and we are proud to have you
He released this in the 80s, I think, and it is as relevant now as then. About someone getting stabbed and killed for a negligible amount of money - just this week the founder of Cash App was stabbed and killed in San Francisco.
Love your demeanor,,and your reactions..I can tell your a real stand up dude..keep em comin please...62 year old former marine from south carolina
I would recommend a cover that he made of his father's song, Mind Your Own Business. Also, All My Rowdy friends are Coming Over Tonight, Mr. Lincoln, Born to Boogie, Blues Man, and a cover of, Lawyers Guns and Money.
Country folks can survive ! And the way the world is going we gonna need it
If y'all understand this song, awesome. It's still of the greatest country songs ever.
When he sings the part about his friend dying it makes me want to cry every time 😓
A lot of reactions get confused when he says “we can skin a Buck” that’s what we grew up with which means a Male Deer
Country music lyrics ALWAYS tell a story and there's so many songs from the 50's- to the 90's that are gold.
I enjoyed watching your reactions to country music. I like all music that I can understand the words and the stories.
The picture of his friend getting stabbed is in this video there was a camera in the store and it recorded the whole thing.
This is my second time visiting the site. I love your realistic responses and genuine empathy. It is as if you are feeling the song with us, those who love and know the songs. You are a credit to the understanding that Americans may be different, but we all care for each other at heart. Please continue your amazing content and reactions.