Hank Williams Jr. Talks About the Accident That Almost Killed Him
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- In 1975, Hank Williams Jr nearly lost his life in a horrific fall. Did you know about Hank Williams Jr's accident in 1975 that almost cost him his life? Do you think his career would have panned out differently if he hadn't gone through that life-changing event? Let us know in the comments.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Hank Williams Jr's Early Life And Rise To Fame
03:20 - The Accident That Almost Cost Him Everything
07:13 - Outro
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Hank Williams Jr spent most of the early days of his career living in the shadow of his legendary father. He felt a tremendous amount of pressure to imitate his father's signature sound, but he wanted to pave out his own path and not have to be constantly compared to his dad.
It took quite a bit of struggle and even an almost fatal accident to set him on the road that would eventually allow him to express his own boldly unique musical vision.
By fusing traditional country elements with southern rock and just a dash of blues, Williams Jr. successfully crafted his own original sound that eventually resulted in him receiving recognition for a staggering 10 number-one singles, 30 gold records, and 6 platinum ones.
But even though he finally found his voice, he almost lost it in 1975, when he slipped and fell while hiking and tumbled 500 feet to the ground, sustaining serious head injuries in the process. He had to have numerous surgeries, and it took him two years to recover, but eventually, he reemerged and went on to release dozens of albums - many of which rose to the top of the charts.
Join Facts Verse as we take a look back on this horrific incident and how it nearly put an end to Hank Williams Jr.'s career. We'll also touch on a bit more of his life story and all of the struggles he had to endure to finally prove to the world that he was a heck of a lot more than just a country star's son.
Hank Williams Jr. Talks About the Accident That Almost Killed Him 
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Hank Williams Jr is my favorite singer think God he survived
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Hell yeah
I met him in 2018
"A Country Boy Can survive"
Ive drank many a beers to HANKS MUSIC. He's a great musician.......
I was raised with his music and I learned about the accident from the movie you mentioned starring Richard Thomas ...aka John Boy Walton great movie I still love his music even tho our politics differ but I still respect his great talent and glad he got out of his fathers shadow Hank Jr is a living legend that many country singers owe a HUGE debt to
I'm watching this because Hank Williams Jr walked into my club tonight and I had no idea who he was, we spoke for about 10 minutes until I walked him out to his car. It was a real pleasure to meet such a legend and not even know it. I wish him well on his upcoming tour. 💜💜💜
Living proof of what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
Yes sir
I didn't know that he had an accident. And I had always wondered why he wore a beard. I think he looks good with it. He has been blessed with a good life.
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Loved his dad's music, he came into his own after the accident, so glad when he returned. He is a legend in his own right.
He's very lucky and one of my favorite country singer's
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Hank Williams Jr is a great country singer
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This is a great video, lots of information and facts. I'm interested in seeing what other musicians you have made videos like this one.
Great video - Thank You!
No Sir - I didn’t kno abt his accident. Thank You for all the time you spent in researching & putting all of this together! ❤️
I’ve been a fan of Senior, Junior and the 3rd. They are all different in their own unique music. I don’t live too far from Montgomery, Alabama where Hank Sr is buried. It’s on my bucket list to go see his grave one day. I remember hearing about Bocephus having a bad accident when I was still young. Oh wow I didn’t know there was a Hank 4. Thank you for another great video Tim and I hope you and your subscribers enjoy the rest of your Christmas!!
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Keep an eye out for Hank four. That's the son of Hank 3. You can look him up on here. He is to Junior what three is to senior. The look and voice are uncanny. He didn't want to do it when he was younger but now he is starting to do it. Guitar skills are basic but all that voice. I'm going to keep my eyes and ears out for him.
@@randyd0514 thank you so much for sharing this with me. I will definitely have to check out four’s music since I wasn’t even aware of him.
@@sassykaren7587 you're welcome are you as much of a fan of Hank 3 and miss him as much as I do
@@randyd0514 absolutely!! I used to always listen to his music, and I still do from time to time.
The accident didn’t just almost end his career, it almost ended his life.
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better luck next time
No shit
Bruh he’s literally saying this in the story
It probably truly created his career. He was his own man after that accident and 17 more surgeries. Even his voice changed.
I graduated HS in 1980, I listed in my senior album as my favorite song "whiskey bent and hell bound".
I can remember driving around my hometown with the windows down and singing at the top of my lungs "if heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I don't want to go"
Oho ooo wow thank you so much for sharing this wonderful cowboy Hank Williams Jr. so glad he’s doing ok today, I have his 2 CD’s already and they good songs, God Bless Him! Happy New Year of 2022, 🤠🎸🎵🎶🙏🙏💜💞👍👍2021
I knew about the accident.. I also knew that his Mother died the same year.. Very sad.. Thank God our Bocephus survived..
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Hank Sr.& Hank JR.'s music must Live may it do soRalphmarshall
Hank Williams Jr is the Best! I love his music. He's more than a country music singer. Great Man!
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Such a ICON and very musically talented
I am 50 so I remember John boy playing hank so yes I knew about the fall. Good vid
I got to see him at Sundevil Stadium in 1985. He showed up very late, he was a little tipsy...but my God did he put on an amazing show!! Probably the best live performance that I ever got to see. The Man's a living legend!
My father is a very extreme Hank Williams fan , he also played some Hank jr stuff which I prefer , those songs stuck with me since childhood Country state of mind , Family Tradition and A country boy can survive were my favourites ! Thanks for the info from up here on Cape Breton Island
He was a role model for many southern boys in the 80s and beyond...........I was one of those southern boys. God bless you Hank for being you and teaching us to be proud of our southern history, and for teaching us to be men
Hank lives in Paris TN. My sister in law worked for him at one time.
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I was just a new born in August 1975 but in later life as I grew up I saw the movie living proof in 1985 I love Hank Jr and his daddy I love all of Hank Jrs toons all are good Dennis JR
Yes I did. He had just left Florida where we had been partying for several days. HWJR is a amazing man. We had some really good times before the fall. I was notified almost immediately. Now we both have homes in Florida very close. He's all man & one of the greatest music entertainers. Love You HWJR! It's almost party time in Apalachicola and ready for some Sonny's barbecue.
I want his movie been looking for it everyday
I got mine on Ebay.
I was living in Cullman Alabama at that time remember he had a store there Cullman Alabama always be Hank's home he was there after the tornadoes April 27 2011 help his home town
STUD!
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Yes I remember hearing about his fall and I remember watching the movie about it and HANK WILLIAMS JR WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE COUNTRY SINGER AND HE IS WHAT I GREW UP ON AND HE IS A TRUE LEGEND AND ALWAYS WILL BE
A lot of prayers went out for our old friend, and God heard them. Keep on hummin and strummin, old friend !
Yes, I knew about his accident. Me & some friends & cousins heard it on the car radio & to us it was unbelievable. Like omg! God we hope he makes it. It was also like we realized our own mortality by being so young and so was he & it's just very etched in my mind. All of us hoped he would be ok. He was an ICON already although us guys probably didn't know that word back then. He was just the best to us. So glad he recovered. Always been a fan ❤️🌹
Merry Christmas Tim 🎄🎉👋
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Thanks June and Johnny Cash
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@Kevin Briggs - June Carter was HWJR'S Godmother.
@@JennaP363 I know, thanks
I have been following Hank Williams Seniors family since I was a kid growing up I'm 52 years old and I'm still listening to Hank Williams family and I'm just glad that his wife and his family has shared everything about them including Hank III I love Hank Williams family and I'm going to continue to listen to Hank Williams and his family and I hope they live for a long time because you don't hear that good old country twang anymore and they keep it real I appreciate everything they have done and still doing God bless you and keep doing well I hope and keep your health and like I said before I wish I could drink some gym apple with the family sometime
One tough sob. I've seen him in concert twice, and was able to meet him several years ago when a buddy of mine opened for him. Really cool guy, a living legend.
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I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS .....BUT AM GLAS HE HAS MADE A COMEBACK WITH GREAT SUCCESS....I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT HIS MUSIC ON CD AND CASSETTE - NEVER LISTEN TO RADIO - CANADA HAS BORING MUSIC....I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MY ROOTS WERE 100% COUNTRY ---KEEP ON ROLLING HANK...YOU HAVE A GREAT STYLE.
Hank Williams Jr I just love this man he is it all beautiful song and the way he sing I 💕 he's got my soul
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@@FactsVerse I love than all
I couldn't imagine the headaches Hank still endures occasionally even almost 50 years after the accident
Can't wait to see him this summer! I always felt bad what him mom did to him but if she hadn't been so pushy with his daddy no one would have ever heard of him
I'M JUST GLAD HE SURVIVED. NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD'VE LIVED. HE IS LIVING PROOF... LIKE THE TITLE OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY MOVIE.
THE 🐐!!!!!
Well, I’ve known some Lady’s and I’ve known Jim Bean and they both tried to kill me in 1973.When that doctor asked me, son how’d you get in this condition? I said, Hey saw bones it’s a family tradition! Yea I’m a Hank Jr fan as well as Sr.
What a talent. Proud to be from Shreveport bossier city Louisiana
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I knew about his accident but didn't know that his mother died 3 months later. Sad.
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I have been a fan since the 60$ Yes I knew about the Fall !
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If there wasn't a hank jr I wouldn't of been here today his music saved my life God bless 🙏 🙌
Yes I did hear about the accident back then
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Hank JR isn't his dad, but the song "Dinosaur" is one of the best songs of all time.
He sure isn't , that's what makes me respect Hank Jr. I'm gonna respectfully disagree with your song choice. Listen to Standing In The Shadows . Coming from a 14-15 yr old he showed his mother the lyrics and she cried. Where does that come from ? How does a teenager write a song so powerful as that ? My goodness brilliant songwriting or what?
He's better than his dad ever was.
Not gonna lie hank had some good music in the 60’s and 70’s before the accident. Hank went out and did it his own way definitely in the class with waylon jennings as far as country outlaws are concerned
Richard Thomas did it great job as Bocephus in "Living Proof."
I’m glad he lived & healed from his accident, but if he doesn’t like living in his dads shadow, he shouldn’t constantly remind everyone who’s son he is.
They made a movie I believe back in the early 90's about Hank Williams Jr's life. It covered the accident he had. It was a pretty good movie.
1983
The best artist ever
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@FactsVerse there's so many but my top ten
I really did
Living proof
Whisky bent and hell bound
Wham bam Sam
Outlaws reward
Blues man
Doctor
All my rowdy friends have settled down
Weather man
If heaven ain't a lot like dixie......
He didn't make the Country Music Hall Of Fame until 2020? Talk about an oversight. He should have been in by 1985.
Prayers for Hank and his family
I knew about the accident. It's a wonder he lived!
We (family and friends) celebrated the Bicentennial (July 4, 1976) at a bar in Columbia Falls, MT. Hank Williams Jr and his band performed that night. He was great, but he never once spoke. He sang but never said anything the entire night. This wasn’t too long after his fall so we thought that was probably the reason for it. There weren’t many people there but he just sang without any interaction with anyone between songs or during breaks.
Yes i knew about the accident.
yes
Yes, I Think That The World it's Self Knew About Hank Williams JR, And His Accidental Fall On A Jacks Mountian In A Shorts Period Of Time..Hank Was Well Taken Care Of Buy One Of His Closet Friends, And A little Boy Until Help Could Get There Where The Accident Happened. Thanks Good Hank JR. U Are Very Lucky To Still Be With Us Today...Thank God. We All Love U Hank... Steve Blankenship.
Huge fan of hank Williams Jr good he survived because many people are not that lucky to survive a fall . They saved hank Williams Jr life great legend love his music 🎶 🎵 ❤ love 💘 see him again in concert want you back miss you said soon enough we be together forever ❤ 💙 ♥ 💕 💜 💖 ❤ 💙 be heart break if didn't survive glad you did
I live in Montana and I have been on the same mountain where he had his accident, it’s sketchy even in the summer
Hank was not "hiking". He was hunting when he had the accident.
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He actually was not hunting. He was hiking, photographing sheep.
@@kennykeeling7815 you're right. I recall now.
@@kennykeeling7815 no he was hunting
@@wesmcgee1648 no you were right, he was hunting
I believe this slip and fall was the way he had to pay for his past sins.We all will go through some kind of great pain in our lives.That was his.We will all go through something very dramatic before things get better ❤ Love you man and your music 😊
BOCEPHUS can still ROCK the stage. He's a legend.
I heard that as he was laying on the ground clinging to life by a thread he said his father appeared beside. He said "Bocephus it ain't your time yet. You still have a star to become
It won't be easy but you will be a bigger star than me" 46 years later Jank Jr isn't a bigger legend than his father,but as big a legend. Maybe one day Hank Jrs children will be as big of a star as their father and grandfather
sounds like the whole story is fiction. SMH
AT LAST! Now I know the truth about what happened! Although not at all big on country music, I do have an interest in successful people's lives. I kept hearing different stories about what happened to Hank Jr. and why he wore a beard. Sometimes I heard he fell off a cliff(that happened) other times I heard he was in a car wreck. So it was a hiking accident! Good research.👍
He was hunting actually
Ya! I knew about it
Am a LONG-time fan of Hank Jr & his music, and if l ever got to meet him, I always wanted to tell him he was DAMN
LUCKY he wasn't killed as a result of that fall (500 ft & face first into a large boulder, or boulders: Very, VERY few people have EVER survived anything like that !!)...BUT!!! That fall was THE turning point of his life... because everything changed from then on: his music, everything!!!
HWJR was on tour in 2021. That means it has been 64 years since the first year that he toured at only eight years old and that he has now toured in eight decades.
I always wondered why he looked different when he was younger up until that like the 80s and my mom said that he had an accident that changed his look because of the plastic surgeries he had
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Bocephus does some times appear too high on him self and his legacy!
But then again...that's his right being the son of the greatest...AND surviving that dreadful accident.
Well...that's only my opinion.....
Randall Hank Williams aka Hank Williams Jr. Is an excellent singer 👏.
A true fan! Which song is your favorite?
I think i like all of his songs 🎵.
Yes I did
He always wears his sunglasses because of the fall he had.
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My Wife and I Had Just Saw HANK JR. At a County Fair in Lake County Indiana.. He was There with Barbi Benton, Hank Was So DRUNK During the Show , Hardly Could Understand a Word He Sang or Talked, Few Weeks Later was this ACCIDENT,,,
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Listen to his song Ajax Mountain. It’s great especially if you know his story
He’s a survivor I’ll leave it at that
I knew of his accident. This year he lost his youngest daughter Katherine in car accident.
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He's my favorite to. I was hoping to meet him but it ain't gona hAppen
Anyone who knows Country Music know's about Junior's fall and we're real glad he didn't die.
Hank Williams Jr. has been my idol since i was a kid. He is very talented and his mountain fall is well known. If you want to watch a great concert/ documentary. Watch 1989 Full Access Hank Williams Jr.
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! Which of his songs appealed to you the most?
@FactsVerse I've got rights, Major moves, What you don't know won't hurt you, Mr. Lincoln, A country boy can survive. Idk, there is so many.
I like hank Williams sr and hank Williams Jr and hank Williams 3rd
Anybody who doesn't know about this has no doubt been living under a rock. It'd a shame how often people have to endure almost losing everything to get the tools they need to make it
I knew why HWJR wore a beard and glasses, but I always thought it was a motorcycle accident. Either way, glad he made it through.
Bocephus is the greatest singer/songwriter/musician to ever live...
Good Hank 😄 GH
Fun fact: he mentions the accident in his song family tradition
STONED AT THE JUKEBOX!!!!!!!!!!! 😻
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I remember reading the newspaper article back in '75 and a few years later liking "All In Alabama". I also read a book, but I'm not sure it was "Living Proof".
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Your report is also the only one to mention a detail that nobody else has--- that Hank's friend's son stayed behind while the friend left to get help. I like when a source tells a more complete story.
Why is this video titled Hank Jr. talks about the accident that almost killed him.
I must have missed something, cause I ain’t seen Hank speaking no where in this clip ?
It’s truly a miracle he survived and was able to resume his career. I have a question maybe some of you can answer. Was Hank Jr. in between wives when the accident happened? I saw a newspaper clipping where his first wife Gwyn was quoted about the accident and talked about getting him home. Then I saw where his daughter (by second wife Becky) talked about how her mom flew to Montana when her Dad was in the accident.
i knew about it
If you are a hank fan you know about the accident
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Of course I knew about his accidental fall down Ajax Mtn. What country music fan DOESN'T know about this incident. It's old news dude!!!
HWJR!! The 1st time he asked me to go out with him he called and said this is HWJR do you want to go out with me. The next day we went deep sea fishing with Merle Kilgore & his then wife Nancy. After. the all day fishing trip we went on a tear that night with his then manager J.R. Smith & his date. We went to The Shrimp Boat for dinner then on to The Gold Nugget a country & western night club. We partied like there was no tomorrow. Everytime he was in the city where I worked we would get together & have a really good time. We now have houses a short distance from each other in Apalachicola, FL. HWJR is a amazing man & one of the best Country Entertainer's in the business.
I’ve heard of you. If you have any pics that wouldn’t be too embarrassing or that he wouldn’t want you to, send me some of him in regular life. I’m wanting to start writing a book about how Hank influenced my whole generation ( I was born in 1969, and raised on Bocephus), and it would help me to have some pictures of him nobody else has.
He recorded Hank Williams Jr and Friends just a few months before the fall.
Living Proof
I had no idea about his accident 1975 - probably because I wasn’t worn until 1977.