The instrument in question is called a "pedal steel guitar". The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi (sliding notes) and deep vibrati-characteristics it shares with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with American country music and Hawaiian music.
Actually that one doesnt have pedals and knee levers, Hanks band used the more primitive table top steel. Basically a lap steel with legs, sometimes with multiple necks. Notice he is standing up so no pedals or knee levers in use. Pedal Steels would come into use very soon after this though.
Not a pedal steel. He'd have to be sitting to use the knee levers and pedals. And is used in country music mostly, but has been used in other music genres on some songs. If you want to hear some great pedal steel, check out Buddy Emmons!
Don Helms is the master steel guitar player on all Hank Williams’ hits. I could listen to Cold, Cold Heart ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT Masterpiece of sound and song. Thank you so much for playing❤️💋✌️
One of the most revered Country Music Legends. Most people will not give this "old" music a chance. His song Hank Jr. is a legend. I Am So Lonesome I Could Cry is pure poetry. Many artists have covered it.
"The silence of a falling star, Lights up a purple sky, And as I wonder where you are, I'm so lonesome I could cry" Hank Williams has a lot of pleasant gems for you.Thumbs up!!!
Called the hillbilly Shakespeare during his lifetime. His poetic and deeply emotional songs are classics. He worked hard getting them down just right. When he sang songs written by others he made them into Hank Williams songs as well. “Once dear I thought I knew the way. That was before old sad yesterday. The words that you told me cut like a knife. Now I’m lost on the River, the River of life. “
"The moon just went behind the clouds, To hide its face and cry".......one of the most poetic lines in music, not just country music but all genres....
It is a steel guitar and it is definitely "the sound" of country music. David Allen Cole does a great song about Hank Sr. that is beautiful and haunting. It's "The Ride"
It's David Allan Coe, not "Cole". I know because my uncle was in prison with him! lol. It was Ohio in the 1960's. My family is also from Akron, and he and my uncle met and became friends in prison, and afterwards. Anyway, yeah, "The Ride" is awesome.
Hank's songs were from his heart, simple and basic, but it reached into the soul of many in his time and others growing up afterwards. I think he passed away in 1952 or '53, but I was born in 1952 and grew up hearing him. Hank Jr is a classic in his own way, love his voice and music but his father, Hank Sr' s songs touched me in my earlier life. He's a classic.
Hank Jr. was only 3 years old when Hank Sr. passed away. Most of Jr's songs are about growing up in the shadow of his Dad and the expectations placed on him at a very young age.
Hank Sr died in what could be called squalid conditions at age TWENTY-NINE! He had a back ailment most of his life and was prescribed pain pills that didn't quite do the job, so Hank supplemented them with alcohol. He died in the back seat of a car at a food stop while on the way to a concert; cause of death was the bad mix of the pills and the booze.
My Favorite Country Singer/songwriter! You have to hear him do I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, and Your Cheating Heart. And Lovesick Blues!!! He’s called The Hillbilly Shakespeare. He wrote beautiful lyrics. His whole life was in his songs. That’s a steel guitar. He died so young.
Ya see how wonderful music is! Hank,Satchmo,Tom Jones,Sister Rosetta, Johnny Cash,The Beatles; it's all about people expressing universal feelings. And there ain't no colors.
Move On Over and Jambalaya are great ones!! Hank playing electric guitar was a big deal back then, he was banned from the Grand Ole Opry for a while. This helped Rockabilly become a thing, which morphed with Rhythm & Blues to become rock. The only real difference between Rock and R&B is the lead instrument and color of the singer’s skin. Steel pedal guitar was used in country a lot, it originated in Hawaii!!
When I think of Hank Williams the 1st song that comes to mind is Your Cheating Heart. It’s a classic. Fun fact: he recorded under another name Luke the drifter. All the songs were story songs and very sad. My dad used to sing them to us as children.
His phrasing on and off the beat was just so perfect. He also tended to write these songs and record them with almost no rehearsal time. He cranked out so many hits in a very short amount of time before he died. And yeah, that pedal steel sound totally makes it.
That, my dears, is a steel guitar. One of the most distinct and unique sounds ever. It has such a beautiful and haunting sound and fits Hanks vocals so well.
With your Gospel background you’ve got to be familiar with “I Saw The Light” he wrote and recorded. There is a great story of how he came to write the song while his mom drove back from a concert he’d preformed. He sang so many country gospel songs over his short life.
Now I heard he wrote I saw the light during a concert he did for a church picnic and got paid with food. They were on the road and he didn't know any church songs so he just went with it.
@@davidtesso4789 He was inspired by finally seeing the searchlight from the Birmingham airport after riding through miles and miles of almost total darkness.
Hank Williams is pretty much the GOAT when it came to bringing country to the mainstream in his short life/career. And this song was covered by crooner Tony Bennet a year or so after Hank released it and it became a huge cross over pop hit. That's part of why he was joking at the beginning of this clip about how this song bought the band a lot of beans and biscuits. Maybe check out Tony Bennet's version just to contrast to this version?
He’s one of the greatest songwriters ever. He wrote 167 songs by the time he died at the age of 29. His songs run the gamut of human experience; Hank is known as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare”. He couldn’t keep out of trouble either, his publisher said he had a million dollar voice and a 10 cent brain.
One of my favorites from Hank Williams is "There's A Tear In My Beer". Williams Jr. did a duet. Like Natalie Cole did a duet with her father Nat King Cole "Unforgettable".
"Your Cheatin Heart" and "So Lonesome I Could Cry" are the most Iconic Hank Williams Senior songs the 1st being my FAVORITE!! Your Cheatin Heart is a CLASSIC Heartbreak song. His Emotion charged voice and lyrics are TIMELESS!!!!!!
Even though Hank Sr. passed away when Hank Jr. was only 3 through modern technology they were able to sing a duet. If you want to check it out it's called There's a Tear in My Beer.
I love Hank Williams! I used to sing Hey Good Lookin' to my daughter when she was a baby. That's a good one to react to! Thanks for your reaction! You both are so cute and uplifting! 🥰
The battle of new Orleans , honky tonk man , all for the love of a girl , the mansion you stole , and Jim Bridger, by Johnny Horton. Well worth checking out.
Now you see where Jr. got his chops from. Hank Williams one of those names that is synonymous with Country Music. That's a Steele Guitar. it is picked and a slide is used on the strings to bring out different tones. A truly amazing instrument
That instrument is called a steel guitar. It uses a slide on one finger to press the strings. Hank led a very tragic life, due to being born with spina bifida. He died when his son Hank Jr aka Bocephus, was 3 yrs old, on New Years 1953 after midnight. Currently his Grandson, Hank III is also a country star. By the way, Hank Jr got the nickname Bocephus from his dad. Go back and watch A Country Boy Can Survive again and look at the neck of his guitar. Hank Jr has recorded many of his dads songs. here are even songs that with the magic of technology, Hank and Bocephus do as duets
Another fantastic country singer is Jim Reeves. Some of his hits are 'He'll have to go', 'I love you because', 'Distant drums', and 'Welcome to my world'.
3:23 That's a yodel - it happens naturally when you sing through the break in your vocal register, i.e. from chest to head voice. A number of music styles, such as Country and Bluegrass, use deliberate vocal breaks to create an effect - it can sound a bit like crying & Hank Williams was known for his mournful sound.
That's a steel guitar. Hank jr did his daddy proud but Hank is the original. "Setting The Woods On Fire/Hey Good Looking/Your Cheating Heart/I Saw The Light, and Jambalaya are just a few of his great hits.
Settin' the Woods on Fire was written when the guys were driving to another venue. They stopped and had chili for dinner and it gave Hank diahrea. He got the driver to pull over and ran into the woods. A song was born! 🤣
@@pklbndt11 OMG, I never heard that story...Well, they say the best songs come from the writers true experiences, lol. I don't think I will ever hear that song quite the same again! 😂
Yall need to hear "there's a tear in my beer" it was a Hank Sr. that never was released and found in the 80s and given to Hank Jr. And Hank Jr. recorded along with his dad vocals. It was a big deal as Hank Sr. died when Hank Jr. was 3 years old
The cool thing is the way the cut the video together with a video off Hank Sr singing what I think is "Cheating Heart" so they could sing on the same "Stage".
That vocal technique you're talking about is technically called passaggio, but most people refer to it as a voice break. It's usually used to transition between two vocal registers.
I grew up listening to Hank Williams, Hank Snow and Johnny Cash thanks to my dad. Try Hank Snow, I've Been Everywhere. The instrument that looks like a tiny guitar is most likely a Mandolin, or possibly a large Ukelele
That vocal inflection he does is called a tear, like tearing paper, but it's your voice. The unusual sounding instrument is a pedal steel guitar, very popular in country music. Hank's guitar is legendary and is still in use today. Another musician who values the worth of what came before owns it and uses it, Neil Young has it and as a commemorative, even took it back to the old Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Old Opry, and played the very spot where Hank had stood decades before. Sadly your take on Junior growing up at daddy's knee is not quite how it went. Hank Sr. was addicted to booze and pills. He was in constant pain and life on the road didn't help and Senior died on the road when Junior was still young. There is a third Hank Williams. His grandson has a career and sounds very much like Senior.
Hank Williams III does indeed sound a lot like Hank Williams, Sr.. If you get the opportunity to do so, I would like to see the both of you react to his song, "Whiskey, Weed, And Women". It makes me cry every time I listen to it.
Stacy, Keb Moe's version is an absolute killer. I have it from a cd called "Timeless" and it's the best blues song ever written and he does it so much justice.
Others have said, it's a pedal steel guitar. Here's a performer you may like, his name is Junior Brown. Excellent player of a custom instrument he had made called a git-steel; a regular electric guitar AND a slide steel. Songs to start with for him might be Highway Patrol and My Wife Thinks You're Dead. There are some videos of him playing with the Beach Boys where he does a great cover of 409.
Listen to "Luke the Drifter"-the songs "Too Many Parties & Too Many Pals", & "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw". I'm 64 & my voice still cracks while singing along!
Amber would laugh at this but the song Cold Cold heart was written when Audrey Williams at that time Hank Williams wife was pregnant with Hank Williams Jr he went into the hospital room to check on her and felt her chest and told his buddy Little Jimmy Dickens which was also a country music artist that woman has the coldest heart I've ever felt and went into the waiting room and wrote the song Cold Cold heart the song that you are hearing
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “Honky Tonk Blues” are two great songs by Hank. Many, many rock and roll artists have covered Hank Williams songs, his songs sound great sped up with a rock beat. You’ll love Huey Lewis doing “Honky Tonk Blues,” or George Thorogood doing “Move It On Over.”
Hank Jr was only about 3 years old when his dad died. He did get a LOT of lessons from quite a few major stars of the time even though he couldn't get them from his father.
Hank's theory on his music was summed up by Hank when he said "I want a farm boy to hear my song on Friday night and be able to whistle it in the field on Saturday". Simplicity wasn't just a style, it was a calculated design. Brilliant.
King of country music and the Beatles of his time (Do Beatles please?!!). Almost never sang a happy song and may’ve done the very first rock n roll song. He also recorded gospel music under the name, Luke The Drifter. Died in the back seat of a Cadillac on the way to a gig in 1953….at the age of 29. Hank Jr. didn’t know his Dad very well… LOVE you guys!!! That’s a dobro or pedal steel guitar…..used very much in Hawaiian music as well….
That's called having a "whine" in your voice. Those are some of the old western country traits that you hear in the voices of the legendary singers...the "Whines", "Twangs", and the "Yodels". And the instrument that I think you are referring to is the "Steel Guitar" which is literally a guitar with a steel frame that sits horizontally and played with a pick and a slide which is the tube of metal that they slide along the strings to make that wavering sound. There's a lot of styles of cowboy hats too, especially back then.
Country music, especially the older country, was about the story and the emotion. You are probably hearing the steel guitar that you are calling a riff and it was very prominent in the older country. All the little scoops and dips and cracks in the voice added to the emotion. My dad told me once that had he not died (he died at 29 I believe at the end of 1952) we might never have heard of Elvis Presley. But Hank wrote most if not all the songs he sang and was just an incredible writer. He was a big star as it was, but had he lived there's no telling what he would have done. He knew how to tell the story in his song. I did not care for him when I was young, but I love him now that I understand it better. I'm 77 now, but did not get his music until into my 40's. Guess I had to live some of it to understand it lol!
Incredible indeed! Hank had problems with chronic pain and was on a lot of painkillers. In 1952 those were handed out like candy. Hank took too many and died in the backseat of a car traveling through Ohio on his way to a concert in Canto.
About 30 years ago I gave my mom a boxed record set of Hank Williams music. She was the right age for his music, although she’d never heard of him until she moved to this country; I was the right age to appreciate what I was hearing for the first time. He was a poet of legendary proportions, and I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves from current country acts, for his storytelling powers.
Nobody did heartbreak and sorrow like Hank Williams. His definitive tune is I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. That damn whippoorwill...
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No less than Elvis Presley called I’m so lonesome I could cry the saddest song he had ever heard.
Without a doubt, his best song. HW was an amazing songwriter.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry: Dylan loved the lyrics.
one of the greatest songs ever written
A classic. Try I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
Yes I agree. My favorite by him is I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
Bethany have you heard Keb Mo's version of this song? Best blues song ever written and he absolutely kills it.
@@dougieyou I haven't but I'll check it out now.
Elvis called I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry the saddest song ever written.
The instrument in question is called a "pedal steel guitar". The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi (sliding notes) and deep vibrati-characteristics it shares with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with American country music and Hawaiian music.
Actually that one doesnt have pedals and knee levers, Hanks band used the more primitive table top steel. Basically a lap steel with legs, sometimes with multiple necks. Notice he is standing up so no pedals or knee levers in use. Pedal Steels would come into use very soon after this though.
Yes exactly !
My uncle used to make Hawaiian guitars with the steel slider for a hobby.
Not a pedal steel. He'd have to be sitting to use the knee levers and pedals. And is used in country music mostly, but has been used in other music genres on some songs. If you want to hear some great pedal steel, check out Buddy Emmons!
I thought it was called a slide guitar
Actually, Hank Sr. died at 29 years old. Hank, Jr. was a small boy when his Daddy died, but Jr.'s mom made him perform his dad's songs.
Don Helms is the master steel guitar player on all Hank Williams’ hits.
I could listen to Cold, Cold Heart ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT
Masterpiece of sound and song.
Thank you so much for playing❤️💋✌️
One of the most revered Country Music Legends. Most people will not give this "old" music a chance. His song Hank Jr. is a legend. I Am So Lonesome I Could Cry is pure poetry. Many artists have covered it.
I like this kind of "Classic Country" WAY more than the new "Country"....
@@johnathandavis3693 IT'S more soulful it touches your heart !
Been listening to old music for over 15 years now. So much more soul, creativity and artistry goes seems to have gone into it.
"The silence of a falling star,
Lights up a purple sky,
And as I wonder where you are,
I'm so lonesome I could cry"
Hank Williams has a lot of pleasant gems for you.Thumbs up!!!
Called the hillbilly Shakespeare during his lifetime. His poetic and deeply emotional songs are classics. He worked hard getting them down just right. When he sang songs written by others he made them into Hank Williams songs as well. “Once dear I thought I knew the way. That was before old sad yesterday. The words that you told me cut like a knife. Now I’m lost on the River, the River of life. “
A yodel, as in yodeling. And yes, "Your Cheating Heart" was a better known song of his and "Jambalaya" was a more upbeat and fun song
I think it's also referred to as a cry. Jambalaya was one of my favorite songs when I was a very small child.
Elvis is the King of Rock & Roll and Hank is the King of Country.... and thats a fact !!!!!!!!
Hank Williams is the GOAT! Do yourselves and your listeners a favor and dive deep into his incredible songs!
His song "Hey, good lookin' " is great too.
Glad somebody finally brought up that song.
If you love his sound don’t deny yourselves “Jambalaya”. His most FUN number IMO ❤️
I second this!
I agree
I think “Move It On Over” is a lot of fun too. ☮️🌼♥️
I agree too!
Hell yeah, one of my favorite songs of his.
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is worth a listen. For me, that the quintessential Hank Williams song
I think “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” is in the top 5 Country Songs, but I must admit I like the BJ Thomas version better.
"The moon just went behind the clouds, To hide its face and cry".......one of the most poetic lines in music, not just country music but all genres....
The instrument is a Steel guitar
It is a steel guitar and it is definitely "the sound" of country music. David Allen Cole does a great song about Hank Sr. that is beautiful and haunting. It's "The Ride"
It's David Allan Coe, not "Cole". I know because my uncle was in prison with him! lol. It was Ohio in the 1960's. My family is also from Akron, and he and my uncle met and became friends in prison, and afterwards. Anyway, yeah, "The Ride" is awesome.
@@ChickyDoodleAnnie Unfortunatley though David Alan Coe is a racist ,mysogonist pig.
The steel pedal guitar also features in Hawaiian music from the 50's and 60's in particular.
The Steel Guitar is from Hawaii. A revival tour from there traveled through East Texas and the locals picked up the instrument.
Hank's songs were from his heart, simple and basic, but it reached into the soul of many in his time and others growing up afterwards. I think he passed away in 1952 or '53, but I was born in 1952 and grew up hearing him. Hank Jr is a classic in his own way, love his voice and music but his father, Hank Sr' s songs touched me in my earlier life. He's a classic.
Hank Jr. was only 3 years old when Hank Sr. passed away. Most of Jr's songs are about growing up in the shadow of his Dad and the expectations placed on him at a very young age.
Hank Sr died in what could be called squalid conditions at age TWENTY-NINE! He had a back ailment most of his life and was prescribed pain pills that didn't quite do the job, so Hank supplemented them with alcohol. He died in the back seat of a car at a food stop while on the way to a concert; cause of death was the bad mix of the pills and the booze.
My Favorite Country Singer/songwriter! You have to hear him do I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, and Your Cheating Heart. And Lovesick Blues!!! He’s called The Hillbilly Shakespeare. He wrote beautiful lyrics. His whole life was in his songs. That’s a steel guitar. He died so young.
Hank Sr. is my favorite singer of all time. I loved Johnny Cash, George Jones, Charlie Pride but Hank was my favorite.
Just 29 when he died. He had many many Country hits in his short life. R.I.P. Hank Sr.
Absolute legend of country music, the best ever and he died so young.
This is REAL COUNTRY,!
Hank Jr. was only 3 when Hank Sr. died. Hank Sr. has inspired generations of country singers.
Ya see how wonderful music is! Hank,Satchmo,Tom Jones,Sister Rosetta, Johnny Cash,The Beatles; it's all about people expressing universal feelings. And there ain't no colors.
Satchmo 🥰 Louis Armstong was wonderful.
That little thing he did is called moaning the blues. He invented that
Move On Over and Jambalaya are great ones!! Hank playing electric guitar was a big deal back then, he was banned from the Grand Ole Opry for a while. This helped Rockabilly become a thing, which morphed with Rhythm & Blues to become rock. The only real difference between Rock and R&B is the lead instrument and color of the singer’s skin. Steel pedal guitar was used in country a lot, it originated in Hawaii!!
When I think of Hank Williams the 1st song that comes to mind is Your Cheating Heart. It’s a classic. Fun fact: he recorded under another name Luke the drifter. All the songs were story songs and very sad. My dad used to sing them to us as children.
Oh, yes, this is a classic Hank Williams hit! I love that song.
I didn't know that! Will be looking it up
Same here! Luke the Drifter
His phrasing on and off the beat was just so perfect. He also tended to write these songs and record them with almost no rehearsal time. He cranked out so many hits in a very short amount of time before he died. And yeah, that pedal steel sound totally makes it.
I like you two. You all are very entertaining, and personable.
That, my dears, is a steel guitar. One of the most distinct and unique sounds ever. It has such a beautiful and haunting sound and fits Hanks vocals so well.
Yes!
I love the sound of a steel guitar
It's a steel guitar and it is beautiful. He died at age 29 from alcohol and drug abuse, stemming from his pain from undiagnosed spina bifida.
and that was the late great Don Helms he also played on Walking After Midnight as welll as many others
With your Gospel background you’ve got to be familiar with “I Saw The Light” he wrote and recorded. There is a great story of how he came to write the song while his mom drove back from a concert he’d preformed. He sang so many country gospel songs over his short life.
I Saw the Light is a favorite of mine.
Now I heard he wrote I saw the light during a concert he did for a church picnic and got paid with food. They were on the road and he didn't know any church songs so he just went with it.
@@davidtesso4789 He was inspired by finally seeing the searchlight from the Birmingham airport after riding through miles and miles of almost total darkness.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 that's not what the movie said. Biography called your cheating heart
@@davidtesso4789 Could've just been a tale then, or maybe that's where he got the idea when he wrote the song at the church.
Hank is the king of country!!!!
Hank Williams from my city of Montgomery Alabama.
Hank Williams is pretty much the GOAT when it came to bringing country to the mainstream in his short life/career. And this song was covered by crooner Tony Bennet a year or so after Hank released it and it became a huge cross over pop hit. That's part of why he was joking at the beginning of this clip about how this song bought the band a lot of beans and biscuits. Maybe check out Tony Bennet's version just to contrast to this version?
They called him Hillbilly Shakespeare. He lived a heartbreaking life and it all wound up in his music.
"I'm so lonesome I could cry" is an absolutely beautiful song of his.
Right on bro, it will blow their minds!!
There is Hank 3 also...hes awesome
Another cool guitar is a guitsteel, played by Junior Brown. He was a 90s country star, check out "my wife thinks your dead".
He’s one of the greatest songwriters ever. He wrote 167 songs by the time he died at the age of 29. His songs run the gamut of human experience; Hank is known as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare”. He couldn’t keep out of trouble either, his publisher said he had a million dollar voice and a 10 cent brain.
Haha!, but a ten cent brain can’t write all those great songs.
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His song Move It On Over was covered by blues rocker George Thorogood.
One of my favorites from Hank Williams is "There's A Tear In My Beer". Williams Jr. did a duet. Like Natalie Cole did a duet with her father Nat King Cole "Unforgettable".
Lisa Marie and Elvis "In The Ghetto "
What I was waiting for
Hank Williams is the true king of country
"Your Cheatin Heart" and "So Lonesome I Could Cry" are the most Iconic Hank Williams Senior songs the 1st being my FAVORITE!! Your Cheatin Heart is a CLASSIC Heartbreak song. His Emotion charged voice and lyrics are TIMELESS!!!!!!
Elvis Presley said I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry was the saddest song he'd ever heard.
So Lomesome I could cry is my all time favorite.
The true legend Hank Williams Sr. Another great rabbit hole, "Move it on over, Lovesick Blues, Jambalaya, You're Cheating Heart"
Even though Hank Sr. passed away when Hank Jr. was only 3 through modern technology they were able to sing a duet. If you want to check it out it's called There's a Tear in My Beer.
The man that introduced HW was Roy Acuff... a country legend in his own right..
I love Hank Williams! I used to sing Hey Good Lookin' to my daughter when she was a baby. That's a good one to react to! Thanks for your reaction! You both are so cute and uplifting! 🥰
I sing that to my grandson all the time! My dad sang that to me ALL THE TIME!!
It is a pedal steel guitar. It is the sound that is a staple of country music.
Lap Steel tuned to C6. No pedals on those.
Pedal steel had not come out yet.
Not a pedal steel guitar. Don Helms playes a regular steel guitar.
Hank was a prodigal singer, and songwriter. One of my favorites he wrote was Kaw-Liga. Has an amazing vibe.
Now you need to listen to “I’m so Lonesome”.
Hank Williams died before my time and I'm so glad his music lives on today like it does! People young enough to be my kids love his music!
The battle of new Orleans , honky tonk man , all for the love of a girl , the mansion you stole , and Jim Bridger, by Johnny Horton. Well worth checking out.
Now you see where Jr. got his chops from. Hank Williams one of those names that is synonymous with Country Music. That's a Steele Guitar. it is picked and a slide is used on the strings to bring out different tones. A truly amazing instrument
Les Paul and Mary Ford "How High The Moon" is a sound I love.
Absolute country royalty!! Along with George Jones, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and many others...
Roy Rogers: "I'm Going To Build A Fence Around Texas".
Hank never rushed the words even when it was an upbeat song. He got every drop of value fom the song
I grew up on Classic Rock, but I think that Hank Williams is America's greatest songwriter.
There is Woody Guthrie.
@@nedludd7622 No doubt. Woody is an Okie, just like me. He’s terrific, of course, but I still stand by opinion of Hank.
Gotta listen to “jambalaya”such a masterpiece Two chords, but a whole story.
My father loved Hank Williams! I have an old time record of Hank Williams - one of those really thick vinyls.
Love Hank Sr. Check out Move it on over or so lonesome I could cry
Sr. and Jr. had different music, different styles, different
voices, each very talented.
That is called a steel guitar. Very popular back in the day
That instrument is called a steel guitar. It uses a slide on one finger to press the strings. Hank led a very tragic life, due to being born with spina bifida. He died when his son Hank Jr aka Bocephus, was 3 yrs old, on New Years 1953 after midnight. Currently his Grandson, Hank III is also a country star. By the way, Hank Jr got the nickname Bocephus from his dad. Go back and watch A Country Boy Can Survive again and look at the neck of his guitar.
Hank Jr has recorded many of his dads songs. here are even songs that with the magic of technology, Hank and Bocephus do as duets
Another fantastic country singer is Jim Reeves. Some of his hits are 'He'll have to go', 'I love you because', 'Distant drums', and 'Welcome to my world'.
“He’ll Have To Go” was one of my mom’s favorites! I think he’s a country crooner ☮️
Yes, please react to Jim Reeves.
jim reeves and pat boone were my mums faves too, country crooners through and through.
3:23 That's a yodel - it happens naturally when you sing through the break in your vocal register, i.e. from chest to head voice. A number of music styles, such as Country and Bluegrass, use deliberate vocal breaks to create an effect - it can sound a bit like crying & Hank Williams was known for his mournful sound.
The greatest singer/songwriter who ever lived. The Hillbilly Shakespeare!
This a quite humorous country song. Best slide guitar. I saw him its great😅
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MY WIFE THINKS YOUR DEAD.
country
You gotta check out Jambalaya.
My grandfather used to sing “Hey Good Lookin” by Hank Williams when I was little, Hank Williams holds a special place in my heart.
That's a steel guitar. Hank jr did his daddy proud but Hank is the original. "Setting The Woods On Fire/Hey Good Looking/Your Cheating Heart/I Saw The Light, and Jambalaya are just a few of his great hits.
Settin' the Woods on Fire was written when the guys were driving to another venue. They stopped and had chili for dinner and it gave Hank diahrea. He got the driver to pull over and ran into the woods. A song was born! 🤣
@@pklbndt11 OMG, I never heard that story...Well, they say the best songs come from the writers true experiences, lol. I don't think I will ever hear that song quite the same again! 😂
This is real country RIp Hank Williams 🙏🙏🙏🙏☮️💟
My uncle, played the steel guitar in a band when I was a kid, i really liked the sound of it as a child.
Hank Williams is to Country music as Elvis was to Rock & Roll.
Yall need to hear "there's a tear in my beer" it was a Hank Sr. that never was released and found in the 80s and given to Hank Jr. And Hank Jr. recorded along with his dad vocals. It was a big deal as Hank Sr. died when Hank Jr. was 3 years old
The cool thing is the way the cut the video together with a video off Hank Sr singing what I think is "Cheating Heart" so they could sing on the same "Stage".
@@kelaEQ2 yeah. That high tech stuff to be done back in the 80s to able to change his lips to match up with song
That vocal technique you're talking about is technically called passaggio, but most people refer to it as a voice break. It's usually used to transition between two vocal registers.
Came to the comments just for this answer. Thank you!
Hank died when Hank JR, was 3 years he wrote 50 number 1 hits died at age 29
Hank Williams is the king of country imho!!That man has such a catalog!
It's known as a "pedal steele guitar". Became popular with the servicemen on Hawaii in WW 2.
"I Cant Help If I'm Still In Love With You". Hank the Legend. This song got him his record contract.
I grew up listening to Hank Williams, Hank Snow and Johnny Cash thanks to my dad. Try Hank Snow, I've Been Everywhere. The instrument that looks like a tiny guitar is most likely a Mandolin, or possibly a large Ukelele
I'm so lonesome I could cry!
Hank Williams IS OG Country
That vocal inflection he does is called a tear, like tearing paper, but it's your voice. The unusual sounding instrument is a pedal steel guitar, very popular in country music. Hank's guitar is legendary and is still in use today. Another musician who values the worth of what came before owns it and uses it, Neil Young has it and as a commemorative, even took it back to the old Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Old Opry, and played the very spot where Hank had stood decades before.
Sadly your take on Junior growing up at daddy's knee is not quite how it went. Hank Sr. was addicted to booze and pills. He was in constant pain and life on the road didn't help and Senior died on the road when Junior was still young. There is a third Hank Williams. His grandson has a career and sounds very much like Senior.
Hank Williams III does indeed sound a lot like Hank Williams, Sr.. If you get the opportunity to do so, I would like to see the both of you react to his song, "Whiskey, Weed, And Women". It makes me cry every time I listen to it.
Ironically watched a video earlier today of Keb' Mo' and James Taylor covering I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
Stacy, Keb Moe's version is an absolute killer. I have it from a cd called "Timeless" and it's the best blues song ever written and he does it so much justice.
Keb’ Mo’ is just wonderful, in general! We used to dance West Coast Swing to a lot of his music.
Others have said, it's a pedal steel guitar. Here's a performer you may like, his name is Junior Brown. Excellent player of a custom instrument he had made called a git-steel; a regular electric guitar AND a slide steel. Songs to start with for him might be Highway Patrol and My Wife Thinks You're Dead. There are some videos of him playing with the Beach Boys where he does a great cover of 409.
Junior Brown can mix old time country with Jimi Hendrix
Check out his surf medley
It is also a popular instrument in Hawaiian music.
Highway Patrol is great. No doubt.
Junior Brown is A freakin MAZING ...YES
I love y’all’s reactions!!!! Hank Sr., Hank Jr.
What a talented musician Hank Sr was, his voice still sends shivers down my spine. And I’ve been listening to him for over 50 years…👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Listen to "Luke the Drifter"-the songs "Too Many Parties & Too Many Pals", & "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw". I'm 64 & my voice still cracks while singing along!
He died at age 29. You should try YOUR CHEATING HEART and I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY.
Amber would laugh at this but the song Cold Cold heart was written when Audrey Williams at that time Hank Williams wife was pregnant with Hank Williams Jr he went into the hospital room to check on her and felt her chest and told his buddy Little Jimmy Dickens which was also a country music artist that woman has the coldest heart I've ever felt and went into the waiting room and wrote the song Cold Cold heart the song that you are hearing
Hank Williams is a true legend.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. All are measured to him.0
Hank Sr. was about as country as you can get. He was very popular
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “Honky Tonk Blues” are two great songs by Hank.
Many, many rock and roll artists have covered Hank Williams songs, his songs sound great sped up with a rock beat. You’ll love Huey Lewis doing “Honky Tonk Blues,” or George Thorogood doing “Move It On Over.”
Hank Jr was only about 3 years old when his dad died. He did get a LOT of lessons from quite a few major stars of the time even though he couldn't get them from his father.
Hank's theory on his music was summed up by Hank when he said "I want a farm boy to hear my song on Friday night and be able to whistle it in the field on Saturday". Simplicity wasn't just a style, it was a calculated design. Brilliant.
Holy shit, as a farm boy who worked the fields he did it
Hank Sr. died when Hank was 3, Jr. has got a song MAN OF STEEL.
King of country music and the Beatles of his time (Do Beatles please?!!).
Almost never sang a happy song and may’ve done the very first rock n roll song. He also recorded gospel music under the name, Luke The Drifter.
Died in the back seat of a Cadillac on the way to a gig in 1953….at the age of 29.
Hank Jr. didn’t know his Dad very well…
LOVE you guys!!!
That’s a dobro or pedal steel guitar…..used very much in Hawaiian music as well….
That's called having a "whine" in your voice. Those are some of the old western country traits that you hear in the voices of the legendary singers...the "Whines", "Twangs", and the "Yodels". And the instrument that I think you are referring to is the "Steel Guitar" which is literally a guitar with a steel frame that sits horizontally and played with a pick and a slide which is the tube of metal that they slide along the strings to make that wavering sound. There's a lot of styles of cowboy hats too, especially back then.
Country music, especially the older country, was about the story and the emotion. You are probably hearing the steel guitar that you are calling a riff and it was very prominent in the older country. All the little scoops and dips and cracks in the voice added to the emotion. My dad told me once that had he not died (he died at 29 I believe at the end of 1952) we might never have heard of Elvis Presley. But Hank wrote most if not all the songs he sang and was just an incredible writer. He was a big star as it was, but had he lived there's no telling what he would have done. He knew how to tell the story in his song. I did not care for him when I was young, but I love him now that I understand it better. I'm 77 now, but did not get his music until into my 40's. Guess I had to live some of it to understand it lol!
Incredible indeed! Hank had problems with chronic pain and was on a lot of painkillers. In 1952 those were handed out like candy. Hank took too many and died in the backseat of a car traveling through Ohio on his way to a concert in Canto.
Aren't you glad you found Hank?
About 30 years ago I gave my mom a boxed record set of Hank Williams music. She was the right age for his music, although she’d never heard of him until she moved to this country; I was the right age to appreciate what I was hearing for the first time.
He was a poet of legendary proportions, and I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves from current country acts, for his storytelling powers.
Wow!!! Hank Senior set the bar!!!😘😘😘👍👍👍👍
Hank Williams , I am so lonesome I could cry. Please