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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Hank Williams Jr. Covers Neil Young's "Are You Ready for the Country?" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon


Hank Williams Jr. covered Neil Young's "Are You Ready for the Country?" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week.

Young's "Are You Ready for the Country?" is the 1st track on Hank Williams Jr.'s new album It's About Time.

Preview track from Hank Williams Jr.'s new album It's About Time on Amazon.com.


Neil Young & Jimmy Fallon

More on Jimmy Fallon's long running love affair with Neil Young's music:

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", Neil Young as guest, February 3, 2015

Jimmy Fallon featured an Air Guitarist Shredding "Down by the River": Bradley Cooper on Tonight Show.

As previously noted, it is quite well established by now that Jimmy Fallon tremendously admires Neil Young and goes to considerable lengths to showcase his "Neil Passion".
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4 comments:

  1. Genghis Kon1/20/2016 03:51:00 PM

    I don't know if Hank Jr. is a fan of Neil, but he probably learned the song through Waylon. It's worth pointing out that his arrangement closely resembles the title track from the Waylon album.

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  2. SONY1/20/2016 09:12:00 PM

    Now that's Funky!

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  3. Mr Henry1/22/2016 09:49:00 AM

    Great version of "Are You Ready For The Country" by Hank Jr. Nice job, Bocephus--my Mom remembered your Daddy from way back when they were both little ones, growing up down near the Panhandle, and she would tell me nice stories when I was growing up. Her cousin and best friend Lillibelle lived up the road in Georgiana, same as him.

    As GK points out, this is similar to Waylon's version, which is also great. Not too surprising there--they were both influenced by the very amazing and under appreciated Steve Young, who is probably the Godfather (or at least one of them) of Outlaw Country. Steve is also still around and performing...check out his old and new stuff when you can; "Montgomery In The Rain" is a favorite of mine, and was covered by Hank Jr. many years back.



    For Evita Escovedo RIP...Por Vida
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oju5faOUk4

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  4. thrasher1/22/2016 03:00:00 PM

    @GK: It would seem a safe bet that Hank Jr is a Neil fan would it not?

    @SONY - oh yeah!

    @Mr H - as always, thanks for the education with the Steve Young info. Someone else to check out.

    Bummer on Evita E. :(

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