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Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana and known by the nickname Bocephus, he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with Lone Gone Lonesome Blue, a staple of his father's career.
After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart , a biography of his father, Williams Jr hit the charts with one of his own compositions, Standing in the Shadows. The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father, and he became best known for hits like Family Tradition and Born to Boogie.
While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs and alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing with Southern rock musicians like Toy Caldwell , Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels.
In 1975, he was severely injured in a mountain-climbing accident in Montana. Upon his recovery (which took two years), Williams worked with Waylon JenningsWaylon Jennings ( June 15, 1937 February 13, 2002) was a popular American country music singer and guitarist, born in Littlefield, Texas. Biography Texas Panhandle Growing up in the abject poverty of the Dust Bowl, a young Waylon Jennings sought to escape on The New South . He didn't reach the charts again until the late 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends, with I Fought the Law ( Bobby FullerBobby Fuller ( October 22, 1942 July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer and guitarist best known for his classic "I Fought the Law". Born in Baytown, Texas, Fuller spent most of his youth in El Paso, Texas, where he idolized Buddy Holly, a fellow West), Family Tradition and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. During the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. By the end of the decade, however, the hits had dried up, with his last major success being There's a Tear in My Beer, a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques.
He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a television broadcast of one of the premier National Football League matches of the week. It airs live on the ABC television network in the United States on Monday nights during the NFL season, and is one of the most popular show, based on All My Rowdy Friends, and also for recording the "unofficial theme song of Operation Desert Storm", Don't Give Us A Reason, whose most well-remembered lyrics were, "Hey Ol' Saddam you figured wrong, when you thought the whole world would back down/You can take your poison gas and stick it up your sassafras."
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