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Bull Butter
08-09-2007, 01:39 AM
32 years ago today(8-8-75), Hank Williams, Jr. was climbing in the Ajax Mountains of Montana, when he slipped and fell over 100 feet and landed face-first onto a sharp boulder.

The accident nearly claimed his life and practically destroyed his face. It required 3 years of recovery and numerous plastic surgeries to put his face back together. To this day, he is never seen without his beard and dark glasses, which cover up the many scars he has as a result of his ordeal.

More than that, it marked a turning point in his career. He went from the look-alike, sound-alike of his famous dad to singing his own songs and taking on the "outlaw" persona that made him a superstar, all of which may have never happened if not for a horrifying accident which happened 32 years ago today.
maroonpirate04
08-09-2007, 01:50 AM
Hmmm I had turned 5 that day
Phil C
08-09-2007, 09:23 AM
He had given a concert in Tyler a few months before in March I think. I got to go and see and hear him. He was great.
crzyjournalist03
08-09-2007, 09:27 AM
Is he the guy from the Monday Night Football song???
Maroon87
08-09-2007, 09:36 AM
Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
Is he the guy from the Monday Night Football song???

Well, before that he had a boat load of #1 hits and was Entertainer of the Year a few times. As big as Kenny Chesney is today, "Bocephus" was that big 20 years ago.
burnet44
08-09-2007, 09:38 AM
I was a 19 year old sophomre at ASU
crzyjournalist03
08-09-2007, 09:41 AM
Originally posted by Maroon87
Well, before that he had a boat load of #1 hits and was Entertainer of the Year a few times. As big as Kenny Chesney is today, "Bocephus" was that big 20 years ago.

but that is the guy right?
Phil C
08-09-2007, 09:46 AM
Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
but that is the guy right?

Yes.
crzyjournalist03
08-09-2007, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by Phil C
Yes.

well he is good! And I never even knew that he wore facial hair to cover scars!
Phil C
08-09-2007, 11:52 AM
Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
well he is good! And I never even knew that he wore facial hair to cover scars!

I didn't either crzy. I saw him when he had a concert in Tyler about 6 months before the accident.
BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
08-09-2007, 12:45 PM
Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
Is he the guy from the Monday Night Football song???

I just find this question dumb for some reason. Not knocking you, but I guess growing up on a farm makes me more prone to knowing things like that.
ASUFrisbeeStud
08-09-2007, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by burnet44
I was a 19 year old sophomre at ASU

Haha so was my dad.
crzyjournalist03
08-09-2007, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I just find this question dumb for some reason. Not knocking you, but I guess growing up on a farm makes me more prone to knowing things like that.

my musical background is lacking all around...I couldn't recognize hardly anybody by their pictures and even fewer by their songs...music has just never been my thing for some reason...