In 1979, having recovered from a near-fatal mountain climbing accident in Montana,Hank Williams Jr.made a return to the spotlight with his whiskey-bent outlaw persona fully formed on the albumFamily Tradition. Thetitle track– a defiant, sneering statement of rebellion – has since be...
Hank Williams Jr. is lucky to be alive after a climbing trip that almost cost him his life. Williams went to climb a snowy Ajax Peak in Montana when he slipped and fell a terrifying 500 feet. It wasn't the fall's distance that was life-threatening, but the fact that he hit a bould...