Montana Cafe: Original Classic Hits, Vol.21

Hank Williams Jr. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: CURB
• ASIN: B00000DAI5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Classic Rock > Southern Rock
  • #85 in Music > Country > Outlaw Country

Track Listings

1. Country State of Mind

2. Montana Cafe

3. My Girl Don't Like My Cowboy Hat

4. When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)

5. Medley: Harvest Moon/St. Louis Blues

6. You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)

7. My Name Is Bocephus

8. Loving Instructor

9. Fat Friends

10. Mind Your Own Business

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Montana Cafe, Vol. 21 by Hank Williams Jr.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An album of contrasts, March 7, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Montana Cafe: Original Classic Hits, Vol.21 (Audio CD)

Hank's style of music mixes blues, rock and country in a way that is all his own. This album is a great example of his music, though blues and rock are much more evident on this album than country. Hank wrote or co-wrote seven of the ten tracks here, but his choice of covers is, as usual, outstanding.

The opening track, Country state of mind, is actually a bluesy song despite its title - very moody. Montana café is a very reflective song. The tempo picks up on the next song. My girl don't like my cowboy hat, which really rocks. The tempo slows again for When something is good why does it change. Next comes a medley of two very old songs - Shine on harvest moon (from 1909) and St Louis blues (only a few years younger). Hank's bluesy covers of these classics may not please everybody but they suit his style and I'm glad he included them. Another cover follows, this time it's the blues rocker, You can't judge a book, from the songbook of Willie Dixon.

Hank sings about himself in My name is Bocephus - a moody blues rocker. Loving instructor is another great blues rocker. Fat friends also rocks but is more light-hearted. Perhaps the best track of all is the last (and the only one that sounds country) - a cover of his father's Mind your own business, in which Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and Reverend Ike each sing a few lines.

This album has little to do with country music but it is a high quality album that demonstrates Hank at his best.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this old rockabilly, just wish he'd keep his trap shut re: politics!, November 5, 2011

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This review is from: Montana Cafe: Original Classic Hits, Vol.21 (Audio CD)

Love this classic album. The album is full of the old rocker's classic iconoclastic music. Recommended for all fans of Hank Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars Country State of Mind, August 13, 2008

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Andrea "Readaholic" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Montana Cafe: Original Classic Hits, Vol.21 (Audio CD)

"Country State of Mind" is my favorite song ever. It is the first song on this CD. I can listen to it over and over. I love both the words and the music. It is about being in the country and fishing. Lots of Hank Jr.'s songs are about the country, and that's one reason why I like his songs so much.