Watch Hank Williams Jr. Burn Down The Barn With This Performance Of “Mobile Boogie” On ‘Hee-Haw’ From 1978

Now, we all know that Mr. Bocephus, also briefly known as Rockin’ Randall, but most commonly known as Hank Williams Jr., has been rowdy as all hell for many, many legendary years now.

While he’s since settled down quite a bit some, real fans will always remember the decade upon where he first started to display that hillbilly outlaw rowdiness, which went on to eventually became his worldwide trademark.

The date was October 14th, 1978, a year and a half off of his latest two previously-released albums, One Night Stands and The New South, both from 1977. And ‘ol Bocephus felt like coming on over to see some of his other rowdy friends in the always memorable Hee Haw gang.

If you’re not old enough to remember Hee Haw, the country music variety show aired from 1969 to 1997 and featured some legendary performances from some of country music’s biggest artists at the time.

For that night in particular, Hank decided to play a big, loud, and albeit cuttin’ loose version of his original tune called, “Mobile Boogie,” previously featured on the same “One Night Stands” record mentioned earlier.

In the song, Mr. Hank sings about the proud admiration he has for his southern Alabama roots, whilst also mentioning that there’s a girl who’s been waiting around down at home back in Dixie for him to do the “Mobile Boogie” with her.

Meanwhile, there’s also a reference to his legendary late father’s song, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” where he sings, “This is the reason I’m saying goodbye, I get so lonesome that I’m ready to cry.” (The reason being of course, his longing for doing the “Mobile Boogie” with that very same sweet woman still down in Dixie, as mentioned earlier in the song). The original is already very up tempo, and fun, but I’ll wholeheartedly admit, that his version on Hee Haw is a whole a hell lot better, and more so as well.

Here’s a video of that exact performance down below, shown as a later re broadcast on CMT from back in the mid 2000’s:

The YouTube channel that uploaded the performance, Concert Junkie, has also uploaded many other great, and previously unseen, Hank Williams Jr. live performances, along with recordings of his very old school tracks that you have most likely never heard before.

It’s a treasure trove of country music history from Hank Jr. and plenty of others, so if you’re interested in some good classic country music, check out some of their other videos:

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