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RS Country – by Joseph Hudak -Watch the all-star video for “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”

To revisit the 1984 music video for Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” is to return to a time in country music when characters reigned. Actual, honest-to-goodness, no-stylist-on-the-payroll mavericks. And despite cameos from some of country’s wildest dudes, there was no bigger character on the “Rowdy Friends” set than Bocephus.

Wearing shirts that apparently didn’t have buttons, “Hank”-emblazoned suspenders and a shit-eating grin bigger than his straw cowboy hat, Williams was all wild-eyed energy, whether cavorting with women in matching pre-Robert Palmer leotards or hamming it up on a ramshackle yard-party stage. His comic masterstroke, however, was clumsily acting out the opening lyric of the song — “I’ve got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burned my hand” — during a surreal segment with Paul Williams.

And that’s before all hell breaks loose. Williams (Paul, not Hank Jr.) leads a party-hearty charge to Casa de Bocephus, with familiar faces from country, rock and even comedy in tow. George Jones is spotted — naturally — on a riding lawnmower. George Thorogood shows up in a hot rod. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong stumble out of a smoke-filled limo. And Porter Wagoner woos a young girl with his…pen.

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When Paul Williams arrives, he does so with Little Jimmy Dickens, the two of them hossing a keg of beer bigger than the famously diminutive Dickens into the party.

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But the cool cameos belong to the usual suspects: Kris Kristofferson, in black leather and a Hank Williams T-shirt, makes eyes at a woman; while Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson engage in a game of poker — with a parrot.

The capper? In a nod to Junior’s famous pops, a guy dressed as Hank Sr. pulls up — and then flies away — in a spectral Cadillac.

Look closely and you’ll see Nelson sporting a T-shirt that reads “Life’s a bitch, then you die — have a good day,” but thanks to Williams’ all-star shindig, the party goes on forever.

'All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight' is a song written and recorded by American country music performer Hank Williams Jr. It was released in October 1984 as the second single from his album Major Moves. It peaked at number ten on the country music charts. From 1989 to 2011, Williams performed a version of the song (reworked as 'All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night') as the opening theme to Monday Night Football.^[1] The song was reinstated in 2017, with a new version by Williams Jr., Florida Georgia Line and Jason Derulo.

Music video[edit]

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Directed by John Goodhue, the music video for the song features artists such as George Jones driving a riding mower; Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings playing poker; Little Jimmy Dickens and Paul Williams carrying a keg of beer; Cheech & Chong stumbling out of a smoke-filled limousine; William Lee Golden (of The Oak Ridge Boys) hitchhiking; Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) as a chauffeur; and George Thorogood entertaining other celebrities like Mel Tillis, Kris Kristofferson, Grandpa Jones, Porter Wagoner, Jim Varney, at Hank Jr.'s 'party pad out in the woods.' At the end of the video, a ghostly Cadillac flies into the night sky, referencing the fact that his father, Hank Williams, died while riding in a Cadillac.

Single and album versions[edit]

The album version is different from the single (and video) version, which changes the lines 'ready to get the summer/summertime started' in the last two choruses to 'ready to get the music started' in the second chorus and 'c'mon and get your motor started' in the final chorus.

Commercial and critical success[edit]

The single would go on to become one of Williams' signature songs (thanks to Monday Night Football) and became his 26th career Top 10 single on the BillboardHot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It also garnered a number of prestigious music industry awards and nominations. The music video became the inaugural winner for both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Music Video of the Year award. Williams' vocal performance earned him a nomination for Country Music Association Awards as well as Grammy Award nominations for Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1985.

Chart performance[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abWhitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 466. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
2. ^'Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Hot Country Songs)'. Billboard.

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