Randy VanWarmer

He died of leukemia. He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on All My Rowdy Friends, and also for recording the "unofficial theme song of Operation Desert Storm", Don't Give Us A Reason, whose most well-remembered lyrics were, "Hey Ol' Saddam you figured wrong, when you thought the whole world would back down/You can take your poison gas and stick it up your sassafras.". His biggest success was the pop hit "Just When I Needed You Most" in 1979. By the end of the decade, however, the hits had dried up, with his last major success being There's a Tear in My Beer, a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. Randy VanWarmer (March 30, 1955 - January 12, 2004) was an American songwriter and guitarist. He didn't reach the charts again until the late 1970s, with I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller), Family Tradition and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. During the 1980s, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. Upon his recovery (which took two years), Williams worked with Waylon Jennings on The New South.

In 1975, he was severely injured in a mountain-climbing accident in Montana. Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing with Southern rock musicians like Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels. While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father, and he became best known for hits like Family Tradition and Born to Boogie.

After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams Jr hit the charts with one of his own compositions, Standing in the Shadows. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with Lone Gone Lonesome Blue, a staple of his father's career. Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana and known by the nickname Bocephus, he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953. and father of Hank III and Holly Williams.

Hank Williams, Jr. (born May 26, 1949) is a country singer, son of country music pioneer Hank Williams, Sr. 2003 - I'm One of You. 2002 - The Almeria Club Recordings. 1999 - Stormy.

1996 - AKA Wham Bam Sam. 1995 - Hog Wild. 1994 - The Real Deal. 1993 - Out of Left Field.

1991 - Pure Hank. 1991 - Maverick. 1990 - Lone Wolf. 1988 - Wild Streak.

1987 - Born to Boogie. 1986 - Montana Cafe. 1985 - Five-O. 1984 - Major Moves.

1983 - Strong Stuff. 1983 - Man of Steel. 1982 - High Notes. 1981 - The Pressure Is On.

1981 - Rowdy. 1980 - Habits Old and New. 1979 - Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. 1979 - Family Tradition.

1977 - The New South. 1977 - One Night Stands. and Friends. 1976 - Hank Williams, Jr.

1975 - Bocephus. 1974 - The Last Love Song. 1974 - Living Proof. 1973 - Just Pickin', No Singin'.

1973 - After You/Pride's Not Hard to Swallow. 1972 - Finders Are Keepers. 1972 - 11 Roses. 1970 - Sunday Morning.

3. 1970 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 1969 - Songs My Father Left Me. 2.

1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr. 1968 - My Songs. 1967 - My Own Way.

1966 - Country Shadows. 1966 - Blues My Name. 1965 - Ballads of the Hills & Plains. 1964 - The Era of Hank Williams.

1963 - Songs of Hank Williams.