...was written and released in 1973, with the album appearing in '74. When I heard this single on AM radio back then, I was transfixed, mistakenly hearing the lyrics as "black hair against white legs" instead of "black hair against white lace". I think the former makes more sense, and that sort of thing would certainly have scandalized Nashville 'establishment' (they would be 'rocked' soon enough).
The album's cover photo was obviously made a couple years before Hank Williams Jr. fell 442' on Ajax Mountain in Montana, suffering severe head and facial damage, and permanent scarring, prompting the sunglasses, hat, beard (and OUTLAW! disposition?).
Oh, and Williams is a Republican. A Good Man. From Wiki...
Williams has been politically involved with the Republican Party. For the 2000 election, he redid his song “We Are Young Country” to “This is Bush–Cheney Country.” On October 15, 2008, at a rally in Virginia Beach for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, he performed “McCain–Palin Tradition,” a song in support of McCain and his vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.[7]
On November 20, 2008, Williams announced that he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2012 as a Republican party candidate, challenging incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker.[8] Williams was reported to have already consulted with Senator Lamar Alexander and former Senator Bill Frist, both Republicans from Tennessee.
Could he beat Bob Corker? Would people come out and support Hank Williams Jr. as U.S. Senator from Tennessee? Hell yeah!
Stranger things have happened. Just look at what is sitting Senator from Minnesota, Al (Freakin') Franken. And at what is that?, a dirty socialist sitting in the Oval Office.
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