WHY THEY RECORDED THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM NOW! Hank Williams, Jr. was born May 26, 1949 in Shreveport, Louisiana, the son of Hank & Audrey Sheppard Williams. He’s 60 years old, as of 2009. He made his debut in Swansboro, Georgia, when he was only 8. He made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry around 1960 or 62 {accounts differ} and toured with his moms “Caravan of Stars” when he was barely in his teens. He scored his first recording contract with MGM Records when he was only 14, in 1963. He released his first single and Lp the following year. The first single was a remake of his dad’s “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” and the album was a tribute to Hank Williams, Sr. as well. He even did an album with pop star Connie Francis, who was MGM’s biggest selling artist at the time titled "Sings Great Country Favorites". It was also 1964 that he sang his father’s songs for the movie version about his father’s life titled “Your Cheatin’ Heart” starring actor George Hamilton as Hank, Sr. For the rest of the 1960s, he turned out one album after another standing in his father’s famous shadow going so far as to even recording his own voice with his late father's for two albums. One critic said, "What's next? Are the going to dig up Ol' Hank and carry his casket on the road?" As a matter of fact that was just about the title of the first song he penned back in 1966, "Standing In the Shadow Of A Very Famous Man", which appeared on his "Country Shadows" LP. He made his movie “A Time To Sing” in 1968, when he was only 19. He had previously been in a film titled "Country Music On Broadway", but this time around he actually got to act. But after going so far as recording 3 entire Lp’s as “Luke the Drifter, Jr.” a name his father had used. Released his first live album in 1969 at the age of 20 titled "Live At Cobo Hall, Detroit" a performance in which he stole the show from Johnny Cash and was the highest grossing country concert of its time. He even took the time to release a Gospel LP, of all things. He broke away from being a clone of his daddy’s on his 21st birthday, in 1970. That was also the year he scored his first number 1 record with “All For the Love Of Sunshine” from the movie “Kelly’s Heroes”, starring Clint Eastwood, he was backed up on it by the Mike Curb Congregation; who he did a couple of albums with. Not to mention country girl singer Lois Johnson. By now he had even ventured over to Europe and played the International Country Music Festival at Wembley Pool, London, where he amazed the British audience by playing every instrument on stage. By '72 he had out two great hits packages not to mention a best of. He continued to score with songs on the country charts until 1975. Like “Eleven Roses” another number 1. But in 1974 he began to go his own way again, by making a move from Nashville to Alabama. By 1975 he recorded the landmark album “Hank Williams, Jr. and Friends” mixed with country & Southern Rock with guest on it like Charlie Daniels, Toy Caldwell and others from that field. But before it could see the light of day. He was nearly killed in a mountain climbing accident on Ajax Mountain in Montana. He was just 26 at the time. His famous father had died when he was only 29, in 1953, when Bocephus was but a mere 3. But Hank lived to recover from his fall and a suicide attempt just a little while before. He returned to the scene with an outlaw look and attitude like his hero and friend Waylon Jennings. And became arguably the wildest entertainer in the world of Country Music, even the “Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis, with his rowdy persona and outlaw demeanor. He raced to the top of the Billboard Charts in the late 1970s and he dominated the 80s with memorable videos, hit records, awards and being named Entertainer of the Year two different times {1987 & 1988}. His songs like “Family Tradition”, “Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound”, “Women I’ve Never Had”, “Old Habits”, “Texas Women”, “A Country Boy Can Survive”, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” and “There’s A Tear In My Beer”, became the type of songs to get drunk and stoned too, in his heyday. He won 15 BMI writer’s awards, 1985 CMA, AMC and American Music Awards. Video Of the Year “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”, 1987 CMA and ACM Entertainer Of the Year, CMA Video Of the Year “My Name Is Bocephus”, 1988 CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year, 1989 CMA and ACM Video of the Year “There’s A Tear In My Beer” , CMA Vocal Event Of the Year “There’s A Tear In My Beer” and 1990 Grammy Vocal Collaboration Of the Year “There’s A Tear In My Beer” with Hank Williams, Sr. Plus many gold, platinum albums and even double platinum album awards. This is the part of HWJR’s career our North Carolina outlaw boys tribute here. Why? Well all of the history mentioned above and plus the little known fact that, though his father has had dozens of tribute albums done to him down through the years, Hank, Jr. has only had two, one major various artist release on Warner Bros. and a little bluegrass one. Now Jack, Jr. and his baby brother, Roger come to the rescue and do this unique and thought provoking album titled “90 Proof Whiskey - Under the Influence Of Hank”, which not only has the True Brothers’ versions of Hank songs mentioned above. But has two original numbers on it. “When the Rowdy One Is Gone {Tribute to Hank Williams, Jr.}” and “Now That You’re In {The Obama Song}” done up in a Hank, Jr. like style. With Hank being back in the news lately what, with the release of a new album “127 Rose Avenue”, plus a new single “Red, White And Pink Slip Blues”. Not to mention breaking with his long time label of Curb Records and Mike Curb, walking his daughter Holly down the aisle at her wedding and seeing the release of some previously unreleased recordings by his old man on Time - Life Records, this year. So our boys certainly couldn’t have picked a better time to release this Tribute to Ol’ Hank package. And that’s why!