jimster Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Hank Williams Jr. still ready for some football June 9, 2006 CBS SportsLine.com wire reports http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9489682/rss NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hank Williams Jr., who has sung the theme for ABC's Monday Night Football since 1989, will continue the tradition next season on ESPN when the football institution moves to the cable network, show officials said Friday. Advertisement ESPN -- which has an eight-year deal for the Monday-night rights -- said in a statement that Williams will continue with a theme based on his hit All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight. Williams will perform with a band that includes guitarists Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick and Steven Van Zandt from the E Street Band; keyboardists Little Richard and Bernie Worrell from Parliament Funkadelic; fiddler Charlie Daniels; and saxophonist Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band. The Monday Night Football opening video will feature team-specific lyrics and visuals each week. Williams has had a string of No. 1 hits including Family Tradition and All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight. His father, a star in the late 1940s and early 1950s, had hits like Your Cheatin' Heart and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. He died in 1953. AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I think they sould change it up each week. Surprise the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I'm not gonna lie, I actually enjoyed the Tim McGraw half time song last year as well, as cheesy as it may have been. Don't really know why, especially since I'm mostly not a country fan, but it was just catchy too me. Although Hank always pumped me up at the start of the game, so I'm glad he's coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaron Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I wish they would have come up with something different now that it has moved to ESPN. I mean, the same thing since 1989....... It's kinda lost its novelty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Good News! That music is part of the experience. And we get to see Sylvio jamming wit him dis year. :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle091 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 hank is monday night football. good move by espn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish50 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 His back up band are "All Pros" I hope they each get to do thier own thing each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Damn. I was really hoping for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witherspoon Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Hooray for ESPN!:applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMetal Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Great, so they'll employ cokeheads, racists, and now woman-beaters...the perfect trifecta. Why not just give OJ a job already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Anything is better than that Tim mcGraw crap they threw out there last year. Seriouslly, how good can a song be if you write it the night before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Anything is better than that Tim McGraw crap they threw out there last year. Seriously, how good can a song be if you write it the night before? That is what made it good. He personalized the song week after week. And with the best highlights. And twins.. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Anything is better than that Tim mcGraw crap they threw out there last year. Seriouslly, how good can a song be if you write it the night before? I didn't know that country music was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie4redskins Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 He's a Monday night icon. ESPN would've been stupid to get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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