Pure Hank

Pure Hank
Studio album by Hank Williams Jr.
Released	April 1991
Genre	Country
Length	37:17
Label	Warner Bros./Curb
Producer	Barry Beckett Byron House Carl Marsh Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
America (The Way I See It) (1990) Pure Hank (1991) Maverick (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Pure Hank is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros./Curb Records in April 1991. "If It Will, It Will" and "Angels Are Hard to Find" were released as singles with the former becoming Williams' final top 40 country single, peaking at #26, until the release of "I'm One of You" in 2003. The album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart^[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.^[3]

The song "Angels Are Hard to Find" was featured in the 2013 film Gravity.

Track listing

1. "If It Will, It Will" (Hank Williams Jr.) – 3:21
2. "Angels Are Hard to Find" (Williams) – 3:23
3. "Kiss Mother Nature Goodbye" (Roger Murrah, J. B. Rudd) – 3:44
4. "(I've Got My) Future on Ice" (Jerry Crutchfield, Edria A. Humphrey) – 3:04
5. "Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)" (Harlan Howard) – 4:34
6. "Memphis Belle" (Williams) – 3:28
7. "Honky Tonk Train" (Miles Davis, Williams) – 3:31
8. "Hollywood Honeys" (John Martin, James R. Pulte) – 2:58
9. "Just to Satisfy You" (Don Bowman, Waylon Jennings) – 3:13
10. "Simple Man" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:03

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Michael Black – background vocals
• Kathy Burdick – background vocals
• Cami Elen – background vocals
• Paul Franklin – dobro
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Mike Henderson – slide guitar
• Bobby Hicks – fiddle
• Jim Horn – flute, baritone saxophone
• Byron House – programming
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Bernie Leadon – mandolin
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Yvette Marine – background vocals
• Carl Marsh – programming
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Kim Morrison – background vocals
• Jonell Mosser – background vocals
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Charles Rose – trombone
• David Schnaufer – culca, dulcimer
• Denis Solee – tenor saxophone
• Julie Stevens – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Wayne Turner – electric guitar
• Hank Williams Jr. – lead vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	50

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Pure Hank review". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
2. "Pure Hank Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
3. RIAA - Gold & Platinum