2006-07-31 15:09:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Erm... Hank WilliamS Jr. Typo.
2006-07-31 15:10:35 · update #1
Also, what is the significance of the name (if any)?
2006-07-31 15:14:10 · update #2
"The name was bestowed on him by his dad and taken from the name of a ventriloquist's dummy used by another performer at the Grand Ole Opry.
Some people confuse or attribute the name to Alexander the Great's horse but that was Bucephalus (Oxhead) and unrelated unless this was some kind of redneck corruption thereof. Not impossible.
Other people use the name as a first name but tend (suspiciously) to be in the music business or just wishful-thinking good ole boys. In any case, all seem to be considerably younger than Mr. Williams, who's 40+, so its use is probably derivative."
2006-07-31 15:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by thinkingriddles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His dad called him that when he was younger and it just stuck. I guess being thats what his dad called him and his dad died when he was younger it was sort of special to Hank Jr.
2006-07-31 22:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by big_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nickname. No
2006-07-31 22:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by harley01xlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His father called him that
2006-07-31 22:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by tender_1119 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing it was better than calling him "Hankie"
lol
2006-07-31 22:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by upallnight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You spelled it wrong!
2006-07-31 22:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by jgmafb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his father
2006-07-31 22:13:01 · answer #7 · answered by Gordy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋