Montana Cafe

Montana Cafe
Montana Cafe
Studio album by Hank Williams Jr.
Released	July 1986
Genre	Country, outlaw country, southern rock, country rock
Length	34:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Barry Beckett; Jim Ed Norman; Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Singles from Montana Cafe
	"Country State of Mind"; Released: June 9, 1986; "Mind Your Own Business"; Released: October 1986; "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)"; Released: February 1987;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Montana Cafe is the thirty-ninth studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1986. "Country State of Mind," "Mind Your Own Business" and "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" were released as singles. The album reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart^[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.^[3]

Track listing[]

"Country State of Mind" (Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade) - 4:00
"Montana Cafe" (Williams Jr.) - 4:13
"My Girl Don't Like My Cowboy Hat" (Williams Jr.) - 2:14
"When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" (Williams Jr.) - 3:25
"Medley: Harvest Moon/St. Louis Blues" (Frank E. Tours, W. C. Handy) - 5:01
"You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)" (Willie Dixon) - 4:00
- with Huey Lewis
"My Name Is Bocephus" (Williams Jr.) - 4:41
"Loving Instructor" (Williams Jr.) - 2:44
"Fat Friends" (Paul Hatfield, Eddie Long, Bill Marshall, Williams Jr.) - 2:02
"Mind Your Own Business" (Hank Williams) - 2:27
- with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson

Personnel[]

Matt Betton – drums
Dickey Betts – electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
Dino Bradley – electric guitar
Herbert Bruce – trombone
Ray Carroll – trumpet
June Carter Cash – autoharp
Ben Cauley – trumpet
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Steve Gibson – mandolin
Ike Harris – tuba
Thunderhead Hawkins - electric guitar
Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
John Barlow Jarvis – piano
Mike Lawler – synthesizer
Huey Lewis – duet vocals on "You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)"
"Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
Reba McEntire – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
Jerry McKinney – tenor saxophone
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Lamar Morris – electric guitar
Willie Nelson – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
Tom Petty – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
Reverend Ike – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
Michael Rhodes �� bass guitar
Charles Rose – trombone
Raul Ross – clarinet
Henry Strzelecki – bass fiddle
Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
Wayne Turner – electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
Hank Williams Jr. – lead vocals
Paul Worley – electric guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	93
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	33
Chart (1987)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	28

References[]

^ Campbell, Al. Montana Cafe review at AllMusic
^ allmusic ((( Montana Cafe > Charts & Awards )))
^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum
^ "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[1] Campbell, Al. Montana Cafe review at AllMusic

[2] usic ((( Montana Cafe > Charts & Awards )))

[3] RIAA - Gold & Platinum

[ac_Billboard200_Hank_Williams_Jr.-4] "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Hank_Williams_Jr.-5] "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[7] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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Studio albums	Your Cheatin' Heart Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites Ballads of the Hills and Plains Blues My Name A Time to Sing Songs My Father Left Me Luke the Drifter Jr. Vol. 2 Live at Cobo Hall After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams Jr. and Friends Family Tradition Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound Habits Old and New Rowdy The Pressure Is On High Notes Strong Stuff Man of Steel Major Moves Five-O Montana Cafe Hank Live Born to Boogie Wild Streak Lone Wolf Pure Hank Maverick Out of Left Field Hog Wild A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Stormy The Almeria Club Recordings I'm One of You 127 Rose Avenue It's About Time
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Fourteen Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 America (The Way I See It) The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches Tribute to My Father 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 2 The Bocephus Box That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
Notable singles	"Long Gone Lonesome Blues" "Nobody's Child" "All for the Love of Sunshine" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with Lois Johnson) "Rainin' in My Heart" "Eleven Roses" "Rainy Night in Georgia" "I'll Think of Something" "I Fought the Law" "To Love Somebody" "Family Tradition" "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" "Women I've Never Had" "Kaw-Liga" "Old Habits" "Texas Women" "Dixie on My Mind" "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" "A Country Boy Can Survive" "Honky Tonkin'" "The American Dream" "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight" "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings) "Queen of My Heart" "Man of Steel" "Attitude Adjustment" "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" "Major Moves" "I'm for Love" "This Ain't Dallas" "Ain't Misbehavin'" "Country State of Mind" "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson) "Born to Boogie" "Heaven Can't Be Found" "Young Country" "If the South Woulda Won" "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.) "Finders Are Keepers" "Ain't Nobody's Business" "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" "I Mean I Love You" "If It Will, It Will" "Devil in the Bottle" "Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)
Guest singles	"The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings) "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)
Family	Hank Williams Audrey Williams Jett Williams Hank Williams III Holly Williams
Related articles	Discography Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story