Hank Jr. speaks his mind in Sparks, tears apart new venue
With those words — actually from a song written by Kris Kristofferson, one of Bocephus’ few still-living rowdy friends — Hank Williams Jr. brought an epic concert to a close Saturday night at the Nugget Events Center, the new 8,500-seat amphitheater in downtown Sparks.
It was obvious that being Hank Jr. is a pretty good gig these days, and he’s damn glad to still be doing it. Seventy years old and 62 years into this performing business (he was 8 when his mother first sent him onto a stage to sing his daddy’s songs in front of an audience), he still has all of the onstage charisma, musical chops and personality to take any group of fans down a Lost Highway of country-rock entertainment they’re just not going to get anywhere else these days.
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