The son of legendary country music artist Hank Williams, Hank Jr. has done a great job of making a name for himself, even with him following in the footsteps of his father. Hank Jr. began his career by covering his father’s songs, until he fell off of Ajax Peak in Montana. After this incident, Hank Jr. began to blend in southern rock, blues, and outlaw country music into his sound. This change in his sound led Hank Williams Jr. to become a country music superstar in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.