Montana Cafe
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| 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. | |||
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| 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
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 93 |