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Local History

Hank Williams, Jr. (5/13/1983)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Hank Williams, Jr. & The Bama Band w/ Leon Everette and Hurricane
Date: 13 May 1983
Tickets: $10.75 and $9.75 (reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: 5,106
Notes: Williams’s third time in Kalamazoo, his first appearance at Wings Stadium.
Setlist (Hank Williams, Jr.*): Honky Tonkin’, If You Don’t Like Hank Williams, If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie, Ballad Of Hank Williams, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, The Conversation, Now I Know How George Feels, Man of Steel, Medley (Hey Good Lookin’, Jambalaya, Your Cheatin’ Heart), You Win Again, Move It on Over, Kaw-Liga, I’ve Always Been Crazy, Midnight Rider, others.

*based on reviewer’s comments

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 April 1983, (right) 10 April 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 1 May 1983, (middle left) 8 May 1983, (bottom left) 8 May 1983), (right) 1 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 23 May 1983, (right) 29 May 1983. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

Sources

Articles

“Hank Williams, Jr. en route”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 April 1983, page 19

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 April 1983, page 47

“Looking ahead…”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 13

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 1 May 1983, page 15

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 May 1983, page 40 (D-1)

“A look at the week in music”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 May 1983, page 41 (D-2)

“Hank, Jr. steps out of dad’s shadow with raucous show at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 May 1983, page 8 (A-8)

“Concert was a flop” (letter to the editor)
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 May 1983, page 7 (A-7)

“Concert complaint” (letter to the editor)
Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 May 1983, page 5 (A-5)