Song written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr., for the Elektra label, in the fall of 1980, at Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN, in the recording of the song and album, was accompanied by: Hank Williams, Jr. (vcl / gt / dobro / keyboards), John Goin (ac / gt), Bobby Thompson (ac gt / 12-str gt / banjo), Reggie Young (gt), Fred Newell (gt), Kieran Kane (mandolin), Eddie Long (steel), Joe Osborn (bass), Steve Shaffer (bass-1), Larrie Londin (drums / conga), Farrell Morris (tambourine / marimba), Lisa Silver-Reynolds / Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Terry McMillan (harmonica), Larry Knechtel / Alan Moore (keyboards), with the production of Jimmy Bowen, was released on February 7, 1981. On March 28, 1981, it reached # 1 on the US charts. Hot Country Songs, remained in the charts for 13 weeks, in the Canadian RPM Country Tracks lists, arrived at the position number # 22. It was the second number one of the career of Hank Jr.

The song was included in the studio album, Rowdy (Elektra 1981), was released in January 1981, reaching position # 2 of the lists of US Top Country Albums. The album was certified gold record in the USA.

This simple ode to the alluring and enduring charm of the female gender from the Lone Star state turned out to be an important career moment in Williams’ recording career. Beginning in 1979, his records began to hit the top ten on a regular basis as never before, but this Hank Williams, Jr. song returned him to the number one slot for the first time in almost a decade.

Miquel Batlle Garriga
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Hank Williams Jr – Texas Women Lyrics

I’ve got some fond memories of San Angelo
And I’ve seen some beauty queens in El Paso
But the best lookin’ women that I’ve ever seen
Have all been in Texas and all wearin’ jeans

I’m a country plowboy not a urban cowboy
And I don’t ride bulls but I have fought some men
Drive a pickup truck trust in God and luck
And I live to love Texas women

I thought I’d seen beauty in far away places
Till I looked upon those Houston faces
Spent Hollywood nights up in Beverly Hills
But they weren’t nothin’ like one night down in Brownsville

I’m a country plowboy not a urban cowboy…

I’m a pretty fair judge of the opposite sex
And I ain’t seen nothin’ that will touch ‘em yet
They may be from Waco or out in Lampasas
But one thing about it they all come from Texas

I’m a country plowboy not a urban cowboy…

I’m an Oiler fan not a soccer man
And my arms are red and so is my blood
And they make it boil with that soft Texas drawl
And I love ‘em all Texas women